Governor Malloy: Proceeding down the path in a “forthright, fair, and transparent manner” - Wait, What?

Governor Malloy: Proceeding down the path in a “forthright, fair, and transparent manner” - Wait, What?:

Governor Malloy: Proceeding down the path in a “forthright, fair, and transparent manner”

by jonpelto

Last Wednesday’s blog post was entitled, “Wait,What? OPM Secretary Barnes says state budget deficit at $64.4 million.”

The article sought to remind readers that back in December, State Comptroller Kevin Lembo announced that the state deficit was exceed $415 million, but rather than accept the word of the Constitutional Officer responsible for determining the deficit, Governor Malloy and administration decided to claim the Comptroller was wrong, or as they put it, wrong again.

Readers may recall, immediately after Lembo released his official certification that the deficit would $415 million and not $365 million as Malloy’s budget chief had announced,  Roy Occhiogrosso, sent an email to reporters that read; “We disagree with the number the comptroller is using today… The deficit mitigation plan the governor will propose within the next couple of weeks will, based on the best available data at the time, bring the