After lst night's debate between Tome Foley and Dan Malloy, I wrote that the issue that came from the debate was who was telling the truth. Unusually for a political debate, the two participants said that the other one was just not telling the truth. Indeed, one had to be lying. Well now the truth is starting to seep out. At one point Foley asked malloy if he had made any commitments to the public employee unions in the state on the issue of layoffs in order to get their support. Malloy's answer was 'No," and he repeated it twice. But now we know this is a lie.
On a questionnaire from the Administrative and Residual state employee union, Dannel Malloy said he “will not support” layoffs of state employees when the “current gubernatorial agreement ends in July of 2011,” adding, “we have been very clear we have no interest in laying off state employees.”
Malloy’s commitment to the union goes further. In the second question on the form, Malloy also says he is against privatization of any state services currently performed by public employees. He goes on to say some services currently being offered to the state by private contractors should be handled by public employees. This is a very important point, because one of the major tools the next governor will have to reduce cost is the use of privatization of select government services.
In response to a question on binding arbitration, Malloy made a commitment to oppose any reforms. This is a very important issue to municipal governments who view the state’s binding arbitration law as a major impediment to local budget reductions.
So Malloy lied in the debate. It makes one wonder what else he lied about. We shall see.
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