One of the more interesting things said at yesterday’s town hall meeting about the budget was Bob Duff explaining why he voted against the Democratic budget. He said that not only did he vote against it because it shifted the burden of tax increases and service cuts unfairly to Fairfield County, but that he would also represent a vote against over riding Governor Rell’s veto.

Analysts of legislative politics pointed out that State Senator Andrew MacDonald, D-Stamford, also had concerns about the fairness of the budget. But he swayed to the majority vote when he was able to negotiate more money for Stamford in the Democratic line items. Brian Lockhart has the scoop:

I suspect he and Stamford Democrats in the House of Representatives, which convenes Friday to vote on the budget,�might be won over by fine print in the budget proposal which gives Stamford an additional $853,538 in education grants over the next two fiscal years despite the fact all other municipalities are flat-funded.

The Democratic Senators who voted against the budget were; �Paul Doyle D-Wethersfield,�Joan Hartley D-Waterbury, Ed Meyer D-Guilford,�Gayle Slossberg D-Milford, , and �Bob Duff D-Norwalk.�

Full details of the budget can be found here.