Nancy Wyman gets it right when he levelled criticism at the new budget agreed to by the legislature. From the Courant:

“Using the great majority of this one-time windfall to fund ongoing programs is a very questionable financial practice,” she said in a written statementThe legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis has projected that the state could see budget deficits totaling $1.7 billion from fiscal years 2010 to 2012.

“This year’s enormous surplus was created mainly by workers through the payroll tax and investors through the capital gains tax,” Wyman said. “Government should be using that surplus money to safeguard the taxpayers’ financial future, not on a one-year spending spree.”

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Even Captain Smith knew when to put out the lifeboats. Democratic ship Titanic is shoring up its campaign by focusing on the issues that squeal loudly in their political meetings, yet remain far from the kitchen table issues that most Norwalkers are concerned about. The Dems plan, according to the Hour is to run as a team under a unified platform. Which would be interesting if that were news, but that’s how the Democrats have been running campaigns since 2001. Remember team Knopp? You don’t? Well, his website is still up as a reminder that La plus ça change, la plus c’est la même chose …

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