Denying reality, Malloy blames legislature for cuts to Tourism and Arts in recent “Democratic budget bill”
In a stunning attempt at revisionist history, Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy took toWNPR radio to blame the Connecticut General Assembly for the recent cuts to the state’s tourism and arts programs when, in fact, it was the legislature that had reduced – by a significant amount – the cuts that Malloy has repeatedly has wanted to those programs.
However, the truth didn’t stop the Democratic Governor from throwing the legislature, and especially his Democratic colleagues, under the bus.
Here are the facts:
At the beginning of this year, Governor Dannel Malloy proposed a state budget that reduced Connecticut’s “Still Revolutionary” Tourism Marketing Program from $12 million to $10 million dollars.
At the same time, Malloy proposed about $5.9 million in cuts to Connecticut’s various museums, cultural and arts programs.
During the budget process, the Connecticut legislature rejected the vast majority of cuts to the cultural and arts programs but did reduce funding for the State Tourism Marketing Program by an additional $500,000, bringing this year’s State Tourism Marketing Program to a total of $9.5 million.
This fall, faced with a growing state budget deficit, despite having claimed he had signed a balanced budget 90 days earlier, Governor Malloy called for bi-partisan budget negotiations Denying reality, Malloy blames legislature for cuts to Tourism and Arts in recent “Democratic budget bill” - Wait What?:
