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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Dannel “The Master Fund Raider” Malloy demands constitutional transportation lockbox or else! - Wait What?

Dannel “The Master Fund Raider” Malloy demands constitutional transportation lockbox or else! - Wait What?:

Dannel “The Master Fund Raider” Malloy demands constitutional transportation lockbox or else!

Once again we return to the idiom of “Calling the Kettle Black.”
In addition to making an appearance at least once here at Wait, What?, it was used by William Shakespeare, William Penn and can even be found in the epic text of Don Quixote. 
The notion of “Calling the Kettle Black” is a relatively simple one and was in full display yesterday (December 15, 2015) when Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy told the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce that he would get his proposed constitutional amendment for a “Transportation Lockbox” or else.
Malloy, who undoubtedly holds the gubernatorial record for raiding and diverting more dedicated public funds to balance the state budget or paying for things that the funds were never intended to cover told the business leaders that he would demand another vote on his Transportation Lockbox proposal because people had a right to know that their tax revenues were being spent for their intended purpose.
Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told business leaders Tuesday that he wants a constitutional amendment for his transportation lockbox. Afterward, he told the news media that he will actively campaign against anyone who votes against it.
Malloy didn’t get the three-quarters vote he needed last week during a special session to get the constitutional amendment on the November 2016 ballot.
“If it goes down again you can be assured I’ll campaign against anybody who didn’t vote for it,” Malloy told reporters after his speech to the Middlesex Dannel “The Master Fund Raider” Malloy demands constitutional transportation lockbox or else! - Wait What?: