In the Cromwell candidates’ forum today Dan Malloy, the former Stamford mayor making another run at the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, scolded Republican Tom Foley (no elected experience) and Ned Lamont (terms as Greenwich selectman and finance board; failed 2006 U.S. Senate run) for planning on using their personal wealth to seize an advantage over any candidates using the state’s $40-million public-financing pool.
The Blogster just transcribed the tape, complete with Malloy’s incomplete second sentence: “Do we have to buy elections in this state? I don’t think so and ultimately I believe that people will reject it and hold people who would take their own personal wealth and buy as much TV and as much newspapers and as many pieces of paper as possible. Eventually the people of Connecticut are going to say ‘enough’ to people who want to buy the governor’s office, the senate’s office or any other office. Meritocracy is not a bad concept.”