Smokes clears, railcars – and Bpt tornado money – failed in Bond Commission last week. New commission meeting scheduled for December 22

Because Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Comptroller Nancy Wyman took walks away from last week’s State Bond Commission meeting, a plan to purchase $81 million in new rail cars has ultimately failed. Because voice votes were held, the actual votes were thrown into doubt and the way bond counse lawyer types are – color them conservative – Rell has scheduled another commission meeting for December 22 to go over some of the items. What’s not on the agenda, though, are the rail cars. Blumenthal and Wyman said that Gov.-elect Dannel Malloy should decide when to order the last of the 380 rail cars.

The Blogster asks, now that Wyman and Blumenthal shunted their elected duties in last week’s meeting, what makes us think they may materialize on December 22? Also in question and on the December 22 agenda is the million bucks for Bridgeport’s parks funding in the wake of the June 24 tornado.