During a press briefing this morning on Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy’s concessions deal with state unions, I asked his advisor, Roy Occhiogrosso, what he would say to those taxpayers who still think public employees have a pretty sweet deal.
“This governor does not believe that lowering people’s standard of living is a public policy goal we should be pursuing,” Occhiogrosso said.
He said Malloy wanted to bring state worker benefits more in line with those of their counterparts in the federal government. Ochiogrosso added later, “The Governor didn’t approach these negotiations by saying ‘I think the average private sector person has lost this much and therefore that’s how much the average state employee should lose’.”
It does not matter what anyone thinks. The vote will be NO! Trust me.
WELL I WAS GOING TO SAY OUCH… BUT NOW I WILL NOW MAKE MY COMMENT
EVERY ONE GO BACK TO WORK !
This is a terribly uninformative article. Where’s the penetrating analysis of what is purportedly meant by “Big Eye’s” comment?