Senate Minority Leader John McKinney wasn’t surprised that Democratic Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s monthly budget forecast (a $74-million deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30) coincides with the Office of Policy and Management. Speaking after an unrelated news conference, McKinney, R-Fairfield, told a handful of reporters that Lembo’s agreement with the governor’s budget office is a “dog bites man” story. “There’s no there there, ” he said. “It’s interesting to note that historically, when we had a Democrat comptroller and a Republican governor, there were often many differences. I don’t expect there ever to be any differences.” McKinney said he trusts the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis projection of a $144.5-million deficit. Last week Gov. Dannel Malloy ordered $79 million in spending reductions and there is an $82 million salary cushion that could become more savings if new employees are not hired. “I think the OFA numbers are between than what we’ve seen from OPM and the comptroller and that’s we should be working on and the governor should offer a deficit-mitigation plan to get our budget balanced.”