A conservative magazine founded by the late Stamford resident William F. Buckley, with Milford resident Jack Fowler on the masthead as publisher, is calling Gov. Dannel Malloy the worst governor in the U.S.
The piece by Matt Purple in the magazine’s online edition calls the Connecticut race, a rematch between Malloy and Republican Tom Foley, “the most interesting race of the 2014 season that no one is talking about.”
The package of tax increases Malloy pushed through during his first year in office, slow growth in the state’s economy and what Purple called “the toughest anti-gun bill ever devised” has made the governor particularly vulnerable, the NRO piece claims.
“Connecticut gun owners watched the news, shrugged, and went about their business,” the columnist wrote. “(O)nly an estimated 15 percent of the outstanding rifles were signed up. Malloy had just unwittingly created between 20,000 to 100,000 new felons.”
Read the full National Review article here.