Missing Candidates Take Heat At Forum

A leading Democratic candidate for governor, Ned Lamont, took heat on and off stage Monday night for missing a forum sponsored by a coalition of social-service and anti-poverty groups.

On stage, Democrat Dan Malloy was rewarded with laughter and applause after referring to two missing Greenwich entrepreneurs, Lamont and Republican Tom Foley, as "the two rich guys who are boycotting us tonight."

Without offering details, Lamont's campaign attributed his absence to "a scheduling conflict." A spokesman for Foley could not be reached.

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Following the state conventions, Where We Live continues its Where We Vote series of conversations with the candidates.

• Oz Griebel spoke on the show on 4/30/10
• Dan Malloy spoke on the show 1/15/10