Let The Finger Pointing Begin!

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy won praise for his budget message...and criticism.

Defenders of the human services safety net were upset.

The business impact of Malloy's budget got mixed reviews. 

It was a good day for K-12 and a bad one for colleges.

Jeff Cohen on the red meat and rhetoric.

Keith Panneuf with the bone structure.

Want to form your own opinions? Here's the text of Gov. Malloy's first budget address. 

Here's some early analysis from the Connecticut Mirror on how the Malloy proposal affects cities and towns. 

And here's a first-blush New Haven's eye view from the Independent's Melissa Bailey. 

Here's audio from Dankosky & Co.'s pre-game show. 

Phaneuf and Becker say it all depends on what your definition of  "safety net" is. And for that matter, "shred." 

Cities and towns are cautiously happy. Republicans and truckers, not so much. 

Via the Junkie, Malloy asks the unions for $1 billion a year for the next two years. 

In the New York Times, a long piece on Malloy, his budget strategy and his habit of talking smack about Gov. Christie.  A good read. 

Fahle calls it the "almost the worst but not quite" strategy. 

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