Connecticut governor: I kept my vow not to cut aid

... funding by $500 million in "four of the toughest budgets that anyone could possibly have faced." Malloy, a former Stamford mayor, is in a tight re-election battle with Foley, who on Tuesday promised that he, too, would not cut state aid to cities ...

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Malloy-reminds-local-leaders-he-didn-t-cut-aid-5837470.php