(Written on the train into the city yesterday, but posted Saturday afternoon).

It is Friday morning and I am on the train into New York City. It is cool and cloudy today. I had been expecting nicer weather. Perhaps it will turn nice for Mother’s day.

On the train, I read the Stamford Advocate’s coverage of Mayor Malloy’s exoneration. I am pleased. Mayor Malloy has been a great mayor and would be a great governor. Some people have suggested that allegations from an unknown source were a political hatchet job. It sure looks that way to me.

Republican Town Committee Chairman Daniel McCabe is quoted as saying “I certainly wouldn’t consider it a badge of honor that something that intense and dramatic had to take place in the city of Stamford.” In a sense, he is right, and if he has an integrity, he would denounce the person who sent the chief state’s attorney’s office on a wild goose chase and would actively work to have that person exposed.

I have to applaud the Mayor for his full transparency to the investigation. With that, I feel that I need to be fully transparent as well. As many of you know, I have taken a job working for one of Mayor Malloy’s opponents in the Democratic Gubernatorial primary.

As the news was breaking, I was sitting with members of Mayor DeStefano’s campaign in New Haven. There was a discussion about what Mayor DeStefano’s response to the announcement should be. To me, it felt like a Minor League game of ‘West Wing’.

I spoke about the statement my wife made in her run last year for when her opponent was arrested for drunken driving. Kim did not attack her opponent on this, but instead said that she wanted to focus on the issues. While there are vast differences between being arrested for drunken driving and being exonerated in a corruption investigation, the important focus of the issues remain the same.

Both Mayors Malloy and DeStefano have great ideas about what is wrong with our state and how to fix them. A vigorous debate about the issues between these two great candidates will do a lot to help get our state moving in the right direction. The Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee will be sponsoring such a debate on May 17th and I hope a lot of people attend.

As a final comment, I should note that this is my personal blog and my personal opinion. While I work for the DeStefano campaign and I consider myself good friends with Mayor Malloy and the people in his campaign, I have not spoken with either campaign about what I am writing here.