During a campaign stop in Waterbury on Monday, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley said he's confident that undecided voters will vote for him and not Gov. Dan Malloy.
On overall turnout, Foley said the disenchantment among voters will be beneficial to his candidacy.
“In the cities I think what happens is the people who maybe supported Gov. Malloy last time and feel that hasn’t delivered on his promises, they’re more likely not to vote than to come out and vote for me," Foley said at Frankie's, after eating a hot dog dressed in mustard, relish and sauerkraut.
Part of Foley's visit to Waterbury revolved around a trip to a career center to promote vocational training. He said it provides valuable opportunities for students who don't attend four-year colleges.
"Every student who wants to go to college should," Foley said.
He later added that the state needs to more often work with employers when considering its approach to job growth.
“I think the real challenge is to have the coordination between the private sector and the public sector to so make sure that we’re providing the skills and training that employers need, so when young people come out of a community college or vocational school, or even college, that they have the skills they need," Foley said.
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Malloy's campaign responded to Foley's campaign stop in Waterbury with a statement on the incumbent's job training efforts.
"[Malloy] has matched Connecticut's higher education system to the needs of employers," Senior campaign adviser Mark Bergman wrote. "Now Connecticut is graduating more engineers and helping train and re-train workers to the job needs of the marketplace."
Foley wouldn't say whether he supported providing additional funding to pay for career-tech and vocational studies.
"I'm into transparency. People have a right to see what's on my hot dog." @TomFoleyCT says. pic.twitter.com/u5HakLbSba — Max Reiss (@MaxReiss) October 27, 2014
