Mylott v. Goguen?

A few interesting things came out of Mayor Dan Mylott's inaugural speech over the holiday weekend, particularly a potential intra-'Burg war between Mylott and Rep. Emile Goguen.

Interestingly, Mylott said he wouldn't use the budget tactics of last year -- namely, purposely underfunding the budget with the expectation the state would fill the gap. That's good, because we believe budgets should be balanced and think last year's budget was poor policy on the part of the mayor and the City Council.

More interesting was Goguen's reaction. He said Mylott hasn't asked for $2 million, and was critical of Mylott's management style. We have two theories on Goguen's outburst (and would love to hear yours):

--Goguen is tired of hearing Mylott blame the state and isn't taking it any more.
--Goguen is on his way out, and wants to make sure Mylott doesn't take his seat this fall.

We think the second idea is more fun, but wonder if Goguen has that political worldliness. We'll go with Theory A for now.

The other interesting thing is the disconnect between Goguen and Sen. Bob Antonioni. Goguen seems confident the state can pony up the dough. Antonioni isn't so sure. Most State House folks would take Antonioni's knowledge and perception over Goguen's. We'll see who's right later.