Deval Patrick Sal DiMasi Scandal
Scandal raises issues for Patrick Team's dealings with DiMasi are criticized By Andrea Estes and Matt Viser, Globe Staff | June 4, 2009 [caption id="attachment_52" align="alignnone" width="539" caption="Leslie A. Kirwan is Governor Deval Patrick's secretary of administration and finance. "][/caption] The corruption indictment of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi contains what critics are calling an unflattering behind-the-scenes look at Governor Deval Patrick's administration, depicting its officials as bowing to political pressure to award a $13 million computer software contract that was allegedly rigged. No Patrick officials have been implicated in criminal wrongdoing. Yet the scandal, one of the biggest to roil Beacon ...
Deval Patrick Supreme Court?
Deval Patrick to visit D.C. amid top court rumor By Associated Press | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Gov. Deval Patrick is heading to the White House to meet with President Obama amid speculation he is among those being considered for a Supreme Court post. An event added to his official schedule for today has him attending an auto emissions announcement with the president. It had not been on the governor’s schedule before Monday. His staff had only said he was traveling to Atlanta for a biotechnology conference. Another possible Supreme Court contender - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm - is ...
Deval’s Promise
Between the Lines: Deval's Promise Instead of addressing structural deficits created by income tax cuts enacted by his predecessors, Gov. Patrick leaves property tax payers in the lurch. Comments (0) Thursday, March 12, 2009 By Tom Vannah When he campaigned for governor, Deval Patrick approached the subject of taxation with apparent intelligence and courage. Since coming to office in 2007, however, the governor has wandered far from his campaign promise to provide property tax relief by restoring local aid to municipalities. Rather than confront the correlation between lower income taxes and higher property taxes and fees, as he did in his campaign, Patrick first cast his ...
GOP lawmakers blast Deval Patrick
GOP lawmakers blast Patrick's toll hike, gas tax ideas By Rosemary D'Amour GateHouse News Service Posted Feb 27, 2009 @ 12:31 PM BOSTON — Republican lawmakers went on the offensive against Gov. Deval Patrick's tax proposals Thursday, saying Massachusetts residents are being presented with the Democrats' "false choices" of increased taxes and tolls vs. an economic crisis of crumbling highways and limited state services. "We are tired of this argument being painted as if increasing the gas tax and raising the tolls are our only solutions," said Rep. Karyn Polito, R-Shrewsbury, following a State House press conference. "When the only choices presented amount to asking for ...
Patrick Gas Tax Hike
Patrick says he's flexible on size of gas tax hike Legislators hint 19 cents might be too steep Republican Party supporters protested Governor Deval Patrick's proposed increase in the gas tax in front of the State House yesterday morning. (Globe Staff Photo / George Rizer) By Noah Bierman and Matt A. Viser Globe Staff / February 26, 2009 Governor Deval Patrick allowed for some ...
Deval Patrick revs up gas tax hike
Deval Patrick revs up gas tax hike Would link increase to inflation By Hillary Chabot | Saturday, February 21, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Photo by Matt Stone Hidden deep inside Gov. Deval Patrick’s new plan is a fine-print provision linking the gas tax rate to yearly inflation-fueled hikes in the consumer price index, guaranteeing Bay State drivers will keep getting hosed at the pump long after he leaves the Corner Office. Patrick announced yesterday he wants to boost the gas tax by a whopping 19 cents, upping the state tax from 23.5 to 42.5 cents and bringing $600 million into state coffers. But in ...
Deval Patrick Democratic Convention 2008
Deval Patrick and Sen. John F. Kerry will give key speeches at DNC Massachusetts will be well represented at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver as Gov. Deval Patrick and Sen. John F. Kerry will give key speeches on consecutive nights, officials announced yesterday. Patrick, a longtime pal and political ally of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, will speak Tuesday night before Sen. Hillary Clinton’s prime-time talk. The night’s theme is “Renewing America’s Promise” and Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is the keynote speaker. Wednesday, Kerry will speak on national security issues alongside a who’s who of Dem heavyweights, including former President Bill Clinton, ...
Deval Patrick
1. Making Massachusetts a national leader on clean energy Joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Worked with Legislature to develop comprehensive energy and advanced biofuels legislation to help consumers deal with the rising cost of fossil fuels. Passed a first-in-the-nation comprehensive oceans bill for our state waters. Approved the final state environmental review for Cape Wind. Launched Commonwealth Solar rebate program to spur installation of solar electric power. 2. Marriage equality for all Massachusetts residents 3. $1 billion life science initiative Worked with the Legislature to position Massachusetts as a world leader in the emerging biotechnology industry, create thousands of new jobs, help develop life-saving new cures, and ...
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Deval Patrick Sal DiMasi Scandal
Scandal raises issues for Patrick Team’s dealings with DiMasi are criticized By Andrea Estes and Matt Viser, Globe Staff | June 4, 2009 Leslie A. Kirwan is Governor Deval Patrick's secretary of administration and finance. The corruption indictment of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi contains what critics are calling an unflattering behind-the-scenes look at Governor Deval Patrick’s... [Read more]
Deval Patrick Supreme Court?
Deval Patrick to visit D.C. amid top court rumor By Associated Press | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Gov. Deval Patrick is heading to the White House to meet with President Obama amid speculation he is among those being considered for a Supreme Court post. An event added to his official schedule for today has him attending an auto emissions... [Read more]
Deval’s Promise
Between the Lines: Deval’s Promise Instead of addressing structural deficits created by income tax cuts enacted by his predecessors, Gov. Patrick leaves property tax payers in the lurch. Comments (0) Thursday, March 12, 2009 By Tom Vannah When he campaigned for governor, Deval Patrick approached the subject of taxation with apparent intelligence and courage. Since coming to office in 2007, however,... [Read more]
GOP lawmakers blast Deval Patrick
GOP lawmakers blast Patrick’s toll hike, gas tax ideas By Rosemary D’Amour GateHouse News Service Posted Feb 27, 2009 @ 12:31 PM BOSTON — Republican lawmakers went on the offensive against Gov. Deval Patrick’s tax proposals Thursday, saying Massachusetts residents are being presented with the Democrats’ “false choices” of increased taxes and tolls vs. an economic... [Read more]
Patrick Gas Tax Hike
Patrick says he’s flexible on size of gas tax hike Legislators hint 19 cents might be too steep Republican Party supporters protested Governor Deval Patrick’s proposed increase in the gas tax in front of the State House yesterday morning. (Globe Staff Photo / George Rizer) By Noah Bierman and Matt A. Viser Globe Staff / February 26, 2009 Governor... [Read more]
Deval Patrick revs up gas tax hike
Deval Patrick revs up gas tax hike Would link increase to inflation By Hillary Chabot | Saturday, February 21, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Photo by Matt Stone Hidden deep inside Gov. Deval Patrick’s new plan is a fine-print provision linking the gas tax rate to yearly inflation-fueled hikes in the consumer price index, guaranteeing Bay State drivers... [Read more]
Deval Patrick Democratic Convention 2008
Deval Patrick and Sen. John F. Kerry will give key speeches at DNC Massachusetts will be well represented at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver as Gov. Deval Patrick and Sen. John F. Kerry will give key speeches on consecutive nights, officials announced yesterday. Patrick, a longtime pal and political ally of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, will speak Tuesday night... [Read more]
Deval Patrick
1. Making Massachusetts a national leader on clean energy Joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Worked with Legislature to develop comprehensive energy and advanced biofuels legislation to help consumers deal with the rising cost of fossil fuels. Passed a first-in-the-nation comprehensive oceans bill for our state waters. Approved the final state environmental review for Cape Wind. Launched... [Read more]
