Mass Booze News Scandal – State Rep. Michael J. Rodrigues NH Tax Free Cocktail Run
Pol nabbed on New Hampshire booze run By Michele McPhee, Dave Wedge and Hillary Chabot | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics A Westport lawmaker who voted to hike the state sales and alcohol taxes was spotted brazenly piling booze in his car – adorned with his State House license plate – in the parking lot of a tax-free New Hampshire liquor store, the Herald has learned. Michael... [Read More...]
Sal DiMasi Fraud Rap
Salvatore DiMasi faces fraud rap By Dave Wedge & Hillary Chabot | Wednesday, June 3, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Photo by Angela Rowlings Ex-Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi is facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly taking kickbacks in yet another State House corruption scandal that has cast a pall over Beacon Hill and sent the onetime iron-fisted leader’s former colleagues scrambling for cover. DiMasi... [Read More...]
Senator J. James Marzilli plea deal could protect pension
Marzilli plea deal could protect pension, bring dismissal of charges By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com Updated: 04/11/2009 06:37:55 AM EDT LOWELL — A possible plea bargain is in the works that could allow embattled former state Sen. J. James Marzilli to not only keep his pension, but eventually have criminal charges alleging that he accosted four women in downtown Lowell dismissed. Marzilli’s attorney, Terrence Kennedy, met behind... [Read More...]
Agawam Mayor Susan Dawson
CLICK HERE – Article Courtesy of MASS LIVE Love Triangle Assault – Susan Dawson Agawam mayor Susan Dawson attacked at Max’s Tavern in Springfield Posted by mbrault April 08, 2009 22:19PM Susan R. Dawson By PATRICK JOHNSON pjohnson@repub.com SPRINGFIELD – Agawam Mayor Susan R. Dawson was attacked by another woman Wednesday night as she left the ladies’ room at Max’s Tavern by the Naismith Memorial Basketball... [Read More...]
State Senator Marian Walsh
Walsh pulls out amid uproar Senator will not pursue $120,000-a-year state post By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff | April 1, 2009 State Senator Marian Walsh abandoned her appointment yesterday to a $120,000-a-year position at a state authority, a decision that follows two tumultuous weeks for Governor Deval Patrick and was made amid what Walsh described as a “tsunami” of public outrage. “I feel I have become the issue,” said... [Read More...]
BUSTED- $23k stuffed in her bra- SENATOR DIANE WILKERSON
BUSTED- $23k stuffed in her bra- SENATOR DIANE WILKERSON “Vote For Dianne Wilkerson” State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested for Corruption Charges. Deval Patrick supported her campaign even though she has had prior problems with the law. State Senator Diane Wilkerson Arrested U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Michael Sullivan, announces charges against State Senator Diane Wilkerson. Dianne Wilkerson Asked to Leave Massachusetts State... [Read More...]
Dianne Wilkerson Bribe
So how much bribe money will a legislator’s bra hold anyway? Here’s an important state political story we almost missed given all the sound and fury surrounding the climax of the 2008 presidential election race between Barack Obama and John McCain and their trusty sidekicks, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. For a brief change of pace we’re going to tell you about Massachusetts state senator Dianne Wilkerson. She’s a Democrat who’s... [Read More...]
Tom Finneran
Not a fan, felonious Tom Finneran? Well pardon me! By Howie Carr | Saturday, January 10, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com Photo by Nancy Lane Are you talkin’ to me, Felon Finneran? I quote now from the letter that four bust-out ex-governors of Massachusetts have written to President Bush, begging them to pardon former House speaker Tommy Taxes Finneran, a man so crooked he needs a corkscrew to get into his pants in the morning. “He... [Read More...]
Deval Patrick’s Task Force on Public Integrity?
In true Deval Patrick fashion; in retrospect of the continued debacle called Mass State Government, Deval offers us full transparency with an internal task force designed to increase the illusion of public integrity. This is a true bitchslap to the citizens of this state. Once regarded as left wing edu snobs we certainly must be the laughing stock of the free world to have to adhere to, let alone have to establish this sure to be blundering task... [Read More...]
Sal DiMasi Elected House Speaker
Sal DiMasi easily re-elected House speaker By Hillary Chabot | Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Photo by Angela Rowlings Rep. Salvatore DiMasi was overwhelmingly re-elected Speaker of the House this morning with 135 out of 159 votes, an impressive showing of support for the embattled politician. “I want to thank my fellow members for your overwhelming vote of confidence today,” DiMasi... [Read More...]