~Massachusetts Government Scandals & Political Corruption~
MA Government, MA Political Scandals & Political Corruption in Massachusetts
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.
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 has suffered daily taunts and ridicule of those who believe that every elected official is the equivalent of a common thief.”
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.
Marshfield – Ethics scandals, including those that led to the resignations of two state senators and others that will dog other top Beacon Hill figures into the New Year, were pieces of a mosaic that coalesced in the public consciousness into what the capitol press corps named the top story of 2008: corruption on Beacon Hill.
The five-term city councilor made his initial appearance this afternoon in US District Court in Worcester before Magistrate Judge Timothy Hillman, who is also handling Wilkerson’s case. Turner faces charges of attempted extortion under color of official right — essentially, using his office to obtain an illegal payment — and lying to a government agent.
