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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Salvatore DiMasi Ethics
Sal DiMasi ally goes public with ethical concerns By Associated Press | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics BOSTON — A key ally of Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi says he will not back DiMasi’s bid for another two-year term because of ethics questions hanging over the Boston Democrat. Rep. David Torrisi tells The Boston Globe that he agonized over the decision, and has decided to... [Read More...]
Chuck Turner Scandal Boston
Chuck Turner fights bid to gag him By Edward Mason | Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Photo by Angela Rowlings Embattled City Councilor Chuck Turner yesterday vowed to fight the feds’ proposed gag order barring him from using their evidence to fuel his fiery media assault against them. John Pavlos, a member of Turner’s legal team, said the gag order the feds sought Monday places unacceptable... [Read More...]
MA scandals dwarf all bad news – Political Corruption
Statehouse Roundup — 2008: Ethics scandals dwarf all bad news Courtesy of: Wicked Local Marshfield CLICK HERE By Jim O’Sullivan Tue Dec 30, 2008, 08:00 AM EST StumbleUpon Newsvine del.icio.us Digg 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... [Read More...]