Boston GOP Chair Jen Nassour  For her comments in a recent Boxborough Town meeting, where she attacked conservative principles, called them racists and bigots and begged conservatives to leave her party to form their own.

Jen Benson  Sign the bill raising your Sales tax from 5 to 6.25%

Boston GOP Chair Jen Nassour  Sets forth her new platform which includes; The MAGOP l not would not necessarily support a pro-life candidate, if a better “republican” candidate was available who happened to be pro-choice.Nassour then interjected herself in a Republican sponsored fiscal bill being worked in the Capitol and opposed the majority of Republicans working the legislation in favor on a minority opinion, without so much as alerting the majority Republican coalition of her intentions, she further proclaimed in Bay Windows that under her "leadership" Social issues to include pro-life and family values were not part of the MAGOP!  Calls those who do not agree with her SEXIST and then tells the conservative (a.k.a Activists) to leave the party.... And all the while posing for and having a charming interview with BAY WINDOWS the most extreme GLBT "media" outlet in the country!

Deval Patrick named of Sen. Marian Walsh as assistant executive director at HEFA - whether her salary is $175,000 or $120,000. the fact remains the position was unfillesd for 12 years

Deval Patrick; 19 cents per gallon added gas tax, making Massachusetts number ONE, $2.00 parking fee increase at Logan Airport, for a "Carbon Credit"   on top of the $1.00 just rasied, making Logan Airport the most expense in the country to park,raised taxes on businesses by nearly $500 million a year since taking office, his Revenue Department offered amnesty to 159,000 tax delinquents who might pay up $20 million.

Judge Howard Whitehead; A Lawrence man accused of beating another man to death outside a bar nine years ago has been freed by a judge who said he had no choice because of the man’s low IQ. Eric Falaradeau was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the October 2000 death of William Beal of Salem, N.H. Judge Whitehead dropped charges against the 29-year-old Falardeau on Tuesday, saying he would never go to trial because learning disabilities prevent him from understanding the proceedings, and he can’t be committed to a psychiatric hospital because he is not considered mentally ill.

Jen BENSON, State Representative 37th Middlesex District. while the State and Nation faces cuts , while people are loosing their jobs announces her environmental protection, that bill will require customers to pay a surcharge of five cents for each plastic bag used at grocery stores. Customers would pay no surcharge for paper bags, reusable bags, or plastic bags brought from home. The surcharge would go to the Clean Environment Fund to be used for environmental projects.  New Hampshire shopping looks better every day.

Massachusetts Lawmakers...The Bay State’s convicts will get to watch the Super Bowl on 117 brand-new high-definition flatscreen TVs purchased with the OK of state prison officials. The cash-strapped and over-crowded prison system spent a mind-boggling $76,958 for the N/D big screen TV'S this month even as Gov. Deval Patrick moves to lay off state workers and slash local aid in the face of the worst financial meltdown in a generation.

Deval Patrick... grapples with layoffs and budget deficits, he has hired a close neighbor in Milton to be the state’s $120,000 director of real estate services, Attorney and real-estate consultant Dana Harrell, 60, a frequent contributor to Patrick’s campaign coffers, was introduced Oct. 27, less than two weeks after Patrick announced 1,000 jobs would be lost to the state’s $1.4 billion budget crunch.

MASS GOP... During the 2008 election cycle  raised $946,626.23  and spent  $83,998.94, on direct candidate contributions this included a mere $226.50 for Beatty for Senate. And recently annointed yet another Chair, this one with absolutely no experience in party leadership.

Massachusetts Ex officials... Four ex-governors of Massachusetts have gone to bat for former house speaker Tom Finneran, who plead guilty to obstruction of justice. Ex-governors Dukakis, ( A Democrat, it figures) Weld, Cellucci and Swift (all alleged Republicans in fact RINO's) have endorsed  and sent a letter to the President supporting Finneran’s bid for a pardon from President Bush. Finneran wants his felony conviction for lying under oath to be expunged.

Massachusetts Debt...Despite statutory and administrative debt limits, the Commonwealth’s debt burden remains among the highest in the nation by certain measures.  A recent U.S. Census Bureau study of state finances ranks Massachusetts third in the nation in outstanding debt and first in the nation in debt per capita. Moody’s Investors Service ranks Massachusetts fourth in total net tax-supported debt, third in total gross tax-supported debt, second in net tax-supported debt as a percentage of personal income, and first in net tax-supported debt per capita. Standard and Poor’s Massachusetts rankings are similar: first in tax-supported debt per capita, second in tax-supported debt as a percentage of personal income, and fourth in total tax-supported debt.

Massachusetts lawmakers ...will be able to get a 5.5 percent pay raise, an automatic hike provided for in the state Constitution that is keyed to the increase in the state's median household income. Under Article 118 of the amendments to the state Constitution, which was approved by voters in a 1998 referendum, lawmakers will now see their base pay increase from $58,237 to $61,440. The automatic pay raise does not apply to the extra pay that House and Senate members get for leadership positions. this while the state is layiong off mental health workers talking tax increases and facing over one billion dollar short fall.

Richard Voke, a former House majority leader.. from Chelsea who retired in 1998 after losing a bitter fight for the speakership to Thomas M. Finneran in 1996, upped his pension from about $14,779 to $28,193.

Former State Representative Francis G. Mara... from Brockton who retired in 1996 after he was fined for taking gifts from insurance lobbyists, increased his pension from about $3,783 to $18,921.

Former State Representative Vincent J. Piro... from Somerville who lost his seat after he was charged with taking a $5,000 bribe, used the law to boost his pension from about $6,750 - not including annual cost-of-living adjustments - to $18,872.

Former State Senator James Marzilli... charged with attempting to grope a woman, asked the state to nearly double his pension, just 11 days after he resigned from the state Senate in disgrace.

Alfred E. Saggese Jr., a Winthrop Democrat... got his pension boosted to $18,872, after retiring from the House in 1991, a year after he missed more roll call votes than any other member,

State Senator J. James Marzilli Jr., arraigned on 4 June 2008 on charges that he tried to grope a woman and harass another on busy streets in downtown Lowell, faces further investigation as more women came forward with accusations of inappropriate sexual contact. Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. said law enforcement officers are investigating a report of an assault in Arlington last year, one in Brighton two years ago, and additional reports in Lowell Tuesday. The veteran lawmaker fled police who tried to question him, causing cars to swerve out of his way and pedestrians to scramble as he darted through city streets. Marzilli was arrested in a parking garage, where he was cut off by police cruisers chasing him. After officers threatened him with pepper spray to make him submit to handcuffs, according to a police report, he broke into tears and cried that his "life was over."

Quincy Mayor, Thomas P. Koch, recently made headlines for spending nearly $19,000 on wall-to-wall carpeting for his office and a 47-inch flat-screen TV. Public outrage over the expenditures - including widespread incredulity that a rug cost so much - prompted Koch to promise to pay for the rug with campaign funds and give the TV to the senior center.

State Senator (Former State Representative) James Eldridge… Found in violation on three separate occasions of OCPF (Campaign Finance) violations and ordered restitution and other forms of corrective action.

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner… Arrested and charged with accepting a $1,000 bribe and then lying about taking the money in a widening federal corruption inquiry.

State Senator Dianne Wilkerson …Arrested in Oct 2008 by the FBI on public corruption charges. U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said Wilkerson took $23,500 in bribes between June 2007 and October 2008 . 

Middlesex County’s Register of Probate John Buonomo.. was arrested in August  2008 by state police and charged with 18 counts of breaking and entering into a depository, eight counts of theft of public property and eight counts of larceny under $250, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.  Buonomo had been caught on tape counting and stealing cash repeatedly from machines inside the Office of the Register of  Deeds

Deval Patrick.. This is what he said about anone who is cybical about Massachusetts Politics  “We are awash in cynicism in the commonwealth, but the cynical are not smart; they’re just pretending to be.”

Deval Patrick..    Promised three prime issues on/during his campaign, Property Tax relief, 1000 more police and educational excellence.. so far 0 & 3

Deval Patrick…  who once decried the cozy “Big Dig culture” on Beacon Hill - names controversial Big Dig insider James Aloisi transportation secretary , Aloisi who made 3 million dollars off of Big Dig Contracts.  

Deval Patrick…Hires his former co-chair of his fund raising committee at $72,000/year to be the secretary for Mrs. Deval Patrick making her official schedule.

Deval Patrick…  Facing a billion dollar deficit, spends 27 thousand dollars on Drapes and office furnishings.. Is now repaying the State.

Deval Patrick…  Criticizes former administrations for being “Out of Touch” however he uses the State Police Helicopter to commute back on fourth to work

Deval Patrick… Facing at the time of his inauguration a state with a billion dollar deficit spends over one million on his inaugural parties .

Deval Patrick… Purchase of a Cadillac. Initially saying the Crown Vic was old and the heater did not work, Then saying they did not make Crown Vic’s any longer and finally indicating the State Police “ordered” him to get the Cadillac. Patrick caved and finally paid $543.00 per month, the difference between the Caddies cost to tax payers of $1,166.00 and what the Ford would have cost to lease!

Billy Bulger ..  The former president of the state Senate and, sadly, the University of Massachusetts, was allowed to add $17,000 to his $179,000-a-year pension for the value of his “housing allowance,”  

Former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman Matthew J. Amorello ...iis under investigation by the state Ethics Commission — a paper tiger if there ever was one — for possible violation of conflict-of-interest laws. While crafting a golden parachute for himself and some of his close associates as he was forced out of office, Mr. Amorello initiated last-minute policy changes that enabled some turnpike managers to walk away with $320,000 in unused sick pay. The chairman’s own take was $80,000.