Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Coakley under investigation... Deval is at it again

From the Herald:

Leave it to the GOP....lets see if anything comes of this. But for the readers of this blog, we posted something about her secret accounts a while ago. Perhaps more info will come out now.

Federal election authorities have launched an official review into claims that Attorney General Martha Coakley improperly used her state campaign funds to ramp up her Senate bid weeks before U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died.

The Federal Election Commission sent a letter to the Massachusetts Republican Party this week saying it is reviewing the GOP’s complaint that Coakley used state funds on her federal race - a violation of election laws.

“Martha Coakley was scheming a shadow campaign for higher office rather than prosecuting political corruption as Attorney General,” MassGOP spokeswoman Tarah Donoghue said. “Coakley is clearly trying to avoid questions on this matter, but she won’t be able to avoid the FEC.”










Gov. Deval Patrick has issued pink slips to nearly 100 state Department of Conservation and Recreation workers but spared a high-paid trio including the sister of his campaign manager and her two pals, the Herald has learned.

DCR Commissioner Rick Sullivan confirmed 91 workers have been let go, including some who held their jobs for years.

But Patty Vantine - the sister of Gov. Deval Patrick’s campaign manager and state Democratic chairman John Walsh - and two friends she hired are not among those hitting the unemployment line.

Vantine, a former accountant for the state Democratic party, was given a $20,000 raise last year that bumped her pay to $105,000 when she was promoted to a top DCR administrative post.

The Herald reported in May that Vantine hired her friend and Abington neighbor Kathleen Reilly to an $83,000-a-year administrative post. Reilly previously had worked for the state for 18 years but was a stay-at-home mom until Vantine brought her back onto the state payroll earlier this year.

Vantine also hired her Abington neighbor Kevin Whalen, a former analyst for State Street Corp., to a $68,000 “waterfront coordinator” position.

Does Deval think no one will hear of this?

6 Comments:

At October 21, 2009 at 7:55 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lets hope some of the mud slinging sticks to Coakley. She is a dangerous and powerful woman in a position to silence her detractors pretty quickly. I say the only way to get her is for the feds to step in, and looks like that is finally happening.

 
At October 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM , Blogger concerned voter said...

Patrick contiues to think he is above questions. He continues to be wrong. Big business knows that to save money, you lay off those collecting the big salaries, not the little guy making blue collar wages. Patrick is not making decisions that are going to garner him a lot of support come the next election, no matter who comes to town to campaign for him.

 
At October 21, 2009 at 1:18 PM , Blogger Worried 01701 said...

Sometimes I think about the fact that I, and many others with me and since me, risked our lives for the likes of people like this. Dishonest people in positions of power. I went to Nam to fight that exact scenario in another country. And came home to live in a state that has the excact same issue, albeit with a different degree of dishonesty, but dishonest none the less. This is reprehensible.

 
At October 21, 2009 at 2:05 PM , Blogger Jim Pillsbury said...

Worried... Thanks for your service to this country.... your braver than I was and your point is well taken.

 
At October 21, 2009 at 2:26 PM , Blogger fed up in framingham said...

Don’t you ever get sick of talking about the same corrupt politicians doing the same illegal things and claiming to be the same ethical people we all know they are not? Enough is enough here. Lets move on to topics we can do something about, like keep Framingham kids from going hungry and living in cars.

 
At October 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM , Blogger Old soldier said...

My sentiments exactly worried01701.Makes me wonder what all those MA boys who did not make it home are thinking about all of this. You can bet that when Veterans Day rolls around, these same Pols will all be looking to stand next to a veteran for the publicity factor. Too bad they would not honor our sacrifices by living up to the principals we fought for, an open governement that is responsive to the will of the people.

 

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