The Governors debate
I watched the debate last night on GBH and was pleased to hear what Gonzalez said about the State Police scandal. Baker I think now realizes it's a major point. For the record, I'm not for either of them as of now, but Gonzalez held his own. The fact that Baker continues to think this is not a major point is clearly not what most voters think. When Baker said the records that they wanted to be destroyed had nothing to do with the investigations, I almost fell off the chair. How in the world could he believe that? While Baker may be the most popular Governor in the country, he loses credibility when he defends the actions that he has taken to clean up the mess.. I will agree with him when he says 2 thousand staties are not all bad, but the percentage of them who are self entitled is growing and that's where he must take a stand. Sure.. prosecute 46 of them, but to hire an XState Police commander to investigate is flat out wrong. Nothing good comes from cops investigating cops.
On pubic transportation, Gonzalez has pie in the sky aspirations that are not realistic. Taxing the wealthy and taking money from our colleges to fund improvements in public transportation is not the answer imo. Granted Baker and Beacon Hill have spent more money on public transportation but it's not enough to replace railroad ties and add a commuter rial line in Somerville. Open road tolling (93, Rt3, 95 495 and 128 is certainly a way to create a funding source that is immediate. Getting rid of Keyolis and bringing back it to be controlled by the State is not the answer either. It didn't work in the past, it won't be any different now.
It really does show how the 2 party system has and continues to fail us. And if Gozalez gets to be Governor, just think back when all branches of Government here were controlled by one party. Little got done under Patrick. The same problems were ignored back then as well. Baker has 20 million in his check book, Gonzalez has a fraction of that to spend. Lobbyists from both sides will spend big here and then there's the Trump factor which Baker has ignored to this point but will endorse Deihl against Warren.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 4:23 PM
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4 Comments:
In my opinion neither candidate for Governor is a great choice. But then neither is horrific either. I tend to lean towards the idea that if they have not been really bad at their job then leave them in their job. However Baker in my opinion has failed with this state police issue big time. In other areas I think he has done well for the residents of MA. But that one failure is a big one. However I think Gonzalez is not at all realistic in what he is promising, and I think he knows that which means he is lying. That is a big issue to me. In an atmosphere where we are all looking for ways to make college more affordable to all kids he is suggesting we take more money from academic institutions to fund things not related to lowering the cost of college. That is plain stupid. I think Gonzalez fairy tale plans are worse than Bakers issues and am hoping that this election cycle will make Baker take a stronger stand on the police issue if he wants to win so I am leaning towards Baker.
Is there any write in or third party candidates running for Governor here in MA? Just curious
Baker has done alright but not great but Gonzalez was part of the Patrick administration and they are the ones that left things in such a mess that Baker has spent most of his first 2 years cleaning up. Neither is a good choice. So Gonzalez was in the admiistration in power when the State Police mess started, and Baker is not doing enough to fix it. No good choice here
As far as I know... there's no one else running for Gov.
Good point about Gonzalez and his part in all of this State Cop stuff. They all seem to be somewhat culpable and negligent.
The voters who just tune in days before the election may not be aware of all the troubles the State has. There will be a Tsunami of TV ads coming and those sound bites may sway some of those who haven't paid any attention to whats happening until now.
I wish Baker would take a stand on the State Cops and all of the corruption and fraud that seems to run rampant at various State agencies..like the Environmental Cops but maybe he's afraid to piss off his supporters.
I hope I live long enough to see any elected official to restore my faith in government.
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