Posted on 02/16/2007 6:50:57 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
BOSTON --He's only one month into his first term in elective office, but already Gov. Deval Patrick is facing scrutiny of his personal spending after he asked all department heads to trim their budgets to help close a budget gap of more than $1 billion.
In a week that saw Patrick proposing measures to raise the meals tax at restaurants and close corporate tax loopholes -- a move some companies view as a tax hike, he also was forced to answer questions about his use of a state police helicopter and a new Cadillac DeVille to move around the state.
Now Patrick is defended his hiring of a $72,000-a-year staff member to handle scheduling and interview requests for his wife, Diane Patrick, who is a partner at the downtown Boston law firm, Ropes & Gray. The first lady's staffer, Amy Gorin of Wellesley, co-chaired the governor's fund-raising committee -- along with her husband, Norm.
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Good old Deville Patrick.
You wanted him, you got him, Mass. Now why don't all you NH liberals who commute to Boston get the heck out of my state and quit screwing it up like you did to Mass?
Forget it, Jake. It's Ratsachusetts.
Probably to keep the liquor cabinet stocked.
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