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Embattled Massachusetts climate official David Ismay resigns ‘immediately’
Boston Herald ^ | 11 Feb 2021 | Joe Dwinell

Posted on 02/11/2021 8:50:19 AM PST by Rummyfan

David Ismay, the Baker administration $130,000-a-year climate change undersecretary, has resigned “immediately” citing his incendiary comments.

In a resignation letter he shared with the Herald today, Ismay writes: “It is with great regret that I submit my resignation, effectively immediately, from the position of Undersecretary for Climate Change in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.”

The resignation letter is addressed to his boss, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides, and is dated Wednesday, Feb. 10.

Ismay heads out the door after a series of questionable comments about forcing homeowners, motorists and fishermen to prepare for hard times as the state pushes for so-called Net Zero emissions in the years to come.

Even Gov. Charlie Baker bristled at Ismay’s rhetoric, saying the undersecretary does not speak for him.

Ismay laded on the hot seat after MassFiscal posted a video of the undersecretary saying the state needs to “break their will” and “turn the screws on” ordinary people to force changes in their consumption of heating fuels and gasoline. Ismay described the ordinary people as the “person across the street” and the “senior on fixed income.”

That didn’t sit well with the governor.

“First of all, no one who works in our administration should ever say or think anything like that — ever,” Baker said late last week. “Secondly, Secretary Theoharides is going to have a conversation with him about that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: charliebake; davidismay; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; kathleentheoharides; massachusetts
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...the position of Undersecretary for Climate Change in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.”

It would be even better if the governor did away with the position entirely.

1 posted on 02/11/2021 8:50:19 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
“Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking.”
2 posted on 02/11/2021 8:50:48 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

This is a Republican governor Charlie Baker’s administration.


3 posted on 02/11/2021 8:53:32 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Rummyfan

I wonder if he’s related to the “Coward of the Titanic” J. Bruce Ismay. Chairman of the White Star Line and one of the few “men” who survived the Titanic.


4 posted on 02/11/2021 8:55:23 AM PST by albie
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To: Rummyfan

All politicians, particularly RAT politicians, run from the truth.....especially when they utter it themselves.


5 posted on 02/11/2021 8:57:06 AM PST by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
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To: Rummyfan

So, Ismay has more in common with conservatives that you may think! He lost his job for speaking the truth! [NO SARCASM TAG!]

Such things are supposed to remain unspoken and under the covers.

C.S. Lewis: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.” Lewis went on to explain that at least a tyrant may eventually be sated and leave you alone, but a moral busybody will continue to dream up more “good” he can do on your behalf and will never be deterred by his conscience. Indeed, he is spurred on by his conscience.


6 posted on 02/11/2021 8:57:15 AM PST by the_Watchman
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To: Rummyfan

That’s an unwieldly title. Why not just call him Uberhauptmansturmbahnführer?


7 posted on 02/11/2021 8:59:47 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Rummyfan

His real transgression was acknowledging that the game is to “break our will.”

We always knew that’s what the masks and lockdowns were about.


8 posted on 02/11/2021 9:00:00 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: Rummyfan

RELATED:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3933350/posts


9 posted on 02/11/2021 9:00:29 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: Rummyfan

What a jackass. In a state where nearly every single one of the legislators with nearly no exceptions is one, this turd is at the top of the heap.


10 posted on 02/11/2021 9:00:54 AM PST by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Kaslin; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv

His crime, the reason he is being punished so severaly is SAYING IT OUTLOUD. He was simply the one foolish enough to be caught (recorded) saying what they all really want.

Problem is, the rest now KNOW they have to keep their mouths shut.


11 posted on 02/11/2021 9:03:06 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The number one problem in the world is that sociopaths are allowed to reach positions of power—when they should be quarantined from the rest of the population.

I hear Mars needs settlers.


12 posted on 02/11/2021 9:03:41 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Rummyfan

Typical of today’s Democratic controlled government. Tax and spend and make the ruling elites richer.


13 posted on 02/11/2021 9:05:06 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: cgbg

Kodiak Island is a lot easier to get to.


14 posted on 02/11/2021 9:06:55 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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It is time for us to bait and switch on the sociopaths.

Let them settle somewhere remotely so they can “live in peace”.

Then use the area for a nuclear test site.


15 posted on 02/11/2021 9:09:23 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Roccus
They're genuinely sorry - that they got caught.

They're genuinely sorry - that you peasants just won't shut up, take it and die.

16 posted on 02/11/2021 9:10:32 AM PST by Noumenon (As long as you have a rifle, you still have a vote. KTF)
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To: DuncanWaring

Wood chippers are more readily accessible. Like those big Vermeer ones.


17 posted on 02/11/2021 9:13:02 AM PST by Noumenon (As long as you have a rifle, you still have a vote. KTF)
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To: Rummyfan

His only mistake was saying it out loud.

L


18 posted on 02/11/2021 9:15:41 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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>>...the position of Undersecretary for Climate Change in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.”

It would be even better if the governor did away with the position entirely.<<

But then who would the Under Undersecretaries report to? It can’t be the Secretary — that would be madness!


19 posted on 02/11/2021 9:26:01 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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...Even Gov. Charlie Baker bristled at Ismay’s rhetoric, saying the undersecretary does not speak for him.

Describing OUT LOUD, plans that must be kept secret until they are irreversible, will guarantee abandonment by your superiors.

20 posted on 02/11/2021 9:28:20 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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