HOLYOKE SOLDIERS HOME AGAIN UNDER ATTACK BY ANOTHER GOVERNOR BE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.....WHAT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTER, POLITICAL PROVIDER OR CONSULTANT WILL NOW DO THE JOB OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES?
Wake Up Massachusetts Citizens.
This is another grab by another administration be they Republican or Democrat, These decisions are made by temporary political appointees who are part of the revolving door of government. They come from the private sector when their candidate wins, back to the private sector when their candidate leaves or loses. Many times to those companies they regulate or give out contracts or awarded previously while temporary in state service.
With all state management political appointees hired without a merit system these are the actions citizens continuously get. The decisions made by those politically appointed will not be held accountable in the future. They will be long gone. Just provide a mirage or narrow minded piece of typed BERNIE MADOOF DOCUMENT to reportedly save money that the legislature, media, and uninformed citizens will be gullible to believe and not verify.
Massachusetts State government is not working. Compassion, Care, and Concern are gone. Our State Government has failed to be a provider of services. Massachusetts is a buyer of services from the un monitored vendors, providers, consultant, campaign contributors that have made our state budget process a failure. With little accountability or no oversight of expenditures, the Massachusetts Taxpaying Citizen has been fleeced.
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MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR PATRICK ADMINISTRATION AND UNION BOSS ALLIES GOUGE, ELIMINATE, AND TAKE BENEFITS AWAY FROM CAREER UNION STATE EMPLOYEES. STATE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DOWNSIZE AND TRANSFER STATE DELIVERY SYSTEM TO MORE EXPENSIVE CONSULTANTS, VENDORS, PROVIDERS, AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS.
Shame on UNIONS BOISSES OF SEIU 509 and AFSCME
Once again the so called public employee union bosses continue to sell out to their endorsed political candidate at the expense of the career state employees struggling to provide services with taxpayer dollars. The union bosses continue to promote by inaction of starving state agencies and allowing their membership to dwindle. The Union Bosses are too allied with consultants, vendors, and providers that have raped the taxpayers, legislature for too long and are unaccountable trying to organize them while the delivery system fails. Apparently dues are dues for the union bosses to play politics and their dedicated membership are expendable.
Governor Deval Pattrick Threatens State Employee Cuts While insuring His Political Appointments Are Safe! That is an outrage. The place where there are the real Savings which could be at least $750 million to $1.5 billiuon+ Alone In The State Budget. .....Massachusetts Non Profits, Not For Profits, and Foundations Must Now Clean UP Their Own Management Greed As What Was Exposed In The Banking And Insurance Industry.
Government,Foundations, and Citizens all struggling in our nation's failed economy caused by unmonitored corporate financial greed and failed government oversight must show additional compassion and dig deeper into their pocketbooks. Compassion, Care, and Concern are needed to guarantee what is funded is precisely spent as intended.
However, the time has come that the non profits and not for profits be held to a higher standard also. Greed CEO salaries.golden parachutes, fat expense accounts, and interrelated sweetheart contracts must be addressed. Direct care services advertised must be maintained with need sincerity and actually being provided as funded.
Estimates not taking in consideration the $$$$billions in private giving accounts in the state budget alone if waste, fraud, abuse corruption and doing proper oversight could recover $750 Billion+ to $1.5 Billion + alone in State budget Expenditures by holding the non profit and not for profit Human Services Industrial Complex were properly audited and monitored.
Shame on UNIONS BOISSES OF SEIU 509 and AFSCME
Once again the so called public employee union bosses continue to sell out to their endorsed political candidate at the expense of the career state employees struggling to provide services with taxpayer dollars. The union bosses continue to promote by inaction of starving state agencies and allowing their membership to dwindle. The Union Bosses are too allied with consultants, vendors, and providers that have raped the taxpayers, legislature for too long and are unaccountable trying to organize them while the delivery system fails. Apparently dues are dues for the union bosses to play politics and their dedicated membership are expendable.
Governor Deval Pattrick Threatens State Employee Cuts While insuring His Political Appointments Are Safe! That is an outrage. The place where there are the real Savings which could be at least $750 million to $1.5 billiuon+ Alone In The State Budget. .....Massachusetts Non Profits, Not For Profits, and Foundations Must Now Clean UP Their Own Management Greed As What Was Exposed In The Banking And Insurance Industry.
Government,Foundations, and Citizens all struggling in our nation's failed economy caused by unmonitored corporate financial greed and failed government oversight must show additional compassion and dig deeper into their pocketbooks. Compassion, Care, and Concern are needed to guarantee what is funded is precisely spent as intended.
However, the time has come that the non profits and not for profits be held to a higher standard also. Greed CEO salaries.golden parachutes, fat expense accounts, and interrelated sweetheart contracts must be addressed. Direct care services advertised must be maintained with need sincerity and actually being provided as funded.
Estimates not taking in consideration the $$$$billions in private giving accounts in the state budget alone if waste, fraud, abuse corruption and doing proper oversight could recover $750 Billion+ to $1.5 Billion + alone in State budget Expenditures by holding the non profit and not for profit Human Services Industrial Complex were properly audited and monitored.
THERE IS NO FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE MASSACJHUSTTS MEDICAID ACCOUNT CONTRARY THAT IS BEING REPORTED. THE REAL PROBLEM IS A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT IN EXPENDITURES. WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE, INEFFICIENCY, AND MISMANAGEMENT MUST BE ADDRESSED.
There is no financial crisis in the Medicaid account. Those needing services, concern, care, compassion, the legislature, and taxpayers continue to be ripped off. The Patrick Administration like previous Democratic and Republican Administrations come and go and nothing is done.
Stop the Crying and Do Something. Those groups like the New York Union Local 1199 who get dues monies to represent their members for political campaigns and courting the politicians with no results are going in the wrong direction. The embattled AARP who sell insurance and allege to represent seniors do little or nothing. The Home Care Federation of sellers and recipient of dollars know better.
Year after year those needing services continue to be battered. Instead of cuts or more and more dollars being demanded address the issue. Solve the problem that no one is addressing for these federal and state tax dollars.
Will one of you so called advocates Blow the Whistle that Federal, State, and Citizen Watchdogs have been pleading about for years that is not addressed and the alleged problem will be on the path to be solved. Inefficiency, waste, fraud, abuse, transparency, oversight, and accountability must be addressed head on. I have seen savings proposed by credible watchdogs to be estimated from ¾ of a $Billion to close to $2 Billion.
I challenge to be corrected and will correct my comments if proved inaccurate.
There is no financial crisis in the Medicaid account. Those needing services, concern, care, compassion, the legislature, and taxpayers continue to be ripped off. The Patrick Administration like previous Democratic and Republican Administrations come and go and nothing is done.
Stop the Crying and Do Something. Those groups like the New York Union Local 1199 who get dues monies to represent their members for political campaigns and courting the politicians with no results are going in the wrong direction. The embattled AARP who sell insurance and allege to represent seniors do little or nothing. The Home Care Federation of sellers and recipient of dollars know better.
Year after year those needing services continue to be battered. Instead of cuts or more and more dollars being demanded address the issue. Solve the problem that no one is addressing for these federal and state tax dollars.
Will one of you so called advocates Blow the Whistle that Federal, State, and Citizen Watchdogs have been pleading about for years that is not addressed and the alleged problem will be on the path to be solved. Inefficiency, waste, fraud, abuse, transparency, oversight, and accountability must be addressed head on. I have seen savings proposed by credible watchdogs to be estimated from ¾ of a $Billion to close to $2 Billion.
I challenge to be corrected and will correct my comments if proved inaccurate.
Governor Deval Pattrick Threatens State Employee Cuts While insuring His Political Appointments Are Safe! That is an outrage. The place where there are the real Savings which could be at least $750 million to $1.5 billiuon+ Alone In The State Budget. .....Massachusetts Non Profits, Not For Profits, and Foundations Must Now Clean UP Their Own Management Greed As What Was Exposed In The Banking And Insurance Industry.
Government,Foundations, and Citizens all struggling in our nation's failed economy caused by unmonitored corporate financial greed and failed government oversight must show additional compassion and dig deeper into their pocketbooks. Compassion, Care, and Concern are needed to guarantee what is funded is precisely spent as intended.
However, the time has come that the non profits and not for profits be held to a higher standard also. Greed CEO salaries.golden parachutes, fat expense accounts, and interrelated sweetheart contracts must be addressed. Direct care services advertised must be maintained with need sincerity and actually being provided as funded.
Estimates not taking in consideration the $$$$billions in private giving accounts in the state budget alone if waste, fraud, abuse corruption and doing proper oversight could recover $750 Billion+ to $1.5 Billion + alone in State budget Expenditures by holding the non profit and not for profit Human Services Industrial Complex were properly audited and monitored.
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MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET CUTS AGAIN THIS YEAR!!!!...WHO IS THE DUMB, DUMBER, DUMBEST? THE GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE, OR CITIZENS WHO BELIEVE THERE IS AN ACTUAL CRISIS AND NOT ANOTHER COVERUP? IS THIS ANOTHER MAKE BELIEVE SCHEME TO ONCE AGAIN JUSTIFY INEFFICIENCY, WASTE, OR MISMANAGEMENT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF GIVING MORE TO THE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND PRESERVING MORE PATRONAGE SPECIAL INTEREST SPENDING FOR INSIDERS AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTERS?
Massachusetts Unecessary Budget Cuts Are Another Scheme To Fool The Taxpayers and Citizens
Shame and stupidity prevails on any proposed Massachusetts budget cuts with the Governor cutting budgets even wanting supreme powers to cut at will. This clearly shows an absolute dumbness that only depicts a continual lack of leadership failure with both the House and Senate Leadership enablers being part of the scheme. Unfortunately, most in the media will not report the real facts as always not to antagonize future access to the political elite.
There should be no budget shortfalls and a leaner budget to begin with. Stop feeding the addiction of costly no bid contracts to vendors, providers, and consultants that cost billions of budget taxpayer dollars. The shadow Massachusetts Government of outsourced employees from bought services that are never revealed or discussed should be the first place to start along with their executive perks and salaries. Elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse rampant throughout in several budget areas alone could solve any deficiency. Going after the so called underground economy that flourishes in the state alone means billions of additional revenue.
The elimination of unneeded patronage positions will enable the career dedicated workforce to perform their mandated duties on behalf of the taxpayers and citizens of Massachusetts.
Time for a true line item, subsidiary accounts, object codes, and a scheduling state budget filled with true accountability and oversight devices to regain the trust in government by the citizenry.
These are the solutions in plain talk. The bad taste of the Big Dig, Turnpike, Special Interest Campaign Contributions, and those who practice personal gain instead of the common good has left citizens to be cynical and have no trust in Massachusetts Government.
Reforms are needed now, not yesterday, or tomorrow. Show us there is indeed a crisis and waste, fraud, and abuse has been eliminated openly and honestly then belief in our government will be restored and the citizens will follow.
http://oversightwatchmassachusetts.blogspot.com/
Massachusetts Unecessary Budget Cuts Are Another Scheme To Fool The Taxpayers and Citizens
Shame and stupidity prevails on any proposed Massachusetts budget cuts with the Governor cutting budgets even wanting supreme powers to cut at will. This clearly shows an absolute dumbness that only depicts a continual lack of leadership failure with both the House and Senate Leadership enablers being part of the scheme. Unfortunately, most in the media will not report the real facts as always not to antagonize future access to the political elite.
There should be no budget shortfalls and a leaner budget to begin with. Stop feeding the addiction of costly no bid contracts to vendors, providers, and consultants that cost billions of budget taxpayer dollars. The shadow Massachusetts Government of outsourced employees from bought services that are never revealed or discussed should be the first place to start along with their executive perks and salaries. Elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse rampant throughout in several budget areas alone could solve any deficiency. Going after the so called underground economy that flourishes in the state alone means billions of additional revenue.
The elimination of unneeded patronage positions will enable the career dedicated workforce to perform their mandated duties on behalf of the taxpayers and citizens of Massachusetts.
Time for a true line item, subsidiary accounts, object codes, and a scheduling state budget filled with true accountability and oversight devices to regain the trust in government by the citizenry.
These are the solutions in plain talk. The bad taste of the Big Dig, Turnpike, Special Interest Campaign Contributions, and those who practice personal gain instead of the common good has left citizens to be cynical and have no trust in Massachusetts Government.
Reforms are needed now, not yesterday, or tomorrow. Show us there is indeed a crisis and waste, fraud, and abuse has been eliminated openly and honestly then belief in our government will be restored and the citizens will follow.
http://oversightwatchmassachusetts.blogspot.com/
THE MASSACHUSETTS FOSTER CARE SYSTEM CONTINUES IN CRISIS WHETHER THE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS ARE IN CONTROL. NO OR LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY OR OVERSIGHT RULES OVER THE QUESTIONAL OPERATION OF VENDORS AND PROVIDERS
Concern, Care, and Compassion must be the first priority for children in peril at all times in the Foster Care System.
The current Massachusetrts System of Foster care is in failure. Where there is failure in the current system is not addressed. There is waste, fraud, and abuse in several areas. They include questionable persons in peril themselves providing services profiteering from the system such as providers and vendors that have little accountability or oversight.
The state has destroyed its own safety net to provide direct services and is dependent of the monopoly of those who do provide services.
The columnist is right to highlight the true angels of mercy who provide the most compassionate human services. However, the columnist fails to address the broken system and offer solutions for the failure and profiteering exploitation the current system has become from Democratic and Republican Administrations that come and go ruled by Political Administrations and not Managers who manage.and maintain continuity no matter who holds reins of Massachusetts Government.
Concern, Care, and Compassion must be the first priority for children in peril at all times in the Foster Care System.
The current Massachusetrts System of Foster care is in failure. Where there is failure in the current system is not addressed. There is waste, fraud, and abuse in several areas. They include questionable persons in peril themselves providing services profiteering from the system such as providers and vendors that have little accountability or oversight.
The state has destroyed its own safety net to provide direct services and is dependent of the monopoly of those who do provide services.
The columnist is right to highlight the true angels of mercy who provide the most compassionate human services. However, the columnist fails to address the broken system and offer solutions for the failure and profiteering exploitation the current system has become from Democratic and Republican Administrations that come and go ruled by Political Administrations and not Managers who manage.and maintain continuity no matter who holds reins of Massachusetts Government.
Response to Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich current trip to Massachusetts where he criticized the State Republican Party for failure. He overlooked these facts
The Massachusetts Republican Party has lost its way. During the Dukakis era Republican leaders like Steven Pierce in the legislature focused on making government work and trying to route out inefficiency, waste, and management often building coalitions with Democrats in the legislature for the cause.
When the succession of Republican Governors in the 1990's and this century of Weld, Cellucci, Swift, and Romney only the faces of the Executive Branch changed with the same or more patronage waste, fraud, and abusefrom the Big Dig to contractors, consultants, vendors, providers. and the Human Services Industrial Establishment causing taxpayer rape with little or no accountabilitymas what went on during previous Democratic Administrations.
How can the Republican party be trusted now or agian?
Boston Globe Business reporter Liz Kowalczyk maquerading as a Health Reporter has gone too far in again writing a one sided news story relative to consumers may not have a choice in doctor hospital care under new plans by the Massachusetts Healthcare Industrial Establishment and a Dysfunctional State Government to ration Massachusetts healthcare to citizens in need of healthcare.
This so called news story is an outrage as this business reporter continues to masquerade herself as a so called health reporter.
Too long this reporter continues to report healthcare issues one sided. Why were not the other side presented in her story? A reporter reports while a columnist excesses a personal opinion.
Inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, fraud and abuse continues in the Massachusetts healthcare industry unmonitored and unchecked with reporters such as this failing to listen or report on the rape of business and industry trying to provide affordable quality healthcare for employees and their families. Consumer and citizens in need of healthcare be warned that the Globe is not advocating or reporting fairly on healthcare issues.
The well financed Healthcare Industrial Establishment and The Boston Globe are allies. The highest healthcare costs in Massachusetts have in the country and the world will continue as advocating rationing to provider networks continues.
Shame on the reporter and Globe for making those in need of healthcare the scapegoats. The MADEOFFS in the industry conducting financial rape on the pocketbooks of taxpayers and citizens are the real culprits.
This so called news story is an outrage as this business reporter continues to masquerade herself as a so called health reporter.
Too long this reporter continues to report healthcare issues one sided. Why were not the other side presented in her story? A reporter reports while a columnist excesses a personal opinion.
Inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, fraud and abuse continues in the Massachusetts healthcare industry unmonitored and unchecked with reporters such as this failing to listen or report on the rape of business and industry trying to provide affordable quality healthcare for employees and their families. Consumer and citizens in need of healthcare be warned that the Globe is not advocating or reporting fairly on healthcare issues.
The well financed Healthcare Industrial Establishment and The Boston Globe are allies. The highest healthcare costs in Massachusetts have in the country and the world will continue as advocating rationing to provider networks continues.
Shame on the reporter and Globe for making those in need of healthcare the scapegoats. The MADEOFFS in the industry conducting financial rape on the pocketbooks of taxpayers and citizens are the real culprits.
NO CONFIDENCE IN THE OFFICE OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL.....TIME FOR A REAL CHANGE.
TODAY, The Massachusetts Office of Inspector General issued a public relations ploy questioning or not questioning the Federal Stimulous Package that is providing monies for contractors for low income apartment builings? Yet, no contractor has been indicted, put in jail, or alleged misused monies recovered! Public relations attempt at publicity? I have doubts about the credibility of that office for several years under the current leadership.
Reason: Big Dig, Human Service Industrial Establishment, New School Construction, Consultant, Vendor, Provider, No Bid, bid, and Request For Proposal, Inefficiency, Mismanagement. Waste, Fraud,and Abuse few or nil indictments or Court Actions leading to misuse tax dollars being recovered.
This office has failed its mission and it is time for a new State Inspector General. In these times of declining government revenues for government operations,there must be accountability and Oversight that taxpayer dollars are spent appropriately.
TODAY, The Massachusetts Office of Inspector General issued a public relations ploy questioning or not questioning the Federal Stimulous Package that is providing monies for contractors for low income apartment builings? Yet, no contractor has been indicted, put in jail, or alleged misused monies recovered! Public relations attempt at publicity? I have doubts about the credibility of that office for several years under the current leadership.
Reason: Big Dig, Human Service Industrial Establishment, New School Construction, Consultant, Vendor, Provider, No Bid, bid, and Request For Proposal, Inefficiency, Mismanagement. Waste, Fraud,and Abuse few or nil indictments or Court Actions leading to misuse tax dollars being recovered.
This office has failed its mission and it is time for a new State Inspector General. In these times of declining government revenues for government operations,there must be accountability and Oversight that taxpayer dollars are spent appropriately.
GLOBE STAFFERS COMPLAINING ABOUT HEALTH CARE BENEFIT CUTS TO THEIR OWN INSUANCE PLAN...WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN WHEN THEIR READERS AND CITIZENS ARE COMPLAINING BY THE PRICE GOUGING BY THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS?
For years many of us fought against For Profit Hospital Healthcare coming to our state, closing of more efficient community hospitals in unfair predatory competition by the larger hospitals, unjust higher co-payments and deductibles, higher administrative costs by insurers and HMO, ridiculous Bernie Madeoff Salaries by non-profit and not for profit health insurers and hospital executives, inflated prescription drug prices, giveaway of Boston City Hospital and the UMass taxpayer paid hospital in Worcester.
Many of The Globe reporters did not report or listen to the cries of your readers and many who sounded the alarm apparently feeling immune to the plight of so many. Now you have awaken to the reality of what all others beyond the former insulated World of The Globe and now have the same cries of the rest of us. For years the Healthcare Industrial Establishment of this state has given us the most expensive costs in the country and the world..
We sympathize with your plight and what is happening to you now that has and is happening to many now in need of healthcare for their families and themselves.
Hopefully, the next time someone calls regarding inefficiency, waste, mismanagement fraud and abuse in the buccaneer Healthcare Industry-you will at least listen and report.
NOTE: Similar post on Boston Phoenix Blog that posted Globe staffers letter to management
For years many of us fought against For Profit Hospital Healthcare coming to our state, closing of more efficient community hospitals in unfair predatory competition by the larger hospitals, unjust higher co-payments and deductibles, higher administrative costs by insurers and HMO, ridiculous Bernie Madeoff Salaries by non-profit and not for profit health insurers and hospital executives, inflated prescription drug prices, giveaway of Boston City Hospital and the UMass taxpayer paid hospital in Worcester.
Many of The Globe reporters did not report or listen to the cries of your readers and many who sounded the alarm apparently feeling immune to the plight of so many. Now you have awaken to the reality of what all others beyond the former insulated World of The Globe and now have the same cries of the rest of us. For years the Healthcare Industrial Establishment of this state has given us the most expensive costs in the country and the world..
We sympathize with your plight and what is happening to you now that has and is happening to many now in need of healthcare for their families and themselves.
Hopefully, the next time someone calls regarding inefficiency, waste, mismanagement fraud and abuse in the buccaneer Healthcare Industry-you will at least listen and report.
NOTE: Similar post on Boston Phoenix Blog that posted Globe staffers letter to management
BOSTON AREA MEDIA CRITIC AND FELLOW NORTHEASTERN PROFESSOR DAN KENNEDY WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT FORMER GOVERNOR AND COLLEAGUE MICHAEL DUKAKIS WAS NOT APPOINTED INTERIM UNITED STATES SENATOR IN MASSACHUSETTS.....TO ASSIST IN HIS MOURNING THE FOLLOWING THOUGHT OCCURRED AND I SENT THE FOLLOWING TO HIS BLOG TO CHEER HIM DURINGN THE PERIOD OF OUR MOURNING.(Anyone wanting to donate, please send your donations to the beleagured taxpayers of Massachusetts made out to the Big Dig Disaster Fund.)
DESPITE YOUR AND MY ENDORSEMENT GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK HAS FAILED BY NOT NAMING FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR FOR THE INTERIM VACANT MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES SENATE SEAT. THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR BOTH OF US THAT APPEAR TO HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS. MINE IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT IN GOVERNMENT AND YOUR MOTIVATION? HOWEVER, WE SHOULD UNITE AND LAUNCH A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN TO ELECT MICHAEL DUKAKIS AS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE.
Dukakis was the architect of the Big Dig with Fred Salvucci and Bectel which is the world most expensive deteriorating construction project riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. No bid cost plus construction awards with conserted little or no oversight by design. The project went from $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion. A true international monument AIG, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Wall Street Bankers who profited must be proud!
Michael Dukakis was the architect of destruction of the State Human Services delivery system that has made life worse for the mentally challenged, Developmentally Disabled, and those in need of public health and nursing services.Dukakis actions was a birth of a system of little accountability and oversight allowing vendors, providers,consultants to be allowed high executive salaries and those served and taxpayers to be exploited
I would suggest the first order of business when Dukakis takes office is an appearence before several Congressional Investigative Committees and testify about his meritorius terms as Govenror of a state and contributions to inefficiency,waste, and mismanagement in state government operations. He is our national and international model that all Special Interests should envy.
DESPITE YOUR AND MY ENDORSEMENT GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK HAS FAILED BY NOT NAMING FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR FOR THE INTERIM VACANT MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES SENATE SEAT. THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR BOTH OF US THAT APPEAR TO HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS. MINE IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT IN GOVERNMENT AND YOUR MOTIVATION? HOWEVER, WE SHOULD UNITE AND LAUNCH A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN TO ELECT MICHAEL DUKAKIS AS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE.
Dukakis was the architect of the Big Dig with Fred Salvucci and Bectel which is the world most expensive deteriorating construction project riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. No bid cost plus construction awards with conserted little or no oversight by design. The project went from $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion. A true international monument AIG, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Wall Street Bankers who profited must be proud!
Michael Dukakis was the architect of destruction of the State Human Services delivery system that has made life worse for the mentally challenged, Developmentally Disabled, and those in need of public health and nursing services.Dukakis actions was a birth of a system of little accountability and oversight allowing vendors, providers,consultants to be allowed high executive salaries and those served and taxpayers to be exploited
I would suggest the first order of business when Dukakis takes office is an appearence before several Congressional Investigative Committees and testify about his meritorius terms as Govenror of a state and contributions to inefficiency,waste, and mismanagement in state government operations. He is our national and international model that all Special Interests should envy.
5 outsourced emergency rooms charging $30 surccharges for late night emergency room services in nincluding St. Vincents medical center in Worcester exposed by a union.
Now the rest of the story. The surcharge is a sham and is the result of for profit health care coming to Massachusetts of profits before people. Remember, in the case of St. Vincents the parishioners of the regions Catholic Church gave monies to the Bishop to build the original Hospital only to sold to a for profit entity and no monies given back to the parishioners. The union bosses who exposed this are trying to organize these outsourced entities and are certainly not whistleblowers? Also, if these entities were organized and the dues to the labor bosses were flowing in, would they have exposed this?
This union Local l199 in recent years has descended upon Massachusetts from New York with deep pockets for political campaigns and organization. Note the work done for Deval Patrick and other legislative races. This group is out organizing the death carnage of the state delivery system and that has come about because of falling apart due to the negligence of other unions Council 93 (AFSCME) and Local Union 509 SEIU.
These two groups maybe employing a similar strategy in their collaboration with the Human Services Industrial Establishment on so many issues? Letting the state delivery system fail and see their own dues paying members workers displaced, then organize the new entities and utilize the strategy of joint lobbying for protection in the legislature for grants, higher rates, and more unaccountable tax dollars?
SEIU stands for the Service Employees International Union headed by the embattled president Andy Stern. John Sweeney recently retired czar of the divided AFL-CIO once head SEIU and employed the same strategy. Union Bosses practicing self service and politics before the members and the citizens. This a reason so many who trusted unions do not today.
NOTE: This story was reported in the Worcester Telegram and a comment was posted on their Blog website.
TIME TO ENDORSE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR FOR THE INTERIM VACANT MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES SENATE SEAT.
Dukakis was the architect of the Big Dig with Fred Salvucci and Bectel which is the world most expensive deteriorating construction project riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. No bid cost plus construction awards with conserted little or no oversight by design. The project went from $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion. A true international monument AIG, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Wall Street Bankers who profited must be proud!
Michael Dukakis was the architect of destruction of the State Human Services delivery system that has made life worse for the mentally challenged, Developmentally Disabled, and those in need of public health and nursing services.Dukakis actions was a birth of a system of little accountability and oversight allowing vendors, providers,consultants to be allowed high executive salaries and those served and taxpayers to be exploited
I would suggest the first order of business when Dukakis takes office is an appearence before several Congressional Investigative Committees and testify about his meritorius terms as Govenror of a state and contributions to inefficiency,waste, and mismanagement in state government operations. He is our national and international model that all Special Interests should envy.
Dukakis was the architect of the Big Dig with Fred Salvucci and Bectel which is the world most expensive deteriorating construction project riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. No bid cost plus construction awards with conserted little or no oversight by design. The project went from $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion. A true international monument AIG, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Wall Street Bankers who profited must be proud!
Michael Dukakis was the architect of destruction of the State Human Services delivery system that has made life worse for the mentally challenged, Developmentally Disabled, and those in need of public health and nursing services.Dukakis actions was a birth of a system of little accountability and oversight allowing vendors, providers,consultants to be allowed high executive salaries and those served and taxpayers to be exploited
I would suggest the first order of business when Dukakis takes office is an appearence before several Congressional Investigative Committees and testify about his meritorius terms as Govenror of a state and contributions to inefficiency,waste, and mismanagement in state government operations. He is our national and international model that all Special Interests should envy.
BOSTON GLOBE TRANSPORTATION REPORTER NOAH BIERMAN QUOTES ARCHITECT OF THE BIG DIG ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES!
The Globe and one of its reporters Noah Bierman does it again listening to the architect of the Big Dig Fred Salvucci who gave Massachusetts the world’s most shoddy expensive transportation project in history going from the original $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion that waits to deteriorate. Salvucci actions as Secretary of Transportation insured no accountability or oversight of the project when he gave Bectel and others no bid cost plus no bid constructs insuring little or no oversight. Inefficiency,Mismanagement, Waste, Fraud, and abuse are its legacy. MIT Professor Salvucci continues to speak or should he be censored and held accountable for the Big Dig debacle.
The Globe did not even listen to its own crusading reporters John Coughlin. Peter Howe, and Charles Sennott when sounding the alarms.They were literally dismissed, demeaned, or intimidated too.
Other Globe reporters did almost nothing to investigate or hold the big Dig accountable always listening to the spin doctors of the Big Dig Special Interest Marching Band against those with little or no resources trying to blow the whistle.
Former Globe Columnist now with CBS4 Jon Keller has stated damaging statements about the Globe position of artery defender.
I challenge anyone to dispute these statements.
NOTE; POSTING SIMILAR WITH REVISIOND TO ONE POSTED ON 9/20/2009 Boston Globe News Story.
The Globe and one of its reporters Noah Bierman does it again listening to the architect of the Big Dig Fred Salvucci who gave Massachusetts the world’s most shoddy expensive transportation project in history going from the original $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion that waits to deteriorate. Salvucci actions as Secretary of Transportation insured no accountability or oversight of the project when he gave Bectel and others no bid cost plus no bid constructs insuring little or no oversight. Inefficiency,Mismanagement, Waste, Fraud, and abuse are its legacy. MIT Professor Salvucci continues to speak or should he be censored and held accountable for the Big Dig debacle.
The Globe did not even listen to its own crusading reporters John Coughlin. Peter Howe, and Charles Sennott when sounding the alarms.They were literally dismissed, demeaned, or intimidated too.
Other Globe reporters did almost nothing to investigate or hold the big Dig accountable always listening to the spin doctors of the Big Dig Special Interest Marching Band against those with little or no resources trying to blow the whistle.
Former Globe Columnist now with CBS4 Jon Keller has stated damaging statements about the Globe position of artery defender.
I challenge anyone to dispute these statements.
NOTE; POSTING SIMILAR WITH REVISIOND TO ONE POSTED ON 9/20/2009 Boston Globe News Story.
US ATTORNEY INDICTMENT OF BIG DIG TUNNEL FASTENER FIRM RESULTS IN CHOMP CHANGE SETTLEMENT AND ALL REMAIN FREE REPORTEED IN BOSTON GLOBE WHOSE NEWSPAPER AND REPORTERS BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT
This is a disgrace to State and Local Government and the media including the Globe for its enabling role of failure to report and investigate.
Another big splash indictment and longtime later a chomp change settlement admission of no guilt and all go free!
This is why citizens who know or see, waste, fraud, abuse, or corruption must be careful. Most Delegated Government Law Enforcement Officials cannot be trusted to take action. Potential Whistleblowers Beware: you will get little or no support when coming forward. Do not place yourself or family at risk. Government for the most part does not care or will help for the most part despite some dedicated public servants.
The Big Dig was the world’s most expensive shoddy transportation project rising from $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion riddled with unchecked waste, fraud, and abuse given to the special interests with no allowed Government Accountability and Oversight.
This is no shame among State and Federal Attorney Generals, Republican or Democrat Governors and Legislatures. State and Federal Oversight Committees except for a few have failed. Those Transportation Committees over the years are too tied to the Special Interests Lobbyists Campaign Contribution Givers. Post Audit and General Accounting Committees with few exceptions have failed. The current Inspector General both State and Federal are failures.
This reporter should have done more investigation and did not. Another Globe reporter and later was reported to Globe management was given direct leads to pursue prior to the accident and did not. That reporter was asked repeatedly to work with the Washington based Whistleblower Group Project on Government Oversight and its Attorney Scott Amey and chose not to verify information. Instead there was pursuit by a questionable source of other so called documentation printed in the Globe later revealed as not being accurate resulting in that reporter having credibility reporting charges leveled.
I challenge to be corrected in any all stated.
NOTE: ALSO,POSTED O BOSTON GLOBE NEWS STORY WEBSITE
This is a disgrace to State and Local Government and the media including the Globe for its enabling role of failure to report and investigate.
Another big splash indictment and longtime later a chomp change settlement admission of no guilt and all go free!
This is why citizens who know or see, waste, fraud, abuse, or corruption must be careful. Most Delegated Government Law Enforcement Officials cannot be trusted to take action. Potential Whistleblowers Beware: you will get little or no support when coming forward. Do not place yourself or family at risk. Government for the most part does not care or will help for the most part despite some dedicated public servants.
The Big Dig was the world’s most expensive shoddy transportation project rising from $2.3 Billion to $24+ Billion riddled with unchecked waste, fraud, and abuse given to the special interests with no allowed Government Accountability and Oversight.
This is no shame among State and Federal Attorney Generals, Republican or Democrat Governors and Legislatures. State and Federal Oversight Committees except for a few have failed. Those Transportation Committees over the years are too tied to the Special Interests Lobbyists Campaign Contribution Givers. Post Audit and General Accounting Committees with few exceptions have failed. The current Inspector General both State and Federal are failures.
This reporter should have done more investigation and did not. Another Globe reporter and later was reported to Globe management was given direct leads to pursue prior to the accident and did not. That reporter was asked repeatedly to work with the Washington based Whistleblower Group Project on Government Oversight and its Attorney Scott Amey and chose not to verify information. Instead there was pursuit by a questionable source of other so called documentation printed in the Globe later revealed as not being accurate resulting in that reporter having credibility reporting charges leveled.
I challenge to be corrected in any all stated.
NOTE: ALSO,POSTED O BOSTON GLOBE NEWS STORY WEBSITE
LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR THE VACANT UNITED STATES SENATE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Another millionaire Stephen Pagliuca,another out of touch disdained Bain Capital Millionaire, now playing with toys as Boaton Celtics co-owner to join other millionaires or a tired and failed professional politician in the wealth chamber of the United State Senate that is out of tune and out of touch with the american citizen. business, and industry.
The time has come to admit defeat. Big money, special self interest always prevails. Self service rules while public service for the comon good declines and goes the way of the Edsel.
Will there be a candidate that raises hope,heart,compassion, and integrity in a broken Senate filled with so much rancor and division within the legislative process and within the failed two party system?
We need true reformers, statesman, and stateswomen to come forward dedicated for the common good.
Another millionaire Stephen Pagliuca,another out of touch disdained Bain Capital Millionaire, now playing with toys as Boaton Celtics co-owner to join other millionaires or a tired and failed professional politician in the wealth chamber of the United State Senate that is out of tune and out of touch with the american citizen. business, and industry.
The time has come to admit defeat. Big money, special self interest always prevails. Self service rules while public service for the comon good declines and goes the way of the Edsel.
Will there be a candidate that raises hope,heart,compassion, and integrity in a broken Senate filled with so much rancor and division within the legislative process and within the failed two party system?
We need true reformers, statesman, and stateswomen to come forward dedicated for the common good.
THE BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL PAGES TODAY ARE BEING USED BY THE FAILED MANAGERS OF BOTH FRANKLIN PARK AND STONEHAM ZOOS WANTING TO CONTINUE THEIR INEPT MANAGEMENT. THE EDITORIAL PAGE ALLOWING THIS ONCE SIDED JOURNALISM IS AN ENABLER. ATR LEAST THE GLOBE COULD HAVE RESEARCHED THEIR OWN ARCHIVES. ARE THE GLOBE EDITORIAL MANAGERS ENABLERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE FAILED IN ZOO MANAGEMENT AND THEIR RECFENTLY HIRED HIGH PRICED PR AND LOBBYING FIRM AT THE SAME TIME STATING THEY ARE BROKE AND HARM COULD COME TO THE ANIMALS?
No thank you. You and your group have failed to run the Zoos when management of the Zoos were turned over to your group that has failed. This was led by Senator Richard Tisei making pr4omises for massive self supporting grants and contributions would pour in for the Zoos self sufficiency as stated in the 1992 takeover. Subsidies would end after a few years. Those promises did not happen. Millions of Tax Dollars have been given to these failed managers and allies. The taxpayers, governors, legislatures, and zoos attendees have been fooled.
Once again, the Globe Editorial pages are being used for damage control when someone with access or having a PR Firm or elitist high paid Lobbyists get such special treatment on thse pges? I challebge The Globe editorial writers to go into the archives and do some research to obtain the real facts on the zoo debacle. Listen to those credible seeking accountability and oversight and stop being unojective by being an enabler to those who deserve scorn and should be held responsible for ownership failures. Let us the readers know if this column is a result of perhaps being contacted by this so called destitute group recently hired expensive mouthpieces? At least a disclaimer is in order if so.
No thank you. You and your group have failed to run the Zoos when management of the Zoos were turned over to your group that has failed. This was led by Senator Richard Tisei making pr4omises for massive self supporting grants and contributions would pour in for the Zoos self sufficiency as stated in the 1992 takeover. Subsidies would end after a few years. Those promises did not happen. Millions of Tax Dollars have been given to these failed managers and allies. The taxpayers, governors, legislatures, and zoos attendees have been fooled.
Once again, the Globe Editorial pages are being used for damage control when someone with access or having a PR Firm or elitist high paid Lobbyists get such special treatment on thse pges? I challebge The Globe editorial writers to go into the archives and do some research to obtain the real facts on the zoo debacle. Listen to those credible seeking accountability and oversight and stop being unojective by being an enabler to those who deserve scorn and should be held responsible for ownership failures. Let us the readers know if this column is a result of perhaps being contacted by this so called destitute group recently hired expensive mouthpieces? At least a disclaimer is in order if so.
THE FACTS ON MASSACHUSETTS FRANKLIN PARK AND STONEHAM ZOOS NOT BEING TOLD IN THE BOSTON MEDIA. FAILED PRIVATE TAKEOVER OF A PUBLIC ASSET ABOUT TO COVERED UP BY HIRING OF POLITICALLY CONNECTED RASKY BAERELIN LOBBYING FIRM?
Years ago the Zoos were taken off the state budget and given to this a so called private contracted group. The legislature was told that millions in donations and grants would flow in once the state gave the Zoos away. The state would only have to subsidize the Zoos for a few years and no tax dollars would then be needed. That did not happen and the fooled legislature and taxpayers continued to pay unaccountable millions over the years.
This all happened outside the State Ethics Commission, Open Meeting Laws, and Freedom of Information Act. There needs to be a new state seizure of both the Stone and Franklin Park Zoos.
State government must be held accountable to do a complete economic analysis, performance and financial audit with those being held responsible for this mismanagement and waste, fraud and abuse if found.
The so called Zoo Society crowd that has stated threats to kill the animals and blame the legislature and governor for their financial failures is a moral outrage. The so called privatized Zoo crying poor managers are now hiring high priced political lobbyists like Larry Rasky and Joe Baerelinand for public relations and lobbying to do damage control to get more after having failed is a further affront to any credibility? Therefore,the Zoo disaster should immediately be dealt with a state takeover to insure animals safety, tax and contributions are not further failed, so the citizens and animals are served.
Years ago the Zoos were taken off the state budget and given to this a so called private contracted group. The legislature was told that millions in donations and grants would flow in once the state gave the Zoos away. The state would only have to subsidize the Zoos for a few years and no tax dollars would then be needed. That did not happen and the fooled legislature and taxpayers continued to pay unaccountable millions over the years.
This all happened outside the State Ethics Commission, Open Meeting Laws, and Freedom of Information Act. There needs to be a new state seizure of both the Stone and Franklin Park Zoos.
State government must be held accountable to do a complete economic analysis, performance and financial audit with those being held responsible for this mismanagement and waste, fraud and abuse if found.
The so called Zoo Society crowd that has stated threats to kill the animals and blame the legislature and governor for their financial failures is a moral outrage. The so called privatized Zoo crying poor managers are now hiring high priced political lobbyists like Larry Rasky and Joe Baerelinand for public relations and lobbying to do damage control to get more after having failed is a further affront to any credibility? Therefore,the Zoo disaster should immediately be dealt with a state takeover to insure animals safety, tax and contributions are not further failed, so the citizens and animals are served.
CHARLES BAKER JR WANTS TO RUN FOR MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR....LOOK AT HIS REAL RECORD!
Charles Baker Jr. leaving a multi-million dollar job at Harvard Pilgrim to take a massive cut in pay to be governor? I welcome his statements on all he has advocated for the insurers not in the interest in those in need of healthcare or businesses attempting to provide affordable health care to their employees.
Imagine Baker in the race, he is the face for ungovernment reforms,no accountability, no oversight inefficiency, waste, and mismanagement in government. Look at his dismantling record in the Human Services Secretariat State Delivery System that lacked care, compassion, concern,and fiscal accountability. As State Chief Budget Guru, look at his decision making and enabling the Big Dig to flourish with a lack of accountability and oversight. We need to hear all Baker did not do.
The Harvard-Pilgrim almost demise with an insider state Government Bailout, that Baker became the head? Private Sector Worker to Government Manager back to Private sector Company once under his purview.
New York Times reportedly selling the Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram at a fire sale by July 8. Liquidators, speculators, and low ball bidders-the feast and cheap deal of the century has arrived.
This news is a New England disgrace.
The newspaper of record for New England and the paper of record for Worcester County is going in fire sales potentially to some liquidators, speculators, or become victims of some sort of get rid sale scheme. This calamity is being dictated by absentee failed management owners of the deteriorating New York Times.
Government must step in immediately at the highest levels. There needs to be an immediate post audit and oversight hearing here in Massachusetts. There must be a true independent financial and performance. audits.
The congressional delegation should do more than lip service as press freedoms are being compromised now in this region as is happening throughout the country with no intervention.
The disgrace will result less transparency in communications. We are witnessing another failure and example that requires government regulation to insure competition in the media to preserve first amendment rights. Newspapers should have not become the tools of Wall Street stock greed and moguls monopolistic unfair expansion goals. This is a failure of the unregulated free market left alone to act like robber barons.
Government acted quickly with blank checks to bail out the selfish banks, insurers, wall street brokerage houses, and the auto industry. Yet, that which affects our democracy, civil rights, free speech, and first amendment rights be dammed!
This news is a New England disgrace.
The newspaper of record for New England and the paper of record for Worcester County is going in fire sales potentially to some liquidators, speculators, or become victims of some sort of get rid sale scheme. This calamity is being dictated by absentee failed management owners of the deteriorating New York Times.
Government must step in immediately at the highest levels. There needs to be an immediate post audit and oversight hearing here in Massachusetts. There must be a true independent financial and performance. audits.
The congressional delegation should do more than lip service as press freedoms are being compromised now in this region as is happening throughout the country with no intervention.
The disgrace will result less transparency in communications. We are witnessing another failure and example that requires government regulation to insure competition in the media to preserve first amendment rights. Newspapers should have not become the tools of Wall Street stock greed and moguls monopolistic unfair expansion goals. This is a failure of the unregulated free market left alone to act like robber barons.
Government acted quickly with blank checks to bail out the selfish banks, insurers, wall street brokerage houses, and the auto industry. Yet, that which affects our democracy, civil rights, free speech, and first amendment rights be dammed!
From Bad to Worse, Massachusetts Legislature watering down more already weak ethics legislation
Inefficiency, Fraud, and Abuse of the Special Interest will only continue.
Change and a real disinfectant is needed by government.
How low and out of control can government go before there is outrage by the citizens and a real reform movement begins?
I suggest that so called good government groups such as Common Cause stop trying to become insiders with the politicans and really lead an all out reform movement.
STATE BUDGET FRAUD CONTINUES ON BEACON HILL....WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE, INEFFICIENCY, AND MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE COVERED UP
The yearly legislative Budget Process becomes another bad nightmare.
There should be no cuts in any state services or budgets. There should be expansion.
All that is needed is an assault on inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, fraud and abuse. Concentrate on the purchase of services from vendors, contractors, providers,patronage unneeded positions, consultants,underground economy and the special interests.
Accountability, oversight, and post audit continues to not be implemented in the budget process.
The mistrust in government continues leaving the taxpayers to dig deeper to finance the state budget fraud. Time for the governor and legislature to stop acting like emperors who have not clothes by leaving all egos at the door and doing their elected job.
The yearly legislative Budget Process becomes another bad nightmare.
There should be no cuts in any state services or budgets. There should be expansion.
All that is needed is an assault on inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, fraud and abuse. Concentrate on the purchase of services from vendors, contractors, providers,patronage unneeded positions, consultants,underground economy and the special interests.
Accountability, oversight, and post audit continues to not be implemented in the budget process.
The mistrust in government continues leaving the taxpayers to dig deeper to finance the state budget fraud. Time for the governor and legislature to stop acting like emperors who have not clothes by leaving all egos at the door and doing their elected job.
CUT Massachusetts STATE EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE TO SOLVE THE STATE FISCAL CRISIS!
PROTECT THE MASSACHUSETTS TAXPAYERS FOUNDATION AND BEACON HILL INSTITUTE WHOSE MEMBERS RECEIVE STATE CONTRACTS OR GET GRANTS!
BLAMING THE STATE WORKERS AND NOT THE SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO ARE THE REAL CULPRITs IS A GROSS COVER UP THAT THE MEDIA MUST EXPOSE.
Michael Widmer of the the misnamed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is directly responsible for the state fiscal mess because of bad guidance and inefficiency, waste, of and mismanagement of his members who get state contracts. The Beacon Hill Institute who is for hire by special interests seeking State Contracts or avoiding regulations are way off base in attacking state employee workers.
The problem is both Michael Widmer and David Tuerck are part of the problem. Over the years, they have failed to support oversight and accountability in government starting with the Big Big Dig fraud, abuse and by contractors providers,and vendors waste of tax dollars.
The misdirected are the state employees who have been victimized and scapegoated by the likes of Widmer and Tuerck who continue to be wrongly held having credibility by a misguided press that the media should expose are the cause for the Massachusetts Fiscal Crisis.
(Note: this entry is being written as a response to a Boston Globe news article)
PROTECT THE MASSACHUSETTS TAXPAYERS FOUNDATION AND BEACON HILL INSTITUTE WHOSE MEMBERS RECEIVE STATE CONTRACTS OR GET GRANTS!
BLAMING THE STATE WORKERS AND NOT THE SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO ARE THE REAL CULPRITs IS A GROSS COVER UP THAT THE MEDIA MUST EXPOSE.
Michael Widmer of the the misnamed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is directly responsible for the state fiscal mess because of bad guidance and inefficiency, waste, of and mismanagement of his members who get state contracts. The Beacon Hill Institute who is for hire by special interests seeking State Contracts or avoiding regulations are way off base in attacking state employee workers.
The problem is both Michael Widmer and David Tuerck are part of the problem. Over the years, they have failed to support oversight and accountability in government starting with the Big Big Dig fraud, abuse and by contractors providers,and vendors waste of tax dollars.
The misdirected are the state employees who have been victimized and scapegoated by the likes of Widmer and Tuerck who continue to be wrongly held having credibility by a misguided press that the media should expose are the cause for the Massachusetts Fiscal Crisis.
(Note: this entry is being written as a response to a Boston Globe news article)
Boston Globe New York Times Owners Locked in Battle with Employees Threatening Our Regional Press Freedoms
Tom Mashberg former union official at the Boston Herald has commented on the current Boston Globe owners threat to shut down the newspaper. Mashberg offers advice to both Globe managers and union members as he had to deal with a similar desperation in 2005 to allegedly keep the struggling Boston Herald afloat. His comments appear to be sincere and I would like to take them as such.
It is common knowledge that Herald employees that are still employed have made many sacrifices to keep the publication alive and breathing. However, an interesting point to what appears to be different from what is going on with the Globe and Employee Unions is an apparently lack of candor on the part of the New York owners. This only adds fuel to an increasing bonfire of credibility.
Mashberg states the differences between the Boston Globe and Boston Herald in dealing with the crisis facing their survival. This has caused a wedge to any solution to keep the Globe a viable newspaper from death.
Patrick J. Purcell is a local based publisher of the Herald who makes decisions. Some say Purcell is joined at the hip and has been accused of being a Rupert Murdock media mogul front guy though never openly proven. This may have some suspicion as the Herald which closed its own printing plant displacing many workers is printed at a Murdock owned printing plant in Chicopee and not Boston. Also, the Murdock empire recently purchased a Massachusetts regional newspaper chain and Purcell is performing management services? Additionally, the Herald employees have traditionally always received survival wages from a most long timestruggling newspaper management.
This states the difference in the survival mode of what the Herald endures versus the antics what the New York Globe is doing. Mashberg says the Herald publisher lets the union review Herald books every three months. No one makes a lot of money at the Herald he states including the publisher.
Trying to have sympathy for the New York Times owners is most difficult. The management of the Globe took bonuses despite losing over $50 million last year. Those in New York did the same as well as the owners getting shocking rewards despite losing billions in stock value. This should not have been done and smacks of another AIG, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch fiasco without the taxpayer bailout as yet.
Now Globe mangers are threatening to shut down the newspaper unless more and more concessions are given up by a beleaguered workforce. This is scaring the remaining advertisers and does not help a sincere survival process lacking opening up all financial books to the union. This private business has placed the public eye on itself and should therefore open its books to the workers, advertisers, and general public to insure validity of what is going on.
The public knows that newspapers are drying up all over the country because of the new media of the internet, blogs, and cable news. The time has come for total transparency and oversight by Globe and the New York owners. Or, is this a game to file bankruptcy, take a tax loss for a toxic asset, or sale to a liquidator at 1, 5 to 10 cents on the one billion dollar plus previously paid for the newspaper and thus removing the union entities?
The politicians crying because of the pending potential demise should view the Boston Globe and the cancer plaguing the newspaper industry. We are watching a serious threat to press freedoms, free speech, transparency, oversight, and accountability in Government, Business, and Labor.
(Note: Published also on John Gatti Jr. Blog at The New England News Forum Website)
Tom Mashberg former union official at the Boston Herald has commented on the current Boston Globe owners threat to shut down the newspaper. Mashberg offers advice to both Globe managers and union members as he had to deal with a similar desperation in 2005 to allegedly keep the struggling Boston Herald afloat. His comments appear to be sincere and I would like to take them as such.
It is common knowledge that Herald employees that are still employed have made many sacrifices to keep the publication alive and breathing. However, an interesting point to what appears to be different from what is going on with the Globe and Employee Unions is an apparently lack of candor on the part of the New York owners. This only adds fuel to an increasing bonfire of credibility.
Mashberg states the differences between the Boston Globe and Boston Herald in dealing with the crisis facing their survival. This has caused a wedge to any solution to keep the Globe a viable newspaper from death.
Patrick J. Purcell is a local based publisher of the Herald who makes decisions. Some say Purcell is joined at the hip and has been accused of being a Rupert Murdock media mogul front guy though never openly proven. This may have some suspicion as the Herald which closed its own printing plant displacing many workers is printed at a Murdock owned printing plant in Chicopee and not Boston. Also, the Murdock empire recently purchased a Massachusetts regional newspaper chain and Purcell is performing management services? Additionally, the Herald employees have traditionally always received survival wages from a most long timestruggling newspaper management.
This states the difference in the survival mode of what the Herald endures versus the antics what the New York Globe is doing. Mashberg says the Herald publisher lets the union review Herald books every three months. No one makes a lot of money at the Herald he states including the publisher.
Trying to have sympathy for the New York Times owners is most difficult. The management of the Globe took bonuses despite losing over $50 million last year. Those in New York did the same as well as the owners getting shocking rewards despite losing billions in stock value. This should not have been done and smacks of another AIG, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch fiasco without the taxpayer bailout as yet.
Now Globe mangers are threatening to shut down the newspaper unless more and more concessions are given up by a beleaguered workforce. This is scaring the remaining advertisers and does not help a sincere survival process lacking opening up all financial books to the union. This private business has placed the public eye on itself and should therefore open its books to the workers, advertisers, and general public to insure validity of what is going on.
The public knows that newspapers are drying up all over the country because of the new media of the internet, blogs, and cable news. The time has come for total transparency and oversight by Globe and the New York owners. Or, is this a game to file bankruptcy, take a tax loss for a toxic asset, or sale to a liquidator at 1, 5 to 10 cents on the one billion dollar plus previously paid for the newspaper and thus removing the union entities?
The politicians crying because of the pending potential demise should view the Boston Globe and the cancer plaguing the newspaper industry. We are watching a serious threat to press freedoms, free speech, transparency, oversight, and accountability in Government, Business, and Labor.
(Note: Published also on John Gatti Jr. Blog at The New England News Forum Website)
FORUM ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LACKS THE REAL PANELISTS WHO HAVE TALKED THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. A REAL DISCUSSION WITH SOLUTIONS IS NEEDED TO RESTORE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS
Northeastern University recently hosted a forum on Government Accountability and Transparency that needed a real discussion and solutions for government credibility at all levels under siege.
The business of government accountability and oversight limits itself to two factions.
One is the Special Interests and organizations who profit at the expense of the taxpayers and citizens. Then the others who wear masks and state they profess to be for accountability and oversight thereby also profiting in fundraising and employment. These types rarely go beyond the cursory.
Then there are the others to name a few and leave no one out who state the facts and investigate to determine the truth even at their own peril or challenges to their careers. They include Peter Scannell, Harry Markopolos, Peter Howe, John Strahanich, David Kassel,Wendell Woodman, John Coughlin, Claire Donahue, Tom Moorman, Joe Bergantino, Tom Hammond,Steve Cotton, Larry Overlan to name a few of the many who could be the real panelists with real facts and not part of the usual establishment who parade in when a so called good government advocate is needed in a crisis of government confidence.
Northeastern University recently hosted a forum on Government Accountability and Transparency that needed a real discussion and solutions for government credibility at all levels under siege.
The business of government accountability and oversight limits itself to two factions.
One is the Special Interests and organizations who profit at the expense of the taxpayers and citizens. Then the others who wear masks and state they profess to be for accountability and oversight thereby also profiting in fundraising and employment. These types rarely go beyond the cursory.
Then there are the others to name a few and leave no one out who state the facts and investigate to determine the truth even at their own peril or challenges to their careers. They include Peter Scannell, Harry Markopolos, Peter Howe, John Strahanich, David Kassel,Wendell Woodman, John Coughlin, Claire Donahue, Tom Moorman, Joe Bergantino, Tom Hammond,Steve Cotton, Larry Overlan to name a few of the many who could be the real panelists with real facts and not part of the usual establishment who parade in when a so called good government advocate is needed in a crisis of government confidence.
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK IN AN ALL OUT ASSAULT ON PARENTS AND RELATIVES WHOSE FRAGILE LOVED ONES ARE TO BE MOVED OUT UNWILLING FROM STATE RESIDENCES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED? THE PATRICK EFFORT AIDED WILLINGLY, WITTINGLY, OR UNWITTINLY BY SOME BUT NOT ALL UNIONS?
February 2009
The final battle in the war to destroy the state delivery of Human Services in Massachusetts is entering an almost final phase under a Democratic Governor Deval Patrick in a heartless insensitive act.
The victors are not the persons in need of services, taxpayers, or the beleaguered often maligned dedicated career state employees who provide services to this most needy and vulnerable population.
The big winners are the so called non profit, not for profit, and for profit corporations that are composed of the well heeled army of pirating profiteer vendors, consultants, providers, and alleged liberal lobbyists receiving billions in tax dollars masquerading as angels of mercy. They operate with interrelated entities, real estate, many in first class luxury with salaries with expensive perks AIG and Bear Stearns would be proud.
Several of these entities have been exposed in the media and in audits. Yet many are rewarded with further contracts. Estimates of inefficiencies of waste, fraud and abuse range from a low of one $billion to several $billions. All or most operate outside of the State Ethics Commission, Open Meeting Laws, Freedom of Information Act and Competitive Bidding utilizing tax dollars.
The Governor now is embarking on closing 3 schools for the mentally retarded that house some of the most profound cases requiring 24/7 care. This is terrorizing families long promised and many aged that the homes of their loved ones would not be taken away or moved. The three facilities on the chopping block are the Monson Development Center, Monson; Glavin Regional center, Shrewsbury: and Fernald Development Center, Waltham.
These facilities are self contained and provide needed services for the clients and allow integration into the community when possible. What will happen will be turning this fragile population into so called community isolated warehouses with questionable support client support? There are always ready and willing profiteers and developers ready to be unaccountable to provide these services for financial gain.
The problem with the state delivery system has been a lack of resources consistently provided and modernization resulting in setting them up to failure. When the state gets out of providing services a monopoly and a dependence on the Human Services Industrial Complex with continued skyrocketing costs done without an economic analysis will come about. State Government will be gouged as there will be no competition and no safety net by not having any emergency structure available to care for those in need.
This assault on the state delivery system has been happening for years under both Democratic and Republican Governors and the manipulation of the Human Services Vendor Establishment that is out of control. That system is not accountable causing the state budget to be riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse.
Some of the unions have knowingly or unknowing have become allies and often coalition with the Human Services Industrial Establishment. One entity is the Massachusetts Branch described as outdated Council 93 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. The group has done little or nil to advocate modernization of the state delivery system resulting in the demise of many former state direct care facilities. There has been seen loss of many of its own dues paying members that seems not to alarm oblivious union bosses who maintain a false front?
Another union group is somewhat more interesting to observe and finds contradictions. That group is the Massachusetts Branch of Service Employees International Union run nationally by embattled head receiving publicity of late Andy Stern. Three branches and agendas will be addressed here.
They include Local 509 known for the many State Social Workers represented. This group was an early backer of Deval Patrick and now is seeing many of its members being unfairly laid off? This group always appears to be key allies of the private vendors seeking to perform their member services and only cursory advocate for a state delivery system provided by its own members. Rarely, if at all, will this group stand up against contracting out their member state services. For several years, Local 509 has simultaneously been organizing and representing both competing private and public sectors. Apparently, the opium of dues for the operation of the labor boss leadership prevails at the expense of the membership?
The next group Local l199 in recent years has descended upon Massachusetts from New York with deep pockets for political campaigns and organization. Note the work done for Deval Patrick and other legislative races. This group is out organizing the death carnage of the state delivery system and other private facilities that has come about because of falling apart due to the negligence of Council 93 (AFSCME) and Local Union 509 SEIU.
One premise circulated by those watching the labor bosses of Local 509 and Local 1199 maybe the exposed strategy employed by Blue Cross and the Massachusetts General Hospital crowd to raise rates recently exposed in the Boston Globe? These two groups maybe employing a similar strategy in their collaboration with the Human Services Industrial Establishment on so many issues? Letting the state delivery system fail and see workers displaced, then organize the new entities and utilize the strategy of joint lobbying for protection in the legislature for grants, higher rates, and more unaccountable tax dollars?
What is interesting to note is another state union National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) which has been under a microscope of late on other issues and has some affiliation with SEIU. This group represents lawyers, clerical, accountants, and auditors, various classifications at the Highway Department and state delivery facilities. This group over the years has been and continues to be outspoken against unfair wasteful outsourcing of traditional state services unlike their counterpart affiliates. Their open comments before the legislature and public shows a reflection of placing concern, care, and compassion for clients and for the very same facilities projected to be closed.
Governor Patrick and those union labor boss allies should show a conscious and have a heart. Stop your exploitation of some of our most vulnerable citizens and families.
February 2009
The final battle in the war to destroy the state delivery of Human Services in Massachusetts is entering an almost final phase under a Democratic Governor Deval Patrick in a heartless insensitive act.
The victors are not the persons in need of services, taxpayers, or the beleaguered often maligned dedicated career state employees who provide services to this most needy and vulnerable population.
The big winners are the so called non profit, not for profit, and for profit corporations that are composed of the well heeled army of pirating profiteer vendors, consultants, providers, and alleged liberal lobbyists receiving billions in tax dollars masquerading as angels of mercy. They operate with interrelated entities, real estate, many in first class luxury with salaries with expensive perks AIG and Bear Stearns would be proud.
Several of these entities have been exposed in the media and in audits. Yet many are rewarded with further contracts. Estimates of inefficiencies of waste, fraud and abuse range from a low of one $billion to several $billions. All or most operate outside of the State Ethics Commission, Open Meeting Laws, Freedom of Information Act and Competitive Bidding utilizing tax dollars.
The Governor now is embarking on closing 3 schools for the mentally retarded that house some of the most profound cases requiring 24/7 care. This is terrorizing families long promised and many aged that the homes of their loved ones would not be taken away or moved. The three facilities on the chopping block are the Monson Development Center, Monson; Glavin Regional center, Shrewsbury: and Fernald Development Center, Waltham.
These facilities are self contained and provide needed services for the clients and allow integration into the community when possible. What will happen will be turning this fragile population into so called community isolated warehouses with questionable support client support? There are always ready and willing profiteers and developers ready to be unaccountable to provide these services for financial gain.
The problem with the state delivery system has been a lack of resources consistently provided and modernization resulting in setting them up to failure. When the state gets out of providing services a monopoly and a dependence on the Human Services Industrial Complex with continued skyrocketing costs done without an economic analysis will come about. State Government will be gouged as there will be no competition and no safety net by not having any emergency structure available to care for those in need.
This assault on the state delivery system has been happening for years under both Democratic and Republican Governors and the manipulation of the Human Services Vendor Establishment that is out of control. That system is not accountable causing the state budget to be riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse.
Some of the unions have knowingly or unknowing have become allies and often coalition with the Human Services Industrial Establishment. One entity is the Massachusetts Branch described as outdated Council 93 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. The group has done little or nil to advocate modernization of the state delivery system resulting in the demise of many former state direct care facilities. There has been seen loss of many of its own dues paying members that seems not to alarm oblivious union bosses who maintain a false front?
Another union group is somewhat more interesting to observe and finds contradictions. That group is the Massachusetts Branch of Service Employees International Union run nationally by embattled head receiving publicity of late Andy Stern. Three branches and agendas will be addressed here.
They include Local 509 known for the many State Social Workers represented. This group was an early backer of Deval Patrick and now is seeing many of its members being unfairly laid off? This group always appears to be key allies of the private vendors seeking to perform their member services and only cursory advocate for a state delivery system provided by its own members. Rarely, if at all, will this group stand up against contracting out their member state services. For several years, Local 509 has simultaneously been organizing and representing both competing private and public sectors. Apparently, the opium of dues for the operation of the labor boss leadership prevails at the expense of the membership?
The next group Local l199 in recent years has descended upon Massachusetts from New York with deep pockets for political campaigns and organization. Note the work done for Deval Patrick and other legislative races. This group is out organizing the death carnage of the state delivery system and other private facilities that has come about because of falling apart due to the negligence of Council 93 (AFSCME) and Local Union 509 SEIU.
One premise circulated by those watching the labor bosses of Local 509 and Local 1199 maybe the exposed strategy employed by Blue Cross and the Massachusetts General Hospital crowd to raise rates recently exposed in the Boston Globe? These two groups maybe employing a similar strategy in their collaboration with the Human Services Industrial Establishment on so many issues? Letting the state delivery system fail and see workers displaced, then organize the new entities and utilize the strategy of joint lobbying for protection in the legislature for grants, higher rates, and more unaccountable tax dollars?
What is interesting to note is another state union National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) which has been under a microscope of late on other issues and has some affiliation with SEIU. This group represents lawyers, clerical, accountants, and auditors, various classifications at the Highway Department and state delivery facilities. This group over the years has been and continues to be outspoken against unfair wasteful outsourcing of traditional state services unlike their counterpart affiliates. Their open comments before the legislature and public shows a reflection of placing concern, care, and compassion for clients and for the very same facilities projected to be closed.
Governor Patrick and those union labor boss allies should show a conscious and have a heart. Stop your exploitation of some of our most vulnerable citizens and families.
UNION BOSS ANDY STERN ADVOCATING FINANCIAL BAILOUT NATIONAL LEGISLATION FOR MORE UNION DUES MONIES….TIME TO LOOK AT THE MASSACHUSETTS UNION TRACK RECORD FOR THOSE IN NEED OF PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTALLY ILL, AND MENTALLY RETARDED SERVICES. SPECIAL SELF INTEREST UNION OR FOR THE COMMON INTEREST FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD?
February 2009
Embattled in his own union, Service Employees International Union Labor boss Andy Stern is writing guest columns for newspapers throughout the country stating the demise of the middle class workers is because of the lack of union representation and difficulty in union organizing. Stern like many other failed union bosses have not maintained and insured workers rights against corporate financial greed that is destroying the American way of life. This union boss and like others in the labor movement are out of touch with members who work in the workplace and what is right for America. They play Democratic Party Politics and times play their own dues paying members against unorganized potential members resulting in their loss of jobs. Now Stern and the other oblivious members of the labor movement are promoting the Employee Free Choice act.
This national legislation if passed will permit a majority of workers in a company by their own choosing and signing up could join a union or holding an election. There are several unfair hurdles for workers getting a union in a company and the Republican Bush Administration has been a hindrance to the process. However, the so called Democratic Party labor bosses also had similar problems during the Democrat Clinton administrations and did little. Thus, the labor leaders want a financial bailout for the loss of dues, faction in fighting, and massive losses in membership of most unions.
I agree something must be done to insure fairness in the workplace. However, this legislation should proceed cautiously and not to victimize workers, businesses, and government. There must be the strongest procedures and protections to insure real and not make believe democracy will be in the reforms to protect workers from greedy self serving union officials.
Andy Stern is another labor boss out of step with the membership he extracts dues for so called representation. He talks and talks that which sounds good but does not practices his words or has a sense of reality except getting dues and be a so called political insider.
Look at his Stern’s union here in Massachusetts which is an almost total failure to his membership who provide daily compassion, concern, and care for those in need of Human Services.
His union has failed to insure and modernize an effective Massachusetts Human Service State delivery system for needed institutions and community facilities for the most vulnerable in our state in need of Public health, Mental Retardation, and Mentally ill services.
Instead, the Stern and his union officials union have embarked on failing to stop for profit, non profit, and not for profit more costly private developers, consultants, vendors, and providers who have destroyed the State Delivery System. This has caused the State Budget to balloon over the years with no oversight or accountability that has led to improprieties of waste, fraud, and abuse to both the taxpayers and those in need. The philosophy for Stern and his union appear to follow is let the State Delivery System of providing services fail, with the State becoming a buyer of services, and his union will organize the private sector who take over thus maintaining their dues revenue. As for the members jobs eliminated the union represents?
Look at what little currently as in the past beyond the cursory the union is doing as the last vestige of the State delivery System for the Mentally Retarded is being closed Fernald, Glavin, and Monson as further verification what the union bosses are up to in their pursuit of membership dues. Will the union let it happen figuring the state losses in membership will at some point be replaced by the powerful private growing Human Services Industrial Establishment of vendors, consultants, and providers that they usually coalition with.
Andy Stern and his Union Special Self Interest at the expense of the Common Interest?
February 2009
Embattled in his own union, Service Employees International Union Labor boss Andy Stern is writing guest columns for newspapers throughout the country stating the demise of the middle class workers is because of the lack of union representation and difficulty in union organizing. Stern like many other failed union bosses have not maintained and insured workers rights against corporate financial greed that is destroying the American way of life. This union boss and like others in the labor movement are out of touch with members who work in the workplace and what is right for America. They play Democratic Party Politics and times play their own dues paying members against unorganized potential members resulting in their loss of jobs. Now Stern and the other oblivious members of the labor movement are promoting the Employee Free Choice act.
This national legislation if passed will permit a majority of workers in a company by their own choosing and signing up could join a union or holding an election. There are several unfair hurdles for workers getting a union in a company and the Republican Bush Administration has been a hindrance to the process. However, the so called Democratic Party labor bosses also had similar problems during the Democrat Clinton administrations and did little. Thus, the labor leaders want a financial bailout for the loss of dues, faction in fighting, and massive losses in membership of most unions.
I agree something must be done to insure fairness in the workplace. However, this legislation should proceed cautiously and not to victimize workers, businesses, and government. There must be the strongest procedures and protections to insure real and not make believe democracy will be in the reforms to protect workers from greedy self serving union officials.
Andy Stern is another labor boss out of step with the membership he extracts dues for so called representation. He talks and talks that which sounds good but does not practices his words or has a sense of reality except getting dues and be a so called political insider.
Look at his Stern’s union here in Massachusetts which is an almost total failure to his membership who provide daily compassion, concern, and care for those in need of Human Services.
His union has failed to insure and modernize an effective Massachusetts Human Service State delivery system for needed institutions and community facilities for the most vulnerable in our state in need of Public health, Mental Retardation, and Mentally ill services.
Instead, the Stern and his union officials union have embarked on failing to stop for profit, non profit, and not for profit more costly private developers, consultants, vendors, and providers who have destroyed the State Delivery System. This has caused the State Budget to balloon over the years with no oversight or accountability that has led to improprieties of waste, fraud, and abuse to both the taxpayers and those in need. The philosophy for Stern and his union appear to follow is let the State Delivery System of providing services fail, with the State becoming a buyer of services, and his union will organize the private sector who take over thus maintaining their dues revenue. As for the members jobs eliminated the union represents?
Look at what little currently as in the past beyond the cursory the union is doing as the last vestige of the State delivery System for the Mentally Retarded is being closed Fernald, Glavin, and Monson as further verification what the union bosses are up to in their pursuit of membership dues. Will the union let it happen figuring the state losses in membership will at some point be replaced by the powerful private growing Human Services Industrial Establishment of vendors, consultants, and providers that they usually coalition with.
Andy Stern and his Union Special Self Interest at the expense of the Common Interest?
Massachusetts Cabinet Secretaries leaving in one of the first shakeups of the administration of Governor Deval Patrick. Spoils and Patronage Positions continue with no continuity and long term planning leadership?
February 2, 2009
Two of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Cabinet secretaries have resigned continuing his administration's biggest shake-up since the first few months in office.
Daniel O'Connell is stepping down as Secretary of Housing and Economic development, and Michael E. Festa, Secretary of Elder affairs are leaving
This is a problem with the structure of the Executive Branch of Massachusetts government.
Politically appointed administrators being appointed that come and go with no long term planning goals, objectives, or responsibility for actions.
Massachusetts needs a system of government managers who are held accountable that maintain continuity from administration no matter if a Republican or Democrat holds office. Even low level managers have become tools of a spoils and patronage system.
The legislature has abdicated its responsibility of checks and balance by failing to insure accountability and oversight of Executive Branch budgetary decisions.
Massachusetts Government is filled with inefficiencies, waste,and mismanagement. This has led to all the reports of waste, fraud, and abuse the Special Self Interests have plagued the Massachusetts Citizenry.
Time for real transparency and sunshine in Massachusetts Government Operations.
BOSTON CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED AT HIGH RISE. ATTORNEY GENERAL,GOVERNOR, LABOR BOSSES, AND BUSINESS HAVE FAILED, CONTINUE TO FAIL, AND WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL TO ADEQUATELY INSURE PROTECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS WORKING CHILDREN, MEN AND WOMEN. MEDIA MUST DO MORE TO ADDRESS,REPORT, AND URGE REFORMS.
January 24, 2009
These types of tragedies in the Massachusetts workplace continue and should be avoided.
The problem is that the Office of Attorney General and Office of the Governor with their patronage appointee managers have failed, continues to fail, will continue to fail to enforce workplace accident prevention and Health laws. Massachusetts formerly was the national leader in the prevention of workplace accidents and health.
The difficulty stated by so called Labor Bosses and the Attorney General and almost oblivious Governor Patronage Appointees is an excuse issue of some sort false preemption of so called federal jurisdiction. They must face the issue head on instead of playing political disregard
However, these entities who have failed are the fact there is no clearly definable prevention program to enforce existing Accident Preventions rules and regulations under the State Workers Compensation Laws that halts the continuation of poor federal enforcement.
The Federal Government does not do any system of systematic inspection for the prevention of accidents. The fear of seeing a Federal Inspector is little or nil and seeing any type of state inspection non existent.
As a former State Director of Industrial Safety and Industrial Inspector, I offer an open challenge. I appeal to so called Labor Bosses, Attorney General, Legitimate Businesses, and Legislature, to finally resolve this issue because of the almost total Federal Government Failure to adequately insure an accident prevention workplace systematic inspection program for Massachusetts Working Children, Men, and Women. The media must do more to address, report, and urge reforms other than a one day newspaper account when a tragedy occurs.
Massachusetts needs to have a true 21st century state enforced and administered Workers Compensation Laws and Accident prevention Program.
January 24, 2009
These types of tragedies in the Massachusetts workplace continue and should be avoided.
The problem is that the Office of Attorney General and Office of the Governor with their patronage appointee managers have failed, continues to fail, will continue to fail to enforce workplace accident prevention and Health laws. Massachusetts formerly was the national leader in the prevention of workplace accidents and health.
The difficulty stated by so called Labor Bosses and the Attorney General and almost oblivious Governor Patronage Appointees is an excuse issue of some sort false preemption of so called federal jurisdiction. They must face the issue head on instead of playing political disregard
However, these entities who have failed are the fact there is no clearly definable prevention program to enforce existing Accident Preventions rules and regulations under the State Workers Compensation Laws that halts the continuation of poor federal enforcement.
The Federal Government does not do any system of systematic inspection for the prevention of accidents. The fear of seeing a Federal Inspector is little or nil and seeing any type of state inspection non existent.
As a former State Director of Industrial Safety and Industrial Inspector, I offer an open challenge. I appeal to so called Labor Bosses, Attorney General, Legitimate Businesses, and Legislature, to finally resolve this issue because of the almost total Federal Government Failure to adequately insure an accident prevention workplace systematic inspection program for Massachusetts Working Children, Men, and Women. The media must do more to address, report, and urge reforms other than a one day newspaper account when a tragedy occurs.
Massachusetts needs to have a true 21st century state enforced and administered Workers Compensation Laws and Accident prevention Program.
BOSTON GLOBE COLUMNIST WROTE "LABOR'S LOST OPPORTUNITY" THAT HITS HARD ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS FACING AMERICANS PUTTING A DAMPER ON YESTERDAY'S HISTORIC OCCASION THAT WAS FILLED WITH OPULENCE AND LARGESS
January 21, 2009
John Gatti Jr: Comment
Government, Business, Labor, and have failed, continue to fail, will fail in the future making the prognosis for a better life of Americans bleak.
Except for the selfish and greed Big three just named we are all becoming part of the other America.
Housing, education, healthcare, jobs, savings greed. Common Good, Public Service, Concern, Care, and Compassion has been replaced by Special and Self Interest.
This Column touches on the frustration of Americans putting a wet blanket on the opulence and greedy waste of resources of the celebration of the historic occasion of yesterday. Let us hope we will have real change and not the same old with different faces and names leaving us further downward.
January 21, 2009
John Gatti Jr: Comment
Government, Business, Labor, and have failed, continue to fail, will fail in the future making the prognosis for a better life of Americans bleak.
Except for the selfish and greed Big three just named we are all becoming part of the other America.
Housing, education, healthcare, jobs, savings greed. Common Good, Public Service, Concern, Care, and Compassion has been replaced by Special and Self Interest.
This Column touches on the frustration of Americans putting a wet blanket on the opulence and greedy waste of resources of the celebration of the historic occasion of yesterday. Let us hope we will have real change and not the same old with different faces and names leaving us further downward.
Labor's lost opportunities
By Yvonne Abraham
BOSTON GLOBE
January 21, 2009
Around the time President Barack Obama raised his right hand to take the oath of office at the Capitol yesterday, J. Timothy Leary was dragging a whinnying saw through a sheet of plywood outside the old Paramount Theatre, downtown. READ FULL ARTICLE >READER COMMENTS (1) Post a comment
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The United States is racing to become a third world nation offering no upward mobility or stability to its citizenry.
Government, Business, Labor, and have failed, continue to fail, will fail in the future making the prognosis for a better life of Americans bleak.
Except for the selfish and greed Big three just named we are all becoming part of the other America.
Housing, education, healthcare, jobs, savings greed. Common Good, Public Service, Concern, Care, and Compassion has been replaced by Special and Self Interest.
This Column touches on the frustration of Americans putting a wet blanket on the opulence and greedy waste of resources of the celebration of the historic occasion of yesterday. Let us hope we will have real change and not the same old with different faces and names leaving us further downward.
http://oversightwatchmassachusetts.blogspot.com/ The United States is racing to become a third world nation offering no upward mobility or stability to its citizenry.
ALLEGED NEW YORK FINANCE SWINDLER BERNIE MADOFF LIVES IN THE WRONG STATE. HE SHOULD HAVE LIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND LEARN HOW TO DO LEGAL MAKEOFFS, MADEOFFS, AND CONTINUAL MAKEOFF MAKEOVERS WITHOUT WORRY OF BEING PUNISHED FOR MAKING OR SUGGESTING QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS AND IDEAS THAT RAID CITIZEN AND GOVERNMENT BUDGET POCKETBOOKS.
January 19, 2009
If Bernie Madoff lived in Massachusetts and really operated like the real smart guys and gals, he would be a Massachusetts Citizen of the year or ages. Madoff apparently does not know how operate for self and special interests without responsibility and legally be admired or profit.
Here in Massachusetts, a few suggestions for the way all the disenfranchised or soon to be disenfranchised New York Finance gang who aspire clemency, little or no media attention, and become one of the admired.
The transportation voyage to a new way of acceptable and approved behavior will now begin.
Their Massachusetts role model and path to follow to satisfy their devious minds and needs has been around for over 20+ years many aren't following. These New Yorkers should learn from those smart Massachusetts manipulators who are really successful. Just look at the Big Dig no bid paid contracts been given out for years for legalized shoddy inferior construction. The country's largest ever substandard construction project that started out at a cost of $2.3 billion and now rising to $23+ billion with little or nil jail time, fines, or restitution from the perpetrators. Easier money than wotking in the highly risky financial industry!
Those who get caught for inefficiencies, waste, or mismanagement, or accused of fraud and corruption just move on for bigger and better opportunities. US Attorneys, State Attorney Generals, Inspector Generals, State Police, FBI, Legislature and Congress all have long histories of non investigations, freeing almost all, and recovering almost nothing or chump change. Whistleblowers, Reporters and those coming forward to report improprieties are intimidated, demeaned, or dismissed.
Bernie Madoff and the New Yorkers learn from the real smart role models. Massachusetts contractors, bankers, engineering consultants, selfish labor bosses, and several no conscience legislators is the guide to make private sector profits or move ahead at the taxpayers expense. They all have done well and financially benefited with almost no back charges for overruns or serious mistakes on the Big Dig. You can even get more new contracts from government agencies and be defended by Government Officials.
Proceeding to this legalized rape and plundering requires little or no investment or risk. Get a good looking suit, hairdo, and look sound intelligent if lacking. Read the newspapers that will give you the lead to hire the best public relations firms, lobbyists, corporate lawyers, and accountants who always have access to the best criminal lawyers in their stables if needed. Additionally, get access to the non imitation real opium, cocaine, and heroin of cash, check, and campaign contributions to run your operations.
An office must be established on Boston's Beacon Hill, another near the Federal Court House, and Financial District. Hire an inhouse ex-legislator and statehouse reporter with press and media contacts as well as friends to direct your hired on call legal and public relations firms when needed. Immediately, join one of the many business organizations and give additional monies for their activities to insure your activities are not targeted, defended if needed, and not referenced when government looks for guidance on additional sources of revenue or shutting down operations questions that appear to have improprieties, Attend and donate to any all campaign functions and events. Take no chances by insuring you give equally to Republicans and Democrats alike. Also, establish a strong record of charitable giving. After all, those who give to needy causes cannot be tarnished.
Hopefully, this primer for Massachusetts success in her economy based on the Big Dig experience is helpful to all New York Bernie Madoffs types, Makeoffs and wannabes who made the wrong business and personal decisions to be part of the failed and exposed financial industry. They now have a mechanism to attain the real money and profits that is legal and having no risks at getting caught or punished.
Since the Massachusetts citizenry, many in the media and government have failed to care or respond to the Big Dig fleecing; maybe it should become the model for professional career advancement and owning a safe clean growth industry in the 21st century.
It looks too late to rescue Bernie Madoff. However, to the interested New York Makeoffs, wanting to Madeoff, or wanting to be a Makeup Madeoff, if interested: Hurry, leave New York immediately now get to Massachusetts a new round of $$$$Billions is about to be squandered freely in Federal Highway Funds, so called bail out money, Gas Taxes, Turnpike and Tunnel Tolls, and maybe if fortunate new fees. This will be done almost with the same guaranteed advocacy of non oversight and lack of accountability by the very same sincere appearing friendly crowd who did it years ago, most are still there waiting, and with a new generation of younger stalking the wings to be slick members.
Massachusetts Citizens get ready for more of the same as Governor Deval Patrick, his ethically challenged Transportation Secretary Jim Aloisi adopt to move Transportation Infrastructure to a continued art form developed by moving to a higher level than by previous Republican and Democratic Administrations.
January 19, 2009
If Bernie Madoff lived in Massachusetts and really operated like the real smart guys and gals, he would be a Massachusetts Citizen of the year or ages. Madoff apparently does not know how operate for self and special interests without responsibility and legally be admired or profit.
Here in Massachusetts, a few suggestions for the way all the disenfranchised or soon to be disenfranchised New York Finance gang who aspire clemency, little or no media attention, and become one of the admired.
The transportation voyage to a new way of acceptable and approved behavior will now begin.
Their Massachusetts role model and path to follow to satisfy their devious minds and needs has been around for over 20+ years many aren't following. These New Yorkers should learn from those smart Massachusetts manipulators who are really successful. Just look at the Big Dig no bid paid contracts been given out for years for legalized shoddy inferior construction. The country's largest ever substandard construction project that started out at a cost of $2.3 billion and now rising to $23+ billion with little or nil jail time, fines, or restitution from the perpetrators. Easier money than wotking in the highly risky financial industry!
Those who get caught for inefficiencies, waste, or mismanagement, or accused of fraud and corruption just move on for bigger and better opportunities. US Attorneys, State Attorney Generals, Inspector Generals, State Police, FBI, Legislature and Congress all have long histories of non investigations, freeing almost all, and recovering almost nothing or chump change. Whistleblowers, Reporters and those coming forward to report improprieties are intimidated, demeaned, or dismissed.
Bernie Madoff and the New Yorkers learn from the real smart role models. Massachusetts contractors, bankers, engineering consultants, selfish labor bosses, and several no conscience legislators is the guide to make private sector profits or move ahead at the taxpayers expense. They all have done well and financially benefited with almost no back charges for overruns or serious mistakes on the Big Dig. You can even get more new contracts from government agencies and be defended by Government Officials.
Proceeding to this legalized rape and plundering requires little or no investment or risk. Get a good looking suit, hairdo, and look sound intelligent if lacking. Read the newspapers that will give you the lead to hire the best public relations firms, lobbyists, corporate lawyers, and accountants who always have access to the best criminal lawyers in their stables if needed. Additionally, get access to the non imitation real opium, cocaine, and heroin of cash, check, and campaign contributions to run your operations.
An office must be established on Boston's Beacon Hill, another near the Federal Court House, and Financial District. Hire an inhouse ex-legislator and statehouse reporter with press and media contacts as well as friends to direct your hired on call legal and public relations firms when needed. Immediately, join one of the many business organizations and give additional monies for their activities to insure your activities are not targeted, defended if needed, and not referenced when government looks for guidance on additional sources of revenue or shutting down operations questions that appear to have improprieties, Attend and donate to any all campaign functions and events. Take no chances by insuring you give equally to Republicans and Democrats alike. Also, establish a strong record of charitable giving. After all, those who give to needy causes cannot be tarnished.
Hopefully, this primer for Massachusetts success in her economy based on the Big Dig experience is helpful to all New York Bernie Madoffs types, Makeoffs and wannabes who made the wrong business and personal decisions to be part of the failed and exposed financial industry. They now have a mechanism to attain the real money and profits that is legal and having no risks at getting caught or punished.
Since the Massachusetts citizenry, many in the media and government have failed to care or respond to the Big Dig fleecing; maybe it should become the model for professional career advancement and owning a safe clean growth industry in the 21st century.
It looks too late to rescue Bernie Madoff. However, to the interested New York Makeoffs, wanting to Madeoff, or wanting to be a Makeup Madeoff, if interested: Hurry, leave New York immediately now get to Massachusetts a new round of $$$$Billions is about to be squandered freely in Federal Highway Funds, so called bail out money, Gas Taxes, Turnpike and Tunnel Tolls, and maybe if fortunate new fees. This will be done almost with the same guaranteed advocacy of non oversight and lack of accountability by the very same sincere appearing friendly crowd who did it years ago, most are still there waiting, and with a new generation of younger stalking the wings to be slick members.
Massachusetts Citizens get ready for more of the same as Governor Deval Patrick, his ethically challenged Transportation Secretary Jim Aloisi adopt to move Transportation Infrastructure to a continued art form developed by moving to a higher level than by previous Republican and Democratic Administrations.
Senator Steven Baddour and Representative Joeseph Wagner Joint Chairpersons of the Massachusetts Legislative Committee On Transportation taking state citizens on another ride without accountability and oversight on proposed Gas Tax, Massport, Turnpike and Tunnel increases? Who will win their approval Special Interests or Massachusetts Citizens?
January 12, 2009
The citizens want to see all our roads and bridges repaired, Gas Tax, Massport, Turnpike, and Tunnel reforms done right by the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Transportation headed by State Senator Steven Baddour and Representative Joseph Wagner
However, the tenure of both chairman has seen the Massachusetts Transportation Infrastructure failures continuing with almost a total lack of direction. Their leadership thus far has produced little or nothing in oversight accountability only to witness no direction that has led to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
There is an almost total lack of trust that what the committee does eventually do will be approved by the special usual self interests and solve the crisis.
Simply stated, the committee lacks the tools for any proper independent analysis by not having the required civil and structural engineers, economists, and financial analysts to truly determine where past monies, tolls, and federal funds went and who is responsible. There can be no future planning until we honestly know where we have been, where we are,and want to go on our transportation spending infrastructure.
The citizens must stop being fooled into being slaughtered that any new Gas Tax, Tunnel, or Turnpike Tolls will be done right.
The past facts and lack of oversight of the shoddy constructed Big Dig going from $2.3 Billion to $23 billion with the most poorest monitoring by the committee and hired private profiteering overseers that made the project the biggest dysfunctional expensive transportation project ever in the world. The turnpike mess continues with the ethically questionable newly appointed Jim Aloisi as Secretary of Transportation. He was there on the Turnpike payroll and as a private Special Interest Lawyer lobbying with which is an insult of which Senator Baddour and Representative Wagner are not outraged! Big Dig partner Parsons who managed the project being given a new Massport contract Chairs Steven Baddour and Joe Wagner were powerless to stop is a further outrage! Can this leadership team be entrusted with confidence to even consider further Gas Tax or Toll Increases and plan for the Massachusetts Infrastructure future.
The Transportation Committee must solve the almost daily revelations of Turnpike and Tunnel indiscretions before allowing more picking of the citizens pocketbooks. The Transportation Committee must honestly state where all previous Gas Taxes, Tolls, and Federal Funds went before asking for more.
The path that Senator Steven Baddour and Representative Joseph Wagner must decide....be statesmen profiles in courage or go along with the Special Self Interests to get along for more of the same inefficiency, waste, fraud and abuse that will cause the transportation crisis to continue.
Hopefully,both Senator Baddour and Representative Wagner will change course and do what is right for all Massachusetts Citizens and Transportation Infrastructure. Let us hope.
January 12, 2009
The citizens want to see all our roads and bridges repaired, Gas Tax, Massport, Turnpike, and Tunnel reforms done right by the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Transportation headed by State Senator Steven Baddour and Representative Joseph Wagner
However, the tenure of both chairman has seen the Massachusetts Transportation Infrastructure failures continuing with almost a total lack of direction. Their leadership thus far has produced little or nothing in oversight accountability only to witness no direction that has led to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
There is an almost total lack of trust that what the committee does eventually do will be approved by the special usual self interests and solve the crisis.
Simply stated, the committee lacks the tools for any proper independent analysis by not having the required civil and structural engineers, economists, and financial analysts to truly determine where past monies, tolls, and federal funds went and who is responsible. There can be no future planning until we honestly know where we have been, where we are,and want to go on our transportation spending infrastructure.
The citizens must stop being fooled into being slaughtered that any new Gas Tax, Tunnel, or Turnpike Tolls will be done right.
The past facts and lack of oversight of the shoddy constructed Big Dig going from $2.3 Billion to $23 billion with the most poorest monitoring by the committee and hired private profiteering overseers that made the project the biggest dysfunctional expensive transportation project ever in the world. The turnpike mess continues with the ethically questionable newly appointed Jim Aloisi as Secretary of Transportation. He was there on the Turnpike payroll and as a private Special Interest Lawyer lobbying with which is an insult of which Senator Baddour and Representative Wagner are not outraged! Big Dig partner Parsons who managed the project being given a new Massport contract Chairs Steven Baddour and Joe Wagner were powerless to stop is a further outrage! Can this leadership team be entrusted with confidence to even consider further Gas Tax or Toll Increases and plan for the Massachusetts Infrastructure future.
The Transportation Committee must solve the almost daily revelations of Turnpike and Tunnel indiscretions before allowing more picking of the citizens pocketbooks. The Transportation Committee must honestly state where all previous Gas Taxes, Tolls, and Federal Funds went before asking for more.
The path that Senator Steven Baddour and Representative Joseph Wagner must decide....be statesmen profiles in courage or go along with the Special Self Interests to get along for more of the same inefficiency, waste, fraud and abuse that will cause the transportation crisis to continue.
Hopefully,both Senator Baddour and Representative Wagner will change course and do what is right for all Massachusetts Citizens and Transportation Infrastructure. Let us hope.
THE MEDIA CONTINUES NOT TO FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES OF NEW POTENTIAL MASSACHUSETTS GAS TAX, TURNPIKE, AND TUNNEL TOLLS. GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK AND HIS ETHICAL QUESTIONABLE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ALOISI MUST STOP MANIPULATING THE MEDIA AND CITIZENRY THROUGH FALSE PROPAGANDA WITH THEIR LET'S MAKE A DEAL USED CAR SELLING APPROACH.
January 9, 2009
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and his ethical questionable Transportation Secretary Jim Aloisi after shocking citizens of a complete raid on their pocketbooks are suggesting they are open to not taking it all.
Will the Media, legislature, and citizens see through the tried and true approach to coverup and fool. Government observers know the drill that political managers in charge always use. They shock by advocating a full arm amputation, cause termoil, and then settle for only a finger that become accepted by all those suckered as the solution.
Massachusetts needs another WARD type commission that came about during the Government Center Scandal to get the real facts, precisely pinpoint blame for current failures to see where all the promised transportation monies in the culture of inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, campaign contributions that led to all the waste, fraud, and corruption before any toll or gas tax increases.
The time is overdue for real accountability and oversight that guarantees no more waste, fraud, and abuse of any new Federal Highway Monies, Toll and Tunnel Collections, or Gas Taxes.
TIME FOR MEDIA TO FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES OF INSURING ALL PAST FALSE PROMISES DOES NOT CONTINUE THAT THE BAD ROAD AND BRIDGES WILL REALLY BE REPAIRED WITHOUT FURTHER RAIDS ON THE BELEAGURED CITIZENS POCKETBOOKS.
GOVERNOR PATRICK HIS ETHICAL QUESTIONABLE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ALOISI MUST REALIZE THE TIME HAS COME TO COME CLEAN AND BE HONEST....STOP THE MANIPULATING
January 9, 2009
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and his ethical questionable Transportation Secretary Jim Aloisi after shocking citizens of a complete raid on their pocketbooks are suggesting they are open to not taking it all.
Will the Media, legislature, and citizens see through the tried and true approach to coverup and fool. Government observers know the drill that political managers in charge always use. They shock by advocating a full arm amputation, cause termoil, and then settle for only a finger that become accepted by all those suckered as the solution.
Massachusetts needs another WARD type commission that came about during the Government Center Scandal to get the real facts, precisely pinpoint blame for current failures to see where all the promised transportation monies in the culture of inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, campaign contributions that led to all the waste, fraud, and corruption before any toll or gas tax increases.
The time is overdue for real accountability and oversight that guarantees no more waste, fraud, and abuse of any new Federal Highway Monies, Toll and Tunnel Collections, or Gas Taxes.
TIME FOR MEDIA TO FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES OF INSURING ALL PAST FALSE PROMISES DOES NOT CONTINUE THAT THE BAD ROAD AND BRIDGES WILL REALLY BE REPAIRED WITHOUT FURTHER RAIDS ON THE BELEAGURED CITIZENS POCKETBOOKS.
GOVERNOR PATRICK HIS ETHICAL QUESTIONABLE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ALOISI MUST REALIZE THE TIME HAS COME TO COME CLEAN AND BE HONEST....STOP THE MANIPULATING
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK IS NOW DEFENDING HIS APPOINTEE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JIM ALOISI AS THE SOLUTION TO DEAL WITH ALL THE FAILURES IN THE MASSACHUSETTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS GUY WAS THERE,IS THERE,AND NOW WILL BE THERE. ALOISI HELPED DO IT AND CREATING THE DISGRACEFUL MESS TO BEGIN WITH....THIS IS LIKE HIRING BERNIE MADEOFF TO DEAL WITH THE FINANCIAL BANK AND INVESTMENT CRISIS!
January 6, 2009
Those that sounded the alarm for decades on the Big Dig in previous Dukakis, Weld, Cellucci,Swift, and Romney Administrations feel Governor Patrick shows a lack of any ethical standards in this appointment. Jim Aloisi is a most competent person that has a resume of self service before public service.
The reporters from the Herald, Globe and other media outlets have also just recently further documented the Aloisi record and most disgusting resume.
As someone who as been there, I have done so also on this personal Blog site as well as a written commentary on many other of the Guilty, Enablers, and Heroes on the Big Dig. Unfortunately, the facts and viewpoints of those who have blown the whistle over the years and doing so now are not listened or taken into consideration.
Governor Patrick who campaigned on Government Reform now has reached a new depth of that by promoting a ring leader Jim Aloisi. Aloisi has highly contributed to inefficiency, waste, mismanagement in our transportation infrastructure that has led to the monumental waste, fraud, abuse, and outright improprieties in several areas due to a lack of oversight and accountability in our transportation spending infrastructure.
Massachusetts truly needs another WARD type Commission more stronger than the one that was formed during the Government Center Scandals. A true independent reform entity that will be listened to and followed for all government contracting.
Does anyone fear based on the Aloisi track record that he is the best person to oversee $Billions in Transportation Agencies worth and contracts?
THIS GUY WAS THERE,IS THERE,AND NOW WILL BE THERE. ALOISI HELPED DO IT AND CREATING THE DISGRACEFUL MESS TO BEGIN WITH....THIS IS LIKE HIRING BERNIE MADEOFF TO DEAL WITH THE FINANCIAL BANK AND INVESTMENT CRISIS!
January 6, 2009
Those that sounded the alarm for decades on the Big Dig in previous Dukakis, Weld, Cellucci,Swift, and Romney Administrations feel Governor Patrick shows a lack of any ethical standards in this appointment. Jim Aloisi is a most competent person that has a resume of self service before public service.
The reporters from the Herald, Globe and other media outlets have also just recently further documented the Aloisi record and most disgusting resume.
As someone who as been there, I have done so also on this personal Blog site as well as a written commentary on many other of the Guilty, Enablers, and Heroes on the Big Dig. Unfortunately, the facts and viewpoints of those who have blown the whistle over the years and doing so now are not listened or taken into consideration.
Governor Patrick who campaigned on Government Reform now has reached a new depth of that by promoting a ring leader Jim Aloisi. Aloisi has highly contributed to inefficiency, waste, mismanagement in our transportation infrastructure that has led to the monumental waste, fraud, abuse, and outright improprieties in several areas due to a lack of oversight and accountability in our transportation spending infrastructure.
Massachusetts truly needs another WARD type Commission more stronger than the one that was formed during the Government Center Scandals. A true independent reform entity that will be listened to and followed for all government contracting.
Does anyone fear based on the Aloisi track record that he is the best person to oversee $Billions in Transportation Agencies worth and contracts?
POLITICKER MASSACHUSETTS NAMES UP AND COMERS FOR 2009. ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY TOPS LIST?
January 5, 2009
Martha Coakley entered the Office of Attorney General with so much hope for reform and doing the work for the citizens.
Thus far litlle or nil has happened to distinguish her. She has played the political game of those before her trying from the outset to move to other political offices.
Look at the divisions that she manages from Fair Labor, Consumer, Criminal, and her newly created one that appears to be failing, Anti Trust.
Martha Coakley should do her job and professionalize and not politicalize the Office she sought two years ago in order to establish a record of integrity and reform so much needed in our failing government and economy.
Attorney General Coakley, should forget wanting to be Governor or going to Washington, trying not to be just another politician doing self interest instead of public interest. Her history when written could be a statesperson and not just another politician....Her choice
January 5, 2009
Martha Coakley entered the Office of Attorney General with so much hope for reform and doing the work for the citizens.
Thus far litlle or nil has happened to distinguish her. She has played the political game of those before her trying from the outset to move to other political offices.
Look at the divisions that she manages from Fair Labor, Consumer, Criminal, and her newly created one that appears to be failing, Anti Trust.
Martha Coakley should do her job and professionalize and not politicalize the Office she sought two years ago in order to establish a record of integrity and reform so much needed in our failing government and economy.
Attorney General Coakley, should forget wanting to be Governor or going to Washington, trying not to be just another politician doing self interest instead of public interest. Her history when written could be a statesperson and not just another politician....Her choice
THE UNCHECKED RAPE ON MEDICAID CONTINUES FOR 2009 BY THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY PROVIDERS, LABOR BOSSES, AND SO CALLED CONSUMER HEALTH ADVOCACY GROUP ALLIES.
January 2, 2008
There should be no cuts in Medicaid Health, Health Insurance Services, Hospitalization, Drug Coverage, or Home Health Services or or so called Community Health Centers. There should be massive increases in services first before going after more funds.
The issue is simple that very few are addressing except those who seek accountability and oversight.
The point being is first eliminate the documented waste, fraud, and abuse that exists in the Human Medical Delivery Establishment. The stated estimates in Massachusetts could are at least $750 million to $1.5 Billion and possibly much more.
Start at the top with executive salaries. perks, expense accounts, interrelated parties, commissions and incentives to get to the root of mismanagement of expenditures.
Unfortunately, the only reforms we see are to keep the fat for continual CEO management,labor bosses only interested in getting dues,and self appointed adovocacy groups who continue or blindly allow the abuse by persecuting the sick who need services and those care givers, support staff, doctors, nurses, and technicians. There should be no cuts in Medicaid Health Services or so called Community Health Centers. There should be massive increases in services with existing dollars first before going after more funds.
The issue is simple that very few are addressing except those who seek accountability and oversight.
Start at the top with executive salaries. perks, expense accounts, interrelated parties, commissions and incentives to get to the root of mismanagement of expenditures.
Unfortunately, the only reforms we see are to keep the fat for continual CEO mismanagement, labor boss dues, and and so called consumer hesalth advocacy group allies who continue the abuse by persecuting the sick who need services and those care givers, support staff, doctors, nurses, and technicians providing the actual services.
Will the Industry and labor boss lobbyists with their campaign contributions and advocacy group power from the medical Industry ever allow real reforms?
January 2, 2008
There should be no cuts in Medicaid Health, Health Insurance Services, Hospitalization, Drug Coverage, or Home Health Services or or so called Community Health Centers. There should be massive increases in services first before going after more funds.
The issue is simple that very few are addressing except those who seek accountability and oversight.
The point being is first eliminate the documented waste, fraud, and abuse that exists in the Human Medical Delivery Establishment. The stated estimates in Massachusetts could are at least $750 million to $1.5 Billion and possibly much more.
Start at the top with executive salaries. perks, expense accounts, interrelated parties, commissions and incentives to get to the root of mismanagement of expenditures.
Unfortunately, the only reforms we see are to keep the fat for continual CEO management,labor bosses only interested in getting dues,and self appointed adovocacy groups who continue or blindly allow the abuse by persecuting the sick who need services and those care givers, support staff, doctors, nurses, and technicians. There should be no cuts in Medicaid Health Services or so called Community Health Centers. There should be massive increases in services with existing dollars first before going after more funds.
The issue is simple that very few are addressing except those who seek accountability and oversight.
Start at the top with executive salaries. perks, expense accounts, interrelated parties, commissions and incentives to get to the root of mismanagement of expenditures.
Unfortunately, the only reforms we see are to keep the fat for continual CEO mismanagement, labor boss dues, and and so called consumer hesalth advocacy group allies who continue the abuse by persecuting the sick who need services and those care givers, support staff, doctors, nurses, and technicians providing the actual services.
Will the Industry and labor boss lobbyists with their campaign contributions and advocacy group power from the medical Industry ever allow real reforms?
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