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.

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

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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.

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.

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

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?

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

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?