Boston Herald Reporter David Wedge reveals bloated administrative salaries and questionable lack of activity at the Office of State Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan

The Media Reporter/Columnist has revealed and should continue to expose State inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan administration. His political appointment and conduct in office has gross disappointment and failure.

Those of us that battled to keep the office from closing in the 1990's when the Weld/Cellucci Administration and the Special Interests tried to shutter than Inspector General Joe Baresi and his chief Steve Cotton because of standing up and exposing inefficiency waste,mismanagement, fraud, and abuse are literally disgusted to witness the don't see and don't tell policy of being blind to government waste and wrongdoing.


The Sullivan era of too many years of non leadership to stand up against inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, fraud and abuse has been disappointing. His record ranging from the Big Dig to the Saltonstall Asbestos Scandal is non existent. A person with so much promise has been wasted.

The Sullivan conduct in administration is expected by someone who is a political appointee appointed by the political people who do so Governor, Auditor, and especially the Attorney General who usually does nothing with the findings from the Inspector General Office. His era of too many years of non leadership to stand up against inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, fraud and abuse has been disappointing. His record ranging from the Big Dig to the Saltonstall Asbestos Scandal is non existent. A person with so much promise has been wasted.

Unless, real reform and mission for the office of Inspector General is established, Sullivan and the Office should be non funded

Boston Globe Reporter/Columnist Scot Lehigh is at it again writes column attacking public employee health insurance not revealing his spouse works for health insurance provider in his attempt to praise guru candidate Charles Baker the supreme health care industry special interest advocate.

This long long time reporter turned expert columnist has misinformed the readers again. He appears to have gross dislikes of union bosses. Scot Lehigh should not the demonize victim workers and families in need of health care. Could the reporter/columnist at least hold the health care industrial establishment accountable because Scot Lehigh never did to the Big Dig Special Interest Machine?

What is most interesting about the column is to look at the blog comments that exposed Lehigh. Scot Lehigh came back and even blogged the person making the revelation displaying additional positions on issues that should be used as a disclaimer every times he writes in the future. Lehigh has reached a new depth in journalism , There must be a code of ethics and conduct for all in the media in order not to fool readers or listeners.

Scot Lehigh long long time reporter turned columnist is at it again refusing to research the issues and pontificating with only leaving out all the valid details.

Charlie Baker and his father both served on the GIC and supported the carnage GIC Head Dolores Mitchell fosters and continues on public employees on paid premiums and taxpayer dollars honestly put forward for health coverage.

Fact: The Baker/Mitchell clan put forward allowing doctors and hospitals to do balance billing where costs over all above not paid by health plans can be billed directly to subscribers. That was promoted by the clan that was stopped after a legislative battle where Mitchell tried to fool the legislature that it was a cost saving. That practice was outlawed years before for all private sector employees.

Next, the GIC allowed drug formularies to be changed at will when specific lists were given to doctors and state employee patients which drugs were allowed by contract. That information is needed on drugs especially those trying to survive fatal illnesses. The Baker/Mitchell Clan did nothing. A complaint was filed with the Attorney general and the provider had to pay restitution.

The legislature always had a final say on health insurance premiums for those employees covered with several of the minority members of those unions appointed often going along with the administration in power and not the employees they represented.

The GIC and when the Baker/Clan always found ways to make the employees pay more, for less coverage, higher co-pays and deductibles and rarely holding the Health Care Industrial Establishment Accountable.

I challenge to be corrected.

Globe Reporter Michael Rezendes has written a news story on Charlie Baker not going beyond the surface, checking not even the Globe Archives, or not even attempting to go beyond the cosmetics to do real investigative journalism.


Shame on the reporter who wrote this pro Baker puff piece for Charlie Baker that certainly does not qualify as journalism. This piece certainly qualifies as safe not to offend the resume if or when applying for a political appointment job in the future. Hopefully, the reporter will clear the air and take an oath not to seek or accept a job in any Charlie Baker administration or job in any new Baker private sector ventures.

The reporter could not even look at the Globe Archives to get beyond the fluff or interview all who were run over by Baker’s lack of concern, care, compassion and fiscal concern for the citizens and taxpayers of Massachusetts. From the private sector to a politically appointed job to the multimillion dollar private sector job of a deal bailout ponzi type scheme of a health insurance provider Harvard-Pilgrim whose disgusting record continued.

The reporter is writing like others at the Globe who who covered all the Baker years and continue to fail to do real investigative reporting.

Charlie Baker lacks any compassion or concern for the unfortunate. Look at his tenure as Assistant and Secretary of Human Services for the Develop Mentally Disabled, Public Health and Nursing Homes, and those requiring Mental health Services. Unfortunately, the reporter did not do his research. Look at the Baker era and his role at the Group Insurance Commission that he and his father who served as a model to deny healthcare for public workers that Baker carried on at his big bucks job he took after the state approved bailout of his Harvard Pilgrim. Remember, Baker got his multimillion $$$ job health Insurance job at the insurer to ply his denial of good benefits to subscribers to get profits and continue his worth many mllion $$$ in salaries and benefits for himself.

The reporter should look at Charlie Baker’s cover up of the asbestos contamination scandal and contaminators at the Saltonstall Building and his mismanagement of the potential exposure after repeated incidents. Look at Baker’s initiatives of destroying the state Human Services Delivery Systems that continues today. Look at facilities in Taunton, Danvers, Northampton, Belchertown, Rutland, Glavin,Umass Hospital, Boston City Hospital, and foster care programs who instead of modernizing with accountability and providing oversight destroy that has resulted in the state being captive by unaccountable vendors, consultants, and providers. Baker was complacent and disastrous in his oversight of the financially failed Big Dig as further verification of his failed leadership.

THERE IS NEW HOPE THAT THE BOSTON GLOBE WILL FINALLY EXPOSE THE CHARLIE BAKER RECORD AS THEIR CANDIDATE GOVERNOR PATRICK IS FADING....THE ELITIST REPORTERS AND GLOBE MOGULS WILL FINALLY DESERT ONE OF THEIR PEDESTAL FAVORITES CHARLIE BAKER ENDING THE LONGTERM PROMOTION AND DAMAGE CONTROL BATTLES AGAINST THOSE THAT HAVE PLEADED TO EXPOSE THE CITIZEN AND TAXPAYER LEADERSHIP FAILURES OF THE BAKER FRAUD

Those that have lived and monitored the Baker Regimes of State Government know his record of no accountability and oversight of taxpayer dollars. The Globe Statehouse Bureau stationed at the Statehouse rarely or dismissed the pleas of those blowing the Whistle on inefficiensy, waste, fraud and abuse of that Baker in charge era of mismanaged State government.

Lately, there seems to be a glimmer ofhope on exposing Baker by The Globe apparently to help the endorsed favorite Deval Patrick This should have been done sooner that would prevent the Republican party from embarassment to get another candidate and not Baker as the candidate.

If you like the low cost of the Big Dig, Health Insurance, Asbestos Exposure in State Buildings,High Fees, money thrown at the vendors, providers, and consultants and not those in need of Human Services, Baker is the one to support or a voter can carry on the tradition who has made these issues an artform and vote for the other front runner Deval Patrick. Either way only the Special Interests will win as they have the $$$$$ to pay to play on lobbying for their special interests and not the public interest. The citizens of Massachusetts lose again,

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BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL BOARD ENDORSES JOE MALONE FOR CONGRESS.....THE JOE MALONE AS STATE TREASURER THAT HAD A SCANDAL IN HIS OFFICE AND HAD QUESTIONABLE DEALINGS WITH $$$$$ BILLIONS IN EMPLOYEE AND TAXPAYER PENSION INVESTMENTS....THE GLOBE DID NOT EVEN CHECK THEIR ARCHIVES BEFORE ENDORSING AND PRAISING MALONE????


The Boston Globe Editorial Board has reached a new depth.This is on the same level as former Globe Columnist Jon Keller accused the Board being "In The Tank" on the BIG DIG.

These are the facts. Joe Malone was constantly reported in this newspaper for mishandling Pension Investments, Employee Deferred Compensation Investments, and Patronage Hiring of investment advisers.

This endorsement and stating Malone made improvements in dealing with pension moneys of taxpayers and employees is false.

Those who had to be victimized by the Malone years and every taxpayer should be insulted by this fictional approval of Malone.

Those who battle inefficiency, waste,and mismanagement, fraud, and abuse in Government Operations should note and be dubious of the Boston Globe Editorial Board as an place to seek assistance for wrongdoing.

I challenge to be corrected