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Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:45 am
And apparently everyone involved are democrats!!
I thought the dems were above this type of thing!!
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1082009
Quote:Half a dozen state lawmakers who previously supported gaming expansion voted to kill Gov. Deval Patrick's casino bill, or missed the vote altogether, after being elevated to lucrative leadership posts by House Speaker Sal DiMasi, a Herald review found.
DiMasi gave the lawmakers coveted committee posts, some of which include $7,500 stipends, in late February as lobbying over casinos began to intensify. Those lawmakers, after previously supporting casinos or voting to legalize slot machines, came out against Patrick's bill in Thursday's decisive vote.
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Quote:Four of the pro-gaming lawmakers who took the committee posts - Steven Walsh (D-Lynn), Charles Murphy (D-Burlington), Louis Kafka (D-Stoughton) and Thomas Kennedy (D-Brockton) - voted against the governor's plan. Two others Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere) and William Galvin (D-Canton) missed the vote.
But of course we all know the dems arent corrupt and any appearance of corruption is all a repub plot against the dems.
Getting rid of corruption in American politics is impossible
like AMERICAN DEREAM sir
Re: More political corruption in Mass.
mysteryman wrote:And apparently everyone involved are democrats!!
I thought the dems were above this type of thing!!
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1082009
Quote:Half a dozen state lawmakers who previously supported gaming expansion voted to kill Gov. Deval Patrick's casino bill, or missed the vote altogether, after being elevated to lucrative leadership posts by House Speaker Sal DiMasi, a Herald review found.
DiMasi gave the lawmakers coveted committee posts, some of which include $7,500 stipends, in late February as lobbying over casinos began to intensify. Those lawmakers, after previously supporting casinos or voting to legalize slot machines, came out against Patrick's bill in Thursday's decisive vote.
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Quote:Four of the pro-gaming lawmakers who took the committee posts - Steven Walsh (D-Lynn), Charles Murphy (D-Burlington), Louis Kafka (D-Stoughton) and Thomas Kennedy (D-Brockton) - voted against the governor's plan. Two others Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere) and William Galvin (D-Canton) missed the vote.
But of course we all know the dems arent corrupt and any appearance of corruption is all a repub plot against the dems.
How many have been indicted exactly? And for what?
Yeah, I mean, I don't exactly cry when I read about stories of Democratic corruption, but this stuff doesn't rise to the level. Some party members get on the committee they wanted, and come back with loyalty to the party leadership? Snoooore.
Now if they were actively taking casino money or something, that'd be noteworthy.
Pot calling the kettle black.
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