Globe's Governor's Race: Patrick's Broken Promise

And don't think we don't remember all the tax hikes, either!

"Bold tax vow comes back to sting Patrick; Relief for homeowners stalled amid recession" by Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | April 25, 2010

Property taxes have continued to rise in the 3 1/2 years since Governor Deval Patrick took office, just as they have every year since at least 1990....

Budget specialists say the recession made it nearly impossible for the governor to cut taxes without severely compromising his goal of preserving core services.

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I didn't know welfare for banks and corporations were core services.

But they say Patrick’s initial promise to reduce property taxes might have been impossible even in a strong economy, because it would have required the state to deliver a massive influx of hundreds of millions of dollars in additional aid to cities and towns.

Translation: You were lied to!

“It hasn’t come about in large part because of the economic downturn, and he can be absolved of a large part of the blame for this not coming about because of that,’’ said David G. Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute, a fiscally conservative think tank. “On the other hand, it’s not clear he thought about a plan to make this come true, even in the best of times.’’

Not here, and not with lame-ass excuses.

These days, Patrick’s failure to lower property taxes has become a major issue in the governor’s race. Angry voters sometimes question him about their bills going up, and his opponents often criticize him for failing to make good on one of his key pledges from the 2006 race....

And they RAISED the SALES TAX by 25%, too!!

Patrick calls his failure to deliver property tax relief one of the biggest disappointments of his term.

Yeah, four years later on the cusp of an election he feels that way!

He points to measures he has enacted to reduce pressure on homeowners, and vows that this will remain a top priority if he is reelected.

He certainly doesn't expect us to buy the BS this time?

If so, he's dumber than I thought!

“It’s another reminder that you’re governor, not king, and you don’t get to just wave a scepter and make it happen,’’ Patrick said in an interview....

Bye, guv. Hope you enjoyed the one term.

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