What angers me is these liars said no gambling bill next session after they failed last time.
"Gambling debated behind closed doors; Critics say public left without a role" June 20, 2011|By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff
What else is new in Massachusetts?
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo stood in front of his office last week and declared that state government has become “a whole lot more transparent than it’s ever been,’’ as a result of the corruption case in which his predecessor, Salvatore F. DiMasi, had just been convicted.
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But only two days earlier, DeLeo met behind closed doors with Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray to hash out what could prove to be one of the most controversial bills of the year— a deal to legalize gambling.
The negotiations have been intermittently acknowledged on Beacon Hill, but never detailed publicly....
Meaning your government lies to you, Bay-Staters.
Despite promises about transparency, often the most critical decisions on Beacon Hill happen this way, with little meaningful input from anyone outside the small circle of the State House’s top three leaders....
See:
The Perils of One-Party Politics: The Ruling Party
The Perils of One-Party Politics: Massachusetts' Democracy
Sort of a slap in the face, 'eh?
Members of the general public, lacking knowledge of what is being discussed, have no way to tell their representatives their opinions. And even those representatives may be shut out of the process.
And then the leader says vote for it or else.
“It’s an outrage,’’ said Kathleen Conley Norbut, senior adviser for the interest group United to Stop Slots in Massachusetts. “If the decisions are only made by two people or three people, what’s the sense of having a Legislature?’’
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“There’s an evolving consensus that they’re very close and that this will happen in July,’’ said one lobbyist, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. “Everybody’s giving a little bit. When you’re in an environment like that, it’s really, really, really sensitive and there needs to be a lot of trust, and that’s why you’re not seeing a lot of it in public.’’
Yup, they are going to $tick it to us when people are on summer vacations and not paying attention.
And to HAVE TRUST you need to HIDE THINGS from the PUBLIC?
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