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| GOP slams Deval Patrick on $120G job for pal |
| 2008-12-31 |
| The state Republican Party yesterday blasted Gov. Deval Patrick for creating a $120,000 job for a neighbor and Democratic donor at the same time he was announcing 1,000 other state workers were headed for the unemployment line. "At a time when Massachusetts workers are receiving lumps of coal, it seems like the only people receiving holiday cheer are the governor's friends," Mass. GOP spokesman Barney Keller said yesterday. The Herald reported yesterday that attorney and real estate consultant Dana Harrell, who lives less than a quarter mile from Patrick in Milton, has been named the state's new director of real estate services. Since 2005, Harrell and his wife have donated $1,450 to the governor's election campaign and another $700 to the Democratic State Committee. Ummm... Wait a minute here. I can have a $120,000 a year job for a donation of a mere $2150, and I don't have to pay it all in one year? Shit, bump it up to $2500 and he'll make you a judge. Harrell, 60, was introduced to staff at the Division of Capital Asset Management on Oct. 27, less than two weeks after Patrick announced the state was $1.4 billion in the red and 1,000 jobs would be lost as a result. "Is this a new position created for a friend of Deval Patrick's just like the campaign contributor who he wanted to make chief of staff for his wife?" asked Keller, referring to Amy Gorin. Gorin, who co-chaired the governor's fund-raising committee with her husband, was hired in 2007 for $72,000 to be attorney Diane Patrick's right-hand gal, but resigned a month later after the first couple was heavily criticized for creating the post after just taking office. Patrick spokesman Cyndi Roy said yesterday DCAM Commissioner David Perini would not be commenting further on Harrell's hiring. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Another Axelrod disciple finding success at the public trough. Taxachuscetts is going to royally regret elevating him to the top elected spot in the state. Ummmm, there's Teddy and Kerry and....well, maybe not. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-12-31 12:45 |
| #1 That's what I call a great ROI, Fred. |
| Posted by: Spot 2008-12-31 08:56 |