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| Mass. senate president: Consolidate economic agencies to save money |
| 2009-10-28 |
| Senate President Therese Murray today called for consolidation of economic-development agencies within state government, saying there are too many entities trying to do the same thing. Better yet, shut them all down. They exist to take care of the favored elites. Speaking at an economic summit of business and political leaders called together by Gov. Deval Patrick, Murray said the competing economic agencies are "fairly disorganized" and wasting money. Five agencies alone are established to help small businesses, she said, adding Patrick has been trying to streamline development efforts. "There needs to be consistency (and) focus," said Murray, noting there are 31 agencies with various forms of overlap. |
| Posted by:Fred |