May 7, 2014

Greedy Politicians in Massachusetts Government


[From article]
The judges were angry that they weren’t getting enough of the hack Probation jobs, so they peddled a story for the Globe Flashlight Team. It was truly a Claude Rains-“Casablanca” moment. The judges were shocked, shocked that patronage was going on in the courthouses.
Much to their chagrin, the people charged with dealing out the hack jobs for the solons decided to fight back, by calling all these pompous, greedy, hypocritical judges to the witness stand to talk about how they’ve been cramming their own snouts, and those of all their relatives, into the public trough.
Take Judge Mark Lawton. He’s on the list, an ex-rep and the son of an ex-state senator and judge.
His son, Patrick, also a witness, was first an ADA, then a probation officer, until one evening in 2010 when he was arrested in a heroin dealer’s driveway in Taunton.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2014/05/carr_the_hogs_are_led_to_slaughter

Carr: The hogs are led to slaughter
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
By: Howie Carr
Boston Herald

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