Perhaps motivated by Dianne Wilkerson's weak defense of her money accumulation, House Speaker Sal DiMasi has announced that he will resign from the Legislature effective Tuesday (or tomorrow, according to the Herald). DiMasi had denied rumors about his resignation last Friday, and maintains that he now steps down with his head "held high." Right, because there's always good reason to resign if you've done nothing wrong. The Globe names possible successors Robert A. DeLeo and John Rogers, who's had a scandal of his own already. Wouldn't want to give power to anyone too pure. Update: DiMasi's resignation letter.
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--Word is out that former House Speaker and current WRKO radio-show host is going to drop his plans to become a lobbyist, finally realizing that lobbying while being a talking head might be a conflict of interest. Adam G. joked, "The WRKO job must pay more." [Boston Globe, Universal Hub]
--Are you a smoker? House Speaker Sal DiMasi and Senate President Therese Murray are considering raising the cigarette tax. [Boston Globe]
Today, House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi presented a major renewable energy bill today that will be debated next week. Right after DiMasi's announcement and also in the State House, authors Wendy Williams and Robert Whitcomb gave a presentation to legislators about a specific way to achieve that goal--investment in wind energy.
--Forget Ed Davis. The Scottsdale, Arizona, police department wants you. Brian McGrory writes in the Globe about seeing an ad for joining the police force – yes, Scottsdale, Arizona - in one of the men's toilets at Fenway Park. It probably doesn't get any more "Boston" than the men's toilet at Fenway, so why on earth would Scottsdale be advertising there? McGrory called them and found they're doing it because they've got the money. And...
Remember a month ago when Bostonist told you that the legislature had finally hammered out a compromise healthcare bill? Well, they actually finally passed it into law today. As expected, the bill will require everyone in the Commonwealth to obtain healthcare, somehow, and would force employers with more than ten employees who don't provide healthcare to pay a yearly assessment of $295 per uninsured employee. Legislative leaders and the governor predictably patted themselves on the back for their groundbreaking work, then moved on to the more lighthearted work of issuing proclamations recognizing the latest inductees to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Are you tired of hearing about healthcare yet? Bostonist is, but the state legislature persists (we'd be much happier if they would spend some time trying to provide all Mass. residents with affordable beer, cookies, and bears that ride bicycles). Yesterday, you may recall, House Speaker Sal DiMasi proposed a healthcare plan that would have made most businesses pay a tax if they didn't provide healthcare to their employees. During the day yesterday, while Bostonist was more concerned with figuring out how the bill would penalize individuals who didn't buy health insurance (when we weren't working diligently for our employer, of course), the good folks at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation realized that DiMasi's bill would also cause some employers who do provide healthcare to pay the tax anyway. DiMasi, pleading inadvertent error, stuck by the substance of his proposal but said he'd fix the offending taxation bit. (More details after the jump.)
Yesterday was a big day in town. Former House Speaker Tom Finneran, hands down one of the most powerful politicians in the Commonwealth for nearly a decade, plead not guilty at a preliminary hearing on federal perjury charges. Now, in case you've been living under a rock for the past couple years, Republican U.S. Attorney and possible gubernatorial hopeful Michael Sullivan has accused Finneran of lying about his involvement in the 2001 Massachusetts legislative redistricting...
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