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Our Press Release Today...

Boston, MA - The Massachusetts Republican Party today announced the creation of a formula to calculate what the actual size of the pay raise for the DiMasi Democrats should be.

MassGOP Communications Director Barney Keller said, “While the DiMasi Democrats may think they deserve a pay raise, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to calculate the amount they should get. All anyone has to do is take into account several variables, and then multiply that number by the amount of property tax relief that Deval Patrick has delivered to the people of Massachusetts. No matter how we calculated it, our analysis concluded that the amount of the raise should be exactly zero.”

The Massachusetts Republican Party’s formula for determining the DiMasi Democrats Pay Raise (MRPFDDDPR)

1. The amount of State Senators forced to resign in 2008 = 2
2. Multiply by the amount Governor Patrick pays Massachusetts for the Cadillac: 2 x 543 = 1086
3. Add the increase in the unemployed under the Democrats failed economic agenda: 1086 + 42,297 = 43,383
4. Divide by the number of counts in the indictment against DiMasi friend Richard Vitale: 43,383 / 7 = 6198
5. Take Transportation Secretary Jim “Big Dig” Aloisi’s salary, and divide it by the result of Step 4: 150,000 / 6198 = 24
6. Add the amount of money raised by State Treasurer Tim Cahill for his potential primary challenge against Governor Patrick: 24 + 145,000 = 145,024
7. Multiply that by the amount of money Governor Patrick made as a member of the board of Subprime lender Ameriquest: 145,024 x 360,000 = 52,208,640,000
8. Divide by the amount of Governor Patrick’s book deal: 52,208,640,000 / 1,350,000 = 38673
9. Add $657,000,000 in new taxes last year: 657,000,000 + 38673 = 657,038,673
10. Multiply that number by the amount of property tax relief given to the people of Massachusetts, as promised* by Candidate Deval Patrick: 657,038,673 x 0 = 0
    

Final Suggested MRPFDDDPR Pay Raise = $0.00

*"I believe a rational revenue structure, sensible tax policy and fair distribution of state resources to cities and towns – so that property taxes can be lowered and kept low – are essential elements of a true partnership between state and local government" (Deval Patrick – ‘Moving Massachusetts Forward’ p. 36)

MassGOP Calls for Wilkerson To Be Disbarred

The Massachusetts Republican Party called on the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers late Monday to initiate disbarring proceedings for state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.

The move comes on the heels of news last Friday that Wilkerson (D-Boston) had reached an agreement with Attorney General Martha Coakley (D-Medford) that included paying $10,000 to settle several campaign finance violations dating back to 2000. By taking part in the agreement, Wilkerson acknowledged violations had been made.

"Sen. Dianne Wilkerson has violated the law numerous times," Rob Willington, executive director of the Massachusetts GOP, said in a statement. "This most recent agreement to pay a $10,000 fine for violations of campaign finance law is further proof that she should no longer practice law."

Full Story Here

Stretching the Facts

Democrat Congressman Kanjorski: "That if we won the Congressional elections, we could stop the war. Now anybody was a good student of Government would know that wasn't true. But you know, the temptation to want to win back the Congress, we sort of stretched the facts...and people ate it up."

Behind Closed Doors

A great look at how Beacon Hill Democrats spend your tax dollars is in the Eagle-Tribune from yesterday.

Check it out here

Taxes Rising.

Boston Globe has the story.

Lieberman Calls Democrat Party "Hyperpartisan"

And thus, the Senator from Connecticut speaks the truth.

Pay Raise Filed By Democrats

The Melrose Republican City Committee is on offense with this letter to the editor.

"The recent maneuver by State House Democrats to sneak a pay raise into the snow
bill is just the latest example of what the people in commonwealth can expect
from the near total control of our state government by the Democratic Party."

D's Make C's

Today from the Boston Herald.

" 'Massachusetts is literally and figuratively digging itself into a deeper and deeper hole in terms of its infrastructure,' said Richard Greene, co-author of the Pew report.

Greene noted that Massachusetts is carrying more than $18 billion in overall debt - the highest per capita in the nation - and faces a $1-billion-per-year problem to maintain transportation infrastructure over the next 20 years."