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A "Trivial" Stand
"Patrick called the public furor over Walsh's hiring 'trivial' -- so trivial that her salary was reduced $55,000. It would have been fun to see what he would have done in the aftermath of a "trivial" Boston Tea Party."
- The Lowell Sun, 3/27/09
A "Trivial" Stand
The Lowell Sun, 3/27/09
Editorial
Give Gov. Deval Patrick credit. He came to his senses after a rising crescendo from the public and members of both political parties criticized his appointment of a friend -- state Sen. Marian Walsh -- to a previously unnecessary $175,000 a year government job.
The first-term Democrat sought -- and received -- permission from Walsh to cut her salary to a measly $120,000 a year to work for the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority. Walsh fills a plum post that went unfilled for 12 years by Republican governors, who obviously realized how useless the job was to the state's effectiveness.
But now, with the state's jobless level reaching 9 percent and a fiscal 2010 budget gap widening to nearly $4 billion, Patrick sees the necessity for Walsh's expertise even though others saw little benefit from the post when the cupboard was full of dough.
It's good to see the governor thinking about our best interests in this time of fiscal crisis. Maybe this is his idea of state stimulus: hiring political friends and padding the state payroll to get things back on track.
Patrick called the public furor over Walsh's hiring "trivial" -- so trivial that her salary was reduced $55,000. It would have been fun to see what he would have done in the aftermath of a "trivial" Boston Tea Party.
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