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senatorium t1_jdwleqw wrote

Reply to comment by lurker_registered in House Speaker Ron Mariano rejecting 'unconstitutional' plan to audit his office by new State Auditor, Diana DiZoglio by lurker_registered

The state government has a horrible record of transparency, too. Healey has essentially said she'll only release documents when she feels like it. The Legislature has decided that it's largely exempt. Most votes are closed door. The Senate recently repealed the term limit on its President, allowing her to serve indefinitely, a limit that was put in place after a fantastically corrupt Senate President.

For all of MA's progressive rep, its governmental transparency is very poor.

https://actonmass.org/the-campaign

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Maxpowr9 t1_jdwt4zg wrote

I feel that's at least half the reason why the MBTA is so fucked up. Hardly any transparency there either. No surprise why they fought so hard to prevent a federal takeover and the T has only gotten worse since then.

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AccomplishedGrab6415 t1_jdxq7q6 wrote

Well, Poftak was baker's pal so he had no incentive to fix the system or do well in his role - Chuckie wasn't firing him under any circumstance. He literally was just there to collect his taxpayer funded paycheck.

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