Yeah - former executive and legislative employee here... I am shocked that this comment was made, every bit of my experience was the exact opposite. I would love to know what alphabet agency (s)he worked for and if they reported it to the state auditor's office.

My bet is that it is a no, and that the majority of this never happened because every news outlet would be all over that. And guess where there is a press office? Right by the state offices at Ashburton in the state house. Those press people know every haunt in the area. Maybe they worked for MassDOT or something elsewhere, but nobody is going in for an hour of work than "getting black out drunk." The press rightfully hit the MBTA director for working out of state. We had random civic groups drop in on a Friday to see whose offices were open. There is far more attention on who is in than the private sector by far, and it is really easy to see in the press.

As for my 50-grand a year, there wasn't a time that I think I could have made far better money out in the private sector - where I ended up. And in my experience, it is worse with the abuse and waste. So overpaid? Hardly. Talent is bled out constantly because of the shit pay for us cogs that pushed things forward.

Edit: The original poster is a contributor to the conspiracy-addled subreddit #walkaway, which amongst other things peddles election fraud and other things. So believe who you want.

Yeah, New York sucks with dealing with all that too. It is much more the stereotypical RMV... sorry, DMV... the typical hateful clerks etc.

I think the whole plate thing is to save on car insurance though by having it garaged in another place.

I mean, I grew up on the NH border and every halfway rich fuck with a second property in NH registered their car to cheat the system at their lakehouse/cabin. Fuck those guys for sidestepping it, but also the RMV for hitting these travelers.

I work in energy, worked in Boston for many many years before. One of our projects is by a lake, another is in the hills. The supervisor for our hills project asked me for an update to which I said sure. He then said "no the hills - not the shore."

Apparently everyone in my office thinks I'm Bill Burr, but I would rather die a dozen deaths than talk like they do up here.

Congrats on the new gig! Sorry for not knowing how long ago that was, I just peaked because having worked in the field sometimes people post things (like what city they're in) which helps.

If I was in your boat I would call and offer anything, even fifty bucks. But yeah, for the moment shut offs are suspended so you're good.

Good luck on the next gig!!!

While you aren't wrong and they just spent enough money for a tatto and a pound and a half of weed butter, you come off as an ass with your phrasing.

Well, if you are on SNAP then you are eligible for heat and eat. As for utility shut off, it was provided below that this cannot happen when you need to heat. Here is the LIHEAP program link.

https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-home-heating-and-energy-assistance

Note that not all food banks are FDA standard application, and the food bank is not SNAP, so you won't be able to pick up food at one and plead they were qualified for the heat and eat program like many people we had apply try. To qualify for LIHEAP it must be SNAP.

On another note - I'm not one to judge and everyone needs to blow off steam but you just dropped a ton of money on a (quite nice) tattoo and weed to make weed butter according to your post history. Every year the state added additional cash to the heat program when I worked for it, and we at times had to reach out to other orgs to help the indigent with home repairs, etc that weren't publicly covered to keep people warm.

Money was extremely tight at the end of cold years, and several of our non-profit partners were covering your heating costs with their own money earmarked for other services. If you apply for theses programs, I beg you to remember that every dollar you spend on something else and taken from LIHEAP is hard fought by those organizations - they are stretched thin every year to try and keep as many people in tough financial conditions warm as possible.