The Probation Dept. scandal that merely epitomizes the arrogance of Beacon Hill leadership continues to unwind and cost taxpayers money.
The Senate President admits she reads nothing 'Anti.' Well, why should she confuse her mind and inform herself about predatory gambling?
The House Speaker, to deflect attention from the scandal and questions that he's closeted himself with lobbyists he's in bed with, paralyzed legislation during the last legislative session.
The article below from the Boston Globe is worth reading in its entirety, as are their other articles linked on the site about the subject.
Few are naive enough to believe the Probation Dept. is the only dumping ground for unqualified candidates, generous campaign contributors and political hacks.
If you don't want to be treated like clowns, stop behaving like clowns.
Probation officer is awarded $506,000
The Senate President admits she reads nothing 'Anti.' Well, why should she confuse her mind and inform herself about predatory gambling?
The House Speaker, to deflect attention from the scandal and questions that he's closeted himself with lobbyists he's in bed with, paralyzed legislation during the last legislative session.
The article below from the Boston Globe is worth reading in its entirety, as are their other articles linked on the site about the subject.
Few are naive enough to believe the Probation Dept. is the only dumping ground for unqualified candidates, generous campaign contributors and political hacks.
If you don't want to be treated like clowns, stop behaving like clowns.
Probation officer is awarded $506,000
...the jury found that the department retaliated against Brown for pursuing her complaints about James J. Rush, then a chief probation officer. They awarded her $500,000 in punitive damages and $6,000 in compensatory damages, Margolis said.
Rush is the father of state Senator Michael F. Rush, who as a state representative in 2004 appealed to then-House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran to recommend his 73-year-old father for the chief’s post in West Roxbury District Court. Finneran told the Globe he recommended Rush to then-Commissioner John J. O’Brien. O’Brien chose Rush over the objections of the court’s top judge, who said Rush wasn’t up to the job.
The elder Rush retired in 2006 after a draft internal report found merit to allegations of discrimination by five women, including Brown and Young. Rush denied the lawsuit’s allegations.
The presiding judge in West Roxbury, Kathleen E. Coffey, felt that the influence of Michael Rush within the West Roxbury probation department had prejudiced staff against Brown. Rush served on the House Ways and Means Committee, which approved probation’s budget, before his election to the senate last fall.
James Rush, whom Brown and Young sued personally, settled with the two women in November for $25,000, Margolis said.
This doesn't play well on Main St. Are you listening?
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