Massachusetts Taxpayers Screwed Again!

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PATRICK HIRES PR SPECIALIST FOR GAMING INQUIRIES
Karen Schwartzman, a public relations specialist and crisis communicator, has been retained by Gov. Deval Patrick's office to handle press inquiries for Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby and the commission for the next several months. Schwartzman, who runs her own private consulting firm, will assist Crosby and the commission during its formation over the next several months. Patrick selected Crosby to chair the commission last week. Attorney General Martha Coakley and Treasurer Steven Grossman have yet to announce their picks for the five-member panel, and a search firm is being sought to help the three officials agree to the final two picks. Once the commission is fully formed, the panel will seek a full-time communications director. Schwartzman worked as a deputy press secretary in the Dukakis administration and as State Ethics Commission investigator. More recently she was retained a year ago by the law firm Mintz Levin to consult for House Speaker Robert DeLeo on matters pertaining to the Probation Department in the wake of an independent counsel report that identified widespread patronage and mismanagement. She also handled communications for Powers Fasteners following the fatal tunnel ceiling collapse in the Big Dig.

There is no indication of funding source or whether the Governor has the authority to expend funds from those set aside for the Gambling Commission.

Why is this expenditure required when there is presently no Gambling Commission?

Isn't it interesting that no funds were ever expended for an INDEPENDENT COST ANALYSIS?