Comments on: Gov. Patrick Announces $600 Million In Cuts

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:07:32 +0000

We because all those city workers they were not doing third job, and they get pay too much. I think Mr patrickhe did the right thing help me and you save some money.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:56:27 +0000

I think everyone is missing the point. The governor is a dupe to the legislature. He gets to do the dirty work no one else will do. The governor gets the blame but the systemic problems are old and not of his making. It doesn’t seem to matter which party has the governorship, he is an outsider. Blaming him is like blaming Obama for the financial crisis.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:10:57 +0000

Well well well. What a surprise that Patrick waits until the last possible second decreed by law to spring this on the Commonwealth. I like where Drew’s going with his post. The whole Hyatt debacle seems like just a little bump in the road from this vantage, doesn’t it? I called in a few weeks ago to comment on Patrick’s position on that situation, and I still believe I was right: any measure of responsibility to those who live in MA by our Governor is simply another constituency pandering PR move. What a phony, cheap-seeming politician. He certainly lives up to the stereotype of an opaque, sneaky, local politician.

By: John Updike

John Updike — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:52:38 +0000

Give this guy a break. He is dealing with a tough economy and doing a great job handling fiscal nightmare.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:26:51 +0000

I wonder if Hyatt will refuse to let Gov. Patrick stay in their hotels in protest?

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:16:56 +0000

Maybe the pay raise the legislature got, after Patrick certified the well being of the state economy, should be discontinued. They should not be insulated from the financial pain that rest of the state feels and that they pass on to the cities and towns of the Commonwealth by cutting revenue sharing.

By: Frederick Grant

Frederick Grant — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:46:02 +0000

when I voted for Gov. Patrick, I was concerned about his employment in the corporate world. Unfortunately, my concern about the effect of his history has been realized. His brutal slashing of human services reflects an obvious insensitivity to the needs of the most vulnerable and a lack of allegiance to the working people of our state.