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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne Mass. resident's experience with Romney
http://stephsegler.tumblr.com/post/33834725798/must-read-and-share (more at link)Mr. Romney claims to have experience reaching across the aisle. Maybe he did do some reaching, but not much of it went toward the Democrats. In his first two years of office, he vetoed legislation at more than twice the rate of Republican predecessor Governor Weld. Governor Romney had a record 800 vetoes (most of which were overturned, sometimes unanimously). One example is when the legislature provided a budget amendment to stop contracting with companies that outsource state work to other countries. Governor Romney vetoed the provision. This meant that he supported outsourcing jobs at the expense of U.S. workers. He also started a huge campaign to unseat Democratic legislators, but failed and ended up with even fewer Republican seats than before he took office.
Governor Romney correctly claims that Massachusetts rose to #1 in educationbut it was based on former Governor Welds education reform plan. Governor Romney moved in the opposite directionhe vetoed bills that would have strengthened preschool education.
However, the issue is not so much how he voted, but that Mr. Romney won the governorship by presenting himself in one way, as a social and fiscal moderate (some saw him as a social progressive), and by the end of his single term, he had acted in an entirely different way. He said during his campaign that he favored stem cell research and then vetoed a bill to fund it. He argued for a lower minimum wage than the state legislature ended up passing (over his veto). He vetoed a bill funding hate crimes prevention, and took back money approved by a former Republican governor for a bullying prevention program. He denied all requests for commutations and pardons, including one from a soldier serving in Iraq whose was convicted at age 13 for a BB gun incident. He vetoed emergency contraception. He raised many fees in my stateeven quadrupling the gasoline delivery fees.
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One Mass. resident's experience with Romney (Original Post)
gollygee
Oct 2012
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kentuck
(111,098 posts)1. Including this?
"....and took back money approved by a former Republican governor for a bullying prevention program."
GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)2. I received this the other day - It's excellent.
It also ties in very neatly with the letter to Romney that I posted on October 10.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)3. A clear and compelling account
important to read. It reveals the real Romney with stark, measurable facts. He can't be trusted.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)4. Mass Schools were #1 since 1992, a decade before Romney
Became governor. That's the first time they were compared nationwide.