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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-04-07 04:41 AM
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Massachusetts governor-elect considers overturning Mitt Romney's appointments
WORCESTER – Governor-elect Deval Patrick said tonight that he would strongly consider overturning some of the dozens of lame duck appointments handed out by Governor Mitt Romney, who will relinquish his power today at noon when Patrick is inaugurated.

“I want to look at the whole rush of appointments made in the last little while,” Patrick told reporters after a celebration in downtown Worcester. “Not because I begrudge the governor – well, I won’t go that far. In some ways he’s been busier in the last few weeks than he has been in the last few years.”

“Look, I need, we need, people who support our agenda in key places in order to deliver our agenda,” the Democrat added, when asked what his first act as governor would be. “And I want to make sure that we have the opportunity to put the right people, the best people in place.”

The Globe reported Wednesday that Romney installed more than 200 Republican activists, state employees and others, including outgoing Lieutenant Gov. Kerry Healey, to boards and commissions in the closing weeks of his tenure. Romney had previously decried patronage.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/patrick_vows_to.html

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P.S. "Mitt", don't let the commonwealth's door hit your ass on the way out.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-04-07 04:57 AM
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1. good. get rid of all the repuke "activist" assholes. the new gov certainly
doesn't need these freaks sabotaging his administration.

fuck them

(do i sound hostile?)
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-04-07 06:13 AM
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2. there's a way to keep your enemies closer -- and a way not to.
you don't keep your enemies in a place where they can harm you.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-04-07 01:54 PM
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3. Don't consider it, Governor. Do it.
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