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Massachusetts: Richard Tisei

March 7, 2009 - 09:46 am
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

The hard working Republican Senate leadership

By nodrumlins

The Boston Herald reported Friday that every Republican in the State Senate receives at least $15,000 on top of their salary because they are considered members of the leadership team. How does that work? Apparently, there are five members of the minority party's leadership team. Since there are only five Republicans in the Senate, they all get big bonuses:
The state Senate’s five lone Republicans, spearheading a new campaign against the Democrats’ wasteful spending, are raking in more than $80,000 a year in taxpayer-funded stipends, each claiming a leadership title - even though they have nobody to lead.

All five members of the anemic Senate minority caucus boast a top-tier post, including a minority leader, an assistant minority leader, a “third assistant minority leader,” a minority whip and an assistant minority whip.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 12:32

Keverian to help Mass. GOP with redistricting effort

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Former House Speaker George Keverian, a Democrat, has signed on to help the Massachusetts Republican Party with its 2011 redistricting efforts.

Dan Winslow, who worked as former Gov. Mitt Romney's chief legal counsel and is leading the Republican redistricting effort, told PolitickerMA.com that he met with Keverian earlier this week and Keverian agreed to help.

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Wed, 11/19/2008 - 16:51

Tisei: Wilkerson resignation a ‘relief’

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON - State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei said Wednesday that state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's resignation will allow the Senate to move forward with its business and hinted that the Senate would have voted to expel her if she hadn't stepped down.

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 14:27

Senate asks Wilkerson to resign

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON -- In addition to referring the allegations surrounding state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson to the Senate Ethics Committee, the state Senate also passed a unanimous resolution Thursday asking Wilkerson to resign immediately.

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Tue, 10/28/2008 - 17:08

Tisei calls on Wilkerson to resign

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei called on state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson to resign from the Senate on Tuesday in light of her facing federal corruption charges.

Tisei, a Wakefield Republican, wrote on ScalingTheHill.com, the Senate Republicans' blog, that the corruption allegations are far more serious that Wilkerson's previous indiscretions.

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Fri, 08/01/2008 - 13:19

GOP legislators criticize Patrick for lack of property tax relief

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The minority leaders of the state House of Representatives and Senate fired a salvo at Gov. Deval Patrick following the conclusion of the legislative session Thursday for failing to follow through on a campaign promise to bring property tax relief.

In a statement released early Friday morning, Senate [img_assist|nid=247|title=State Sen. Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=127|height=180]Minority Leader Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield) and House Minority Leader Brad Jones (R-North Reading) said Patrick (D-Milton) failed to fulfill his campaign pledge.

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Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:09

State Senate GOP calls for abolishing Mass. Turnpike Authority

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Republicans in the state Senate called on the legislature Thursday to force Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Milton) to abolish the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority because of what they [img_assist|nid=247|title=State Sen. Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=127|height=180]called a "constant stream of fiscal mismanagement."

They plan to offer an amendment before the end of the session that would require Patrick to eliminate the authority by July 1, 2009. 

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Fri, 07/18/2008 - 14:26

Sales tax holiday: Political ploy or taxpayer aid?

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

With news this week of the state's $22 billion Big Dig debt and Gov. Deval Patrick's (D-Milton) proposal to guarantee the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's $2.4 billion debt, combined with the national economic slowdown, a likely vote on a Massachusetts sales tax holiday is likely to cause a stir in the legislature.

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Wed, 07/16/2008 - 10:57

Tisei: 1913 law should have been repealed four years ago, Romney used it to discriminate

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield) said Wednesday that the legislature should have repealed the 1913 law years ago and that then Gov. Mitt Romney used the measure to discriminate against homosexuals.[img_assist|nid=247|title=State Sen. Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=127|height=180]

Shortly after the Bay State legalized same-sex marriage in 2004, Romney invoked the 1913 law to prohibit out of state gay couples from wedding in Massachusetts if their state of residence did not recognize gay marriages.

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Thu, 07/03/2008 - 15:34

Tisei criticizes budget

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei (R-Middlesex and Essex) criticized the passage of the state $28.2 billion dollar budget Thursday, saying now is not the time for increased spending.

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