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Massachusetts: State Ethics Commission

May 14, 2009 - 07:17 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

My thoughts on the Senate's Ethics Bill

By Jamie Eldridge

I've just returned from the Senate, where I was proud to deliver my maiden speech as State Senator on the ethics reform bill, which in my mind is the most important reform bill the Senate has taken on this session.

Next up is finalizing the amendments to the State Senate  I will be filing before tomorrow's noon deadline, so I will keep this post brief!

There has been a lot of discussion in this blog and in the news about the ethics bill before the Senate today, as well there should be on this important topic.

On the whole, I believe it to be a very good bill - the strongest of the three proposed bills (House, Senate, Governor), particularly with regards to campaign finance.

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January 27, 2009 - 08:04 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

DiMasi's Timing, A Theory

By David S. Bernstein

One question unanswered in Sal DiMasi's sudden departure is, why now? Why, so soon after starting the new session, did DiMasi feel the need to get out in such a rush?

The answer might be, in part, to keep confidential any ways that he might cash in after leaving office.

Elected officials must file a personal disclosure -- a Statement of Financial Interests (SFI), in state parlance -- for any calendar year in which he or she served for 30 or more days. That SFI must disclose interests for the entire year -- even the portions when the official was not actually in office, according to a spokesperson for the State Ethics Commission.

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Thu, 12/18/2008 - 16:56

Mass. GOP piles on DiMasi, calls on him to turn over documents

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Responding to news that Richard Vitale has been indicted, the Massachusetts Republican Party on Thursday called on House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi to cooperate with the State Ethics Commission.

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Tue, 11/18/2008 - 09:52

DiMasi: Ethics proposals will be fully considered

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said late Monday that he is open to considering new ethics proposals drafted by Gov. Deval Patrick and other legislators.

"The governor, legislative leaders of both parties and individual lawmakers are discussing thoughtful proposals to reform our ethics laws and, while Massachusetts already has among the toughest standards in the nation, any necessary changes proposed by these groups will be fully considered," DiMasi, a Boston Democrat, said in a statement.

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