Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance advocates for fiscal responsibility, transparency, & accountability in government. Email: [email protected]
Boston, MA
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Governor Healey claimed today she “never stopped pipelines,” but as AG, she said something very different.
So we put her two statements side by side.
Was she lying then or is she lying now? 👖🔥
Let us know in the comments.
Maybe Massachusetts should just have a transparent bidding process where political friends (or family members of politicians) don’t win all the time.
Another wasteful use of taxpayer money.
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Massachusetts voters have spoken clearly. Now state leaders must stop stonewalling the will of the people on government transparency and accountability.
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🚨Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer spent her last day on the job demonizing natural gas, again. In front of a group of climate activists, Hoffer said if she had her way, she'd ban natural gas by 2050.
Hoffer has played a major role in advancing an aggressive net-zero agenda that will have enormous consequences for how Massachusetts residents heat their homes, drive their cars, and pay their energy bills.
Governor Maura Healey has yet to publicly announce her next Climate Chief. Will the next Chief carry out Hoffer's wish list?
#mapoli #Massachusetts #EnergyEfficiency #netzero #electricity
🎥"Will you comply with the public records law or work to overturn it?"🎤
That's the question we asked Senate President Karen Spilka and her colleagues at a State House Event. With 86% voting YES on Question 1 you'd think they'd honor the will of the voters.
But before Question 1 can even take effect, lawmakers already have legislation sitting in conference committee that could weaken what voters just approved. Essentially, overturning the election results.
Even before voters passed this question, lawmakers set to work trying to undermine it by passing their own versions of the law. H.5469 and S.3244 would create a completely new and separate public records system for the Legislature. Rather than simply subjecting the Legislature to the existing Public Records Law, we see the House and Senate bills limit disclosure to a defined list of “legislative records” and establish a separate process for challenging records that lawmakers refuse to release.
That distinction matters. Question 1 was intended to bring the Legislature under the same Public Records Law that already applies across much of state and local government. Creating a separate system for lawmakers risks preserving special treatment for Beacon Hill and limiting the transparency voters mandated on election day.
That is not what voters just approved.
Voters were asked a straightforward question: Should most records held by the Legislature and Governor’s Office be subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law?
They said yes.
The Legislature should not use a lame duck session to substitute its own narrower version of the law voters just approved. Nor should lawmakers use a conference committee to accomplish something that voters rejected at the ballot box.
This is bigger than a disagreement over legislative procedure. It is about whether elected officials will respect a clear decision made directly by Massachusetts voters. Its about a legislature that overturns the election results.
Beacon Hill should not now rewrite that decision.
Tell your State Representative, State Senator and the Governor to reject any conference committee proposal that weakens, overrides or delays Question 1. Tell the Governor to veto any attempt to undermine the law voters just approved.
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🚨 The Massachusetts Senate returns TODAY to debate a $2.61 BILLION supplemental budget.
Senators have filed 123 amendments, including proposals for new spending, costly climate mandates, and taxpayer relief.
Many have little to do with closing out last year's budget.
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🚨 The Massachusetts Senate voted 33-5 to reject a Republican alternative to the supplemental budget.
Amendment #122 included gas tax relief, the release of the state's long-overdue Net Zero cost study, and eliminating offshore wind trust fund transfers.
Only 5 senators voted YES: Dooner, Durant, Fattman, O'Connor, and Tarr.
Beacon Hill had a chance to provide relief and greater transparency. The Senate majority said NO.
🚨 The Massachusetts Senate voted 34-4 to approve Amendment #76, extending emergency shelter stays from six months to nine months.
After years of soaring shelter costs, Beacon Hill just voted to allow longer stays instead of focusing on controlling spending.
Only Senators Dooner, Durant, Fattman, and Tarr voted NO.
🤔Did you know your ballot is apparently just a wish list?
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved Question 1, demanding greater transparency from Beacon Hill. But just days after the election, Senate leadership is already suggesting that respecting the results is optional.
When asked by Tim Dunn (@ConsiderMeDunn) of the Boston Herald about implementing Question 1, Senate President Karen Spilka reached for Beacon Hill’s favorite excuse whenever voters demand more transparency: “constitutional concerns.” Meanwhile, Senator Cynthia Creem said lawmakers must “consider the wishes of the voters.”
Consider? Wishes?
Massachusetts voters didn’t make a wish. They voted to change the law. And Beacon Hill doesn’t get to simply “consider” whether it wants to respect the results.
We’ve seen this before. In 2024, 72% of voters approved giving the State Auditor the authority to audit the Legislature, yet legislative leaders have continued resisting its implementation.
Now, after voters have once again demanded greater transparency, Senate leadership is already talking about what it will consider.
The voters have spoken. Their votes are not suggestions, and their decisions are not a wish list for Beacon Hill to pick and choose from.
💰 Amendment #93: Another new state tax!
Sen. Patrick O'Connor proposes a $2-per-ounce excise tax on nicotine pouches like ZYN.
Even in a supplemental budget intended to close out last fiscal year, Beacon Hill is finding new things to tax.
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⛽ Amendment #102: Another opportunity for gas tax relief!
Sen. @RyanFattman proposes temporarily suspending the state's gas tax.
With Massachusetts drivers struggling with high costs, senators now have multiple proposals to provide relief at the pump.
Will Beacon Hill act?
💰 Amendment #88: $9 MILLION more for immigration legal services.
Sen. Jamie Eldridge proposes additional taxpayer funding for legal assistance to immigrants.
As Massachusetts faces mounting budget pressures, lawmakers should explain why this spending belongs in a bill intended to close out last fiscal year.
📋 Amendments #43 and #44: Cracking down on fraudulent business filings.
Sen. Michael Brady proposes requiring the Secretary of State to investigate suspected fraudulent LLC and corporate filings and remove documents determined to be fraudulent.
Why isn't this being done already? Shouldn't the Secretary of State already be doing this?
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🌬️ Amendment #103: Stop subsidizing offshore wind!
Sen. @RyanFattman proposes eliminating transfers of up to $35 MILLION annually in FY26 and FY27 to the Offshore Wind Trust Fund.
That's potentially $70 MILLION in taxpayer money that wouldn't be diverted to support offshore wind.
