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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Candidate for 8th Middlesex State Representative Marty Lamb (R-Holliston) announced today that, if elected, he will push for studies to potentially end independent state authorities.
In a press release, Lamb named the Mass. Water Resources Authority, Mass. Bay Transit Autority, Convention Center and Massport, while excluding local housing authorities.
"The state legislature just had to bail out the MBTA and yet we know very little about the T's pension system," Lamb said in the release. "I think the payouts for the pension should be public information."
Lamb identified adding the Mass. Pike under the umbrella of the Department of Transportation as the type of proactive legislation he approves of, which will help save the state and taxpayers money.
"The people of Massachusetts have every right to expect accountability with their state government not excluding authorities. Whether it is expense or safety issues the buck has to stop somewhere," said Lamb in the release. "I will be a proactive leader for the district."
Lamb is facing off against incumbent Carolyn Dykema (D-Holliston) in the November election.
Comments (9)
Carolyn is always happy to support well-thought-out proposals, rather than bills that make better bumper stickers than law.
It's still true that every single Republican in the House votes with the GOP Leader more often than Carolyn votes with the Speaker.
The special ed circuit breaker is fully funded this year, something Carolyn is proud of and Marty can't deny. She did vote for balanced budgets in every year of her time in the House.
Dykema is now adopting Marty's position of posting committee votes online after being embarrassed in the Hopkinton debate. She voted 100% with the Speaker during rules debate on making the ethics committee partisan. She voted with the Speaker to raise our taxes. She voted with the speaker not once, but twice against posting committee votes online. She voted with the Speaker to cut special education funding.
Honest people admit mistakes. Dishonest people double down.
Every single sitting Republican House member voted in 2012 with GOP Leader Brad Jones more frequently than Rep. Carolyn Dykema voted with Speaker Robert DeLeo. Here's proof: http://www.wickedlocal.com/holliston/news/x1131680948/GOP-state-reps-backed-their-leader
Marty's trying to shake the Etch-A-Sketch on 2010, when he was the Tea Party candidate for Congress. Need proof? http://vimeo.com/16414775 (Note to Marty's campaign: You can suppress this video if you can get to its creator, but I have screen grabs to prove my point.)
Napolitano calls me a liar for telling the truth. That's the Lamb campaign for you.
Mr. Roney's admission of an error is the tip of the iceberg. He's error prone. In fact, error prone on purpose.
Ms Dykema votes extreme left wing 95% of the time with the Speaker from Winthrop. What do Winthrop and Westborough have in common ? Zilch !
She follows him lockstep, follows the leader. She doesn't have an independent bone in her body. She is beholden to the unions. They campaign for her. The Mass Teacher's Association just sent out a mailing. The MTA is just one example. There are also SEIU, labor unions, etc. That's why she voted to force the unionization of home daycares. It was for the unions. Dykema is hurting women owned businesses, putting them out of work, causing them to close their doors, leaving parents in a lurch.
What does Dykema care ? Not a wit. She just wants the labor union donations.
Another thing Mr. Roney continues to lie about is the fact that Republicans in the House vote about 40% of the time with the Speaker. It is Republicans who vote bi-partisan. Democrats NEVER vote bi-partisan.
Roney says Carolyn is more independent. Liar. She votes 95% with the Speaker. She is his reliable vote and will never challenge him on anything. She's follows. She does not lead, she follows.
Marty Lamb has a very strong Independent nature engrained in him, but Mr. Roney will never say that. He keeps lying. Marty was a registered unenrolled voter for decades. He's the real Independent. Dykema has been a hard core partisan Party politician on the left. Her voting record confirms it.
It's all public State House record.
Oops, let me correct an error I just made - before Napolitano tries to make something of it.
Carolyn is more independent than every Republican member of the House.
Napolitano says I'm lying and then fails to identify a single lie.
In fact, she's right about one thing (that is not contrary to what I wrote). Merging the Turnpike Authority into Mass Highway was an idea that I first heard from Republican Mitt Romney, but it was Democrats, including Carolyn, who accomplished it, as I said.
That's just like Carolyn. She doesn't care where an idea comes from, as long as it's good for her constituents. She has a history of reaching across the aisle for Republican help, just as she has a history of building strong relationships with other Democrats. That's the way to get things done, something Marty doesn't grasp.
Further, Carolyn has been more independent in her votes than every single current Republican [edited] House member. Every single Republican member has voted with their leader more often than Carolyn has voted with the Speaker. And no Republican member opposed their leader's top legislative priority, the way Carolyn opposed Speaker DeLeo's number one goal of casino gambling.
Since Marty's from the Tea Party wing, not a responsible New England Republican, he would be even more extreme than the current Republicans, all of whom are less independent than Carolyn.
Again, Mr. Roney is lying. It's brazen and habitual.
This was a Republican idea. Dykema was given permission by the Speaker to vote.
If Dykema thinks that it was such a great idea, what legislation or proposals did she introduce regarding other Agencies? Oh, that's right, absolutely nothing. Roney is riding Dykema on the coat tails of others.
Who did the merger of the Turnpike Authority into Mass Highway?
Right, Democrats including Carolyn Dykema. So much for Marty's "bold" ideas. He's a day late and a dollar (or more) short.
By the way, K Napolitano is most likely Lamb's campaign manager. She could remove all doubt by logging in via Facebook, as I have, but no...
Good idea to study. The authorities have run amok for too long. The idea to merge the turnpike into the dept of transportation has come up, so it can be done. The buck needs to stop somewhere
There needs to be accountability to the taxpayers, ratepayers and toll payers. Right now, there is virtually no accountability. There is pleading for them to do the right thing. We need bold ideas. Not a status quo representative like we have now.
Good for Lamb on this initiative.