Here is something to keep you awake at night. Imagine what Mitt Romney could have done if his Bain Capital had taken over Market Basket.
Imagine if we had an Attorney General that was good at some of the things Mitt Romney was good at.
August 28, 2014
If it is not clear to you about why this is a scary thought, look at my subsequent post The Snake in the Market Basket: Can the Company Recover From Employee Revolt Without Loading Up With Debt?
I received this email from the Healy campaign.
Dear Steven,
“Unbecoming.” It means unattractive, indecorous. It’s not a word you hear men on Beacon Hill use about each other.
But that’s the word Warren Tolman used during today’s Boston Globe debate when Maura asked him to shed light on his hedge fund work, his online gambling company, and his work as a lobbyist.
Rather than answer the question, he said, “Maura, it’s just unbecoming.”
That’s right. “Unbecoming.”
As a prosecutor and a civil rights attorney, Maura understands that tough questions are how you get at the truth.
Can you join me in making a donation to keep Maura’s fight going?
Calling a woman “unbecoming” just because she’s asking tough questions is demeaning, sexist, and certainly no way to celebrate Women’s Equality Day.
I, for one, won’t stand for that. I hope you won’t either!
Sincerely,
Marty Walz
President, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts
PO Box 440223
West Somerville MA 02144 United States
What I could find in The Boston Globe was the article Attorney general candidates spar in feisty debate. Here is an excerpt from the article.
Healey, a former top deputy to Attorney General Martha Coakley, spoke of being a tough litigator who has protected the vulnerable. “You are the people’s lawyer, that is the role of the attorney general,” she said.
Tolman, a former state senator who pushed significant tobacco and ethics reform through the Legislature, spoke of leading outside the courthouse on issues like sexual assault on college campuses.
“It’s a visionary kind of role that I see, where you look at issues, you tackle them — it could be in the courtroom, it could be outside the courtroom, it doesn’t matter,” he said.
There is not too much more to the article. Not very informative about why they chose the headline they did. Without the email from the Healy campaign who would know what Warren Tolman has been doing since he left office.
I am pretty sure i don’t want an Attorney General off having visions and neglecting the basic work of going after the (white collar) criminals. (It would be great if he could do both aspects of the job effectively.) The only thing that could partially rescue Warren Tolman in my eyes would be if he addressed his work since he has been out of office. He needs to explain what he has learned about the miscreants he met that he should be prosecuting when he gets elected.
Can you picture Elizabeth Warren, who wants to put some bankers and hedge fund managers in jail, working closely with our state’s Attorney General, who worked for a hedge fund and owns a gambling company? It would also make all the difference in the world to know what kind of lobbying he did.
August 28, 2014
See my subsequent post Tolman apologizes for calling Healey’s questions ‘unbecoming’ to see a video clip of the relevant section of the debate and to see why I think Tolman has dug himself an even deeper hole than I at first thought.
Here is Maura Healey’s first television ad.
Is it just me or do others think that experience running a large part of the Attorney General’s office successfully ought to count for something? Other candidates might have merits too, but when you have someone who has proved that she can do the job well, why take a chance by looking elsewhere?
Maura Healey even has some ideas for running the Attorney General’s department across the state even better than it has been run so far. She knows that there is more to the state than what is inside Route 128.
