Can't we all just visualize him clipping coupons?
Deval Patrick claims he longs for private sector payday
Gov. Deval Patrick is itching to jump back into the private sector because he misses the hefty paydays, he told city business leaders yesterday.
Patrick said he’s feeling the pinch of his $139,800 annual Corner Office salary and will be looking for a job when his term ends in 14 months.
“I’m looking forward to returning to the private sector. I miss the private sector, especially on payday,” he said at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. “I owe my family some earnings and some time.”
Patrick spoke at the chamber’s Governmental Affairs forum and officially announced more than $1.3 billion in infrastructure improvements, including replacing at least 226 outdated Orange Line and Red Line cars. The state will also install open road tolling on the Massachusetts Turnpike and eliminate the turns before and after tolls to ease congestion and allow cars to get through the tolls faster, he said.
“Everybody’s gotten stuck in traffic on the Pike,” Patrick added. “We’ve got an opportunity by straightening out that turn at the Allston tolls and adding electronic tolling to make the commute smoother.”
By making the Pike straighter, 60 acres of land will be opened up for development, Patrick said.
The transportation investments come after a budget disagreement between the governor and the state Legislature that saw the state Senate and House pass a transportation bill roughly half the size that Patrick wanted.
He said money will have to be moved around and some projects may have to be delayed in order to make the infrastructure improvements, calling the move “inevitable.”
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