Brockton’s State House delegation found itself as the centerpiece of The Enterprise’s coverage Monday, but maybe not quite in the way they have wanted.
In its weekly look at the at the “highlights and lowlights from recent news stories focuses,” The Enterprise took aim state representatives Claire Cronin, Michelle Dubois, Gerry Cassidy and state Sen. Michael Brady for voting for the recent $18 million pay boost for state officials, including state lawmakers.
Brady, the chairman of the Joint Committee on Revenue, is now making $112,748, up from $74,733 in total, in large part due to “leadership pay” thanks to the committee chairmanship. But while the vote was bad enough at a time of so many unmet public needs, the excuses offered up by the four were even worse, The Enterprise piece argues. While Brady and Dubois argued the pay hikes were long overdue, Cronin countered the pay hike was less than what a panel recommended while Cassidy said it didn’t affect him since he is relatively new to the Legislature.
“But as sickening as the vote itself was, the way the legislators tried to explain their rapacious actions, both just after the vote and now, have been worse,” The Enterprise fumes. Ouch!
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