MassterList: Shot heard ‘round the world | DeLeo’s turn, Part II | JOB BOARD MONDAY

MassterList: Shot heard ‘round the world | DeLeo’s turn, Part II | JOB BOARD MONDAY

CHARLIE BAKER IS INCAPABLE OF GOVERNING!

Heffernan sure likes his Wellesley and country club pals   Speaking of the governor: The Globe’s Frank Phillips has more on Gov. Charlie Baker’s budget chief Michael Heffernan and how his past tenure as the state’s revenue commissioner was a “bonanza for a half-dozen of his associates, including Wellesley residents, former co-workers, and Wellesley Country Club golfers.” The Baker administration is defending the hiring of so many of Heffernan’s pals at DOR, saying the agency has “attracted highly talented individuals with impressive professional credentials.” Keep in mind: Some of the hirings occurred during an alleged “hiring freeze.” Boston Globe

WAY TO GO CHARLIE! DON'T CLEAN UP THE PCBS!

Cash in hand, Berkshire Innovation Center still faces environmental hurdle   The Berkshire Innovation Center, which Gov. Charlie Baker delivered key funding for earlier this month, still faces a final environmental hurdle tied to the site’s past life as a GE manufacturing center, Larry Parnass reports in the Berkshire Eagle. The long-stalled project must still get the Department of Environmental Protection to lift a restriction that currently bans anyone form under the age of 18 from entering the property to avoid exposure to PCBs. Berkshire Eagle CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE!

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook TRUMP’s Mass. connection — BAKER defends hires — Taxing CHARLEMONT?

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook TRUMP’s Mass. connection — BAKER defends hires — Taxing CHARLEMONT?

CHARLIE BAKER DEFENDS INCOMPETENT POLITICAL HACKS!

- "Gov. Charlie Baker defends Massachusetts Revenue Department hiring practices," by Shira Schoenberg, MassLive.com: "Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday defended the hiring practices at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue after a Boston Globe story reported that the state's former revenue chief hired several of his neighbors and friends. 'Every single one of those people was qualified to do their job,' Baker said. 'I have full confidence in Secretary Heffernan.'"

CHARLIE BAKER'S POLITICAL HACKS!

- "The Right to Bear Influence," by Will Meyer, the Shoestring: "In July, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker appointed Ron Amidon (pictured above), the then-president of GOAL (Gun Owners' Action League), the Commonwealth's NRA affiliate group, to head the state's Department of Fish and Game. The $27 million office is responsible for maintaining wildlife and fisheries and issuing hunting licenses. GOAL has lobbied aggressively to change the state's fish and wildlife laws and has pushed for standard NRA-style legislation, including but not limited to attempting to repeal Massachusetts' ban on assault weapons."

BRISTOL COUNTY SHERIFF HODGSON TOO BUSY GRABBING HEADLINES TO DO HIS JOB?

- "Bristol County report on suicide deaths leaves out key details," by Christopher Burrell and Jenifer McKim, New England Center for Investigative Reporting: "The two jails there hold 13 percent of county inmates but account for more than one-quarter of county jail suicides in Massachusetts. Over the last dozen years, 16 inmates have killed themselves in the jails located in North Dartmouth and New Bedford. And lawsuits against Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and his department are mounting."

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook, WARREN’s town hall advice — HEALEY v. Cambridge Analytica — HOOKER stays

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook, WARREN’s town hall advice — HEALEY v. Cambridge Analytica — HOOKER stays

WAS GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER ASLEEP WHEN THIS HAPPENED? 

- "State revenue chief hired friends, associates," by Frank Phillips, Boston Globe: "Michael Heffernan's tenure as state revenue chief proved to be a job bonanza for a half-dozen of his associates, including Wellesley residents, former co-workers, and Wellesley Country Club golfers. A review of resumes and other documents obtained by the Globe reveals that Heffernan, whom Governor Charlie Baker made commissioner of the Department of Revenue in May 2016, provided these friends and colleagues with high-paying jobs within  the agency during his 15 months in the post."

- "US Sen. Elizabeth Warren blasts Mick Muvlaney's 'incomplete' response to questions on CFPB leadership," by Shannon Young, MassLive.com: "U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, again called on Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney Friday to address questions raised over his actions at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that this previous responses to such inquiries were 'evasive, misleading or incomplete.'"

- "AG Healey announces investigation into data firm used by Trump campaign," by Eric Moskowitz, Boston Globe:"Responding to reports that a data firm employed by the Trump presidential campaign improperly harvested information on 50 million Facebook users, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Saturday launched a state investigation into the matter."

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