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February 2009 Governor Deval Patrick is taking aim at a time-worn Beacon Hill practice that, on the surface, seems paradoxical: state government hiring expensive lobbyists to influence state government.
Feb 4, 2009 Governor Deval Patrick is taking aim at a time-worn Beacon Hill practice that, on the surface, seems paradoxical: state government hiring expensive lobbyists to influence state government. The MBTA spent $48,000 last year on lobbyists. According to spokesman Joe Pesaturo, the two lobbyists, Jack McGlynn and William Ryan, were let go in a "cost-cutting move." They had helped the MBTA "file and track T-related legislation," Pesaturo said.http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/04/patrick_targets_agency_lobbyists/?page=full
February 2009 Governor Deval Patrick is taking aim at a time-worn Beacon Hill practice that, on the surface, seems paradoxical: state government hiring expensive lobbyists to influence state government.
Feb 4, 2009 Governor Deval Patrick is taking aim at a time-worn Beacon Hill practice that, on the surface, seems paradoxical: state government hiring expensive lobbyists to influence state government. The MBTA spent $48,000 last year on lobbyists. According to spokesman Joe Pesaturo, the two lobbyists, Jack McGlynn and William Ryan, were let go in a "cost-cutting move." They had helped the MBTA "file and track T-related legislation," Pesaturo said.http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/04/patrick_targets_agency_lobbyists/?page=full
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Buried in the governor's budget proposal unveiled last week is a little-noticed provision that would bar state agencies from employing outside lobbyists to influence the Legislature or other branches of state government. http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/04/patrick_targets_agency_lobbyists/
jack mcglynn
Behind the scenes
One of the key people behind the passage of the special legislation was Jack McGlynn, a Salem-based attorney and lobbyist who also works as outside counsel to Essex Tech.
McGlynn played a significant role in guiding the legislation that created Essex Tech. According to state records, the North Shore Regional Vocational School District paid McGlynn $217,000 as a lobbyist from 2005 to 2010 while the merger was being developed.
A state law pushed by then-Gov. Deval Patrick eventually banned the practice of state entities hiring outside lobbyists. McGlynn, however, continued to work for the school district as legal counsel on matters such as health care, pensions, and the sports complex plan.
McGlynn has been paid approximately $24,000 over the last two years by Essex Tech for his advice on the sports complex and other issues, according to the school district. In 2014, he landed another employer regarding the project -- Essex Sports Center LLC. http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/no-bid-deal-smoothed-the-way-for-new-sports-complex/article_aaed6b65-7d29-577d-9f74-ac95a70e73f0.html
and who ended up at Essex Tech, Roy Belson? Your gal Friday, Heidi-Riccio, disgraced "teacher of the millennium" or whatever
And who ended up at Essex Tech? Heidi Riccio from Medford http://medford.wickedlocal.com/news/20170425/medford-tech-principal-heidi-riccio-headed-to-essex-tech