Treasurer Tim is such an outsider

wow, he is a lot like Scott Brown!
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/24/out_of_state_donations_buoyed_brown_in_final_campaign_days/

From a Jan. 5 Herald article:

Gov. Deval Patrick’s cash-hungry re-election campaign took in thousands of dollars in contributions from National Grid’s executives, lobbyists and their spouses at a private fund-raiser just days after the administration approved a massive rate increase and brokered a sweetheart deal with the utility.

Patrick’s campaign reported the donations to the state on Dec. 18, but initially failed to include donors’ affiliation with National Grid. It was later amended.

A week before Patrick attended the wine-and-cheese party at the office of National Grid’s lobbyist, the state’s utility commissioners approved a $44 million rate increase for the utility – its first in 10 years.

Now that's an insider.

http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/05/governor-deval-patrick%E2%80%99s-power-play-national-grid-donations-flow-after-rate-hike-ok%E2%80%99d/