Marian Walsh

Marian Walsh puts her house up for sale

adamg — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:07:55 -0400

ParkwayBoston.com reports and wonders if that means the state senator who accepted, then turned down a job with the Patrick administration, is moving somewhere.

Marian Walsh says the past two weeks have been like a Jimmy Stewart movie. Which one?

adamg — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:54:42 -0400

* "It's a Wonderful Life" - She saw how good life really was in Bedford Falls, um, the Senate * "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - She couldn't pull the trigger * "Vertigo" * "Harvey" * "Strategic Air Command" - Somebody bombed

Marian Walsh decides she doesn't want that state job after all

adamg — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:56:04 -0400

Walsh withdrew her name from nomination today for that state housing-finance job, Wicked Local West Roxbury reports, adding she'll instead stay in the state Senate (so Mike Rush? John Rogers? That state rep from Dedham whose name I can never remember? Never mind).

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Too late, Governor

adamg — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:49:03 -0400

OK, so Deval Patrick now regrets calling complaints about Marian Walsh's salary and stuff "trivial," but while Jay Fitzgerald finds that commendable, he adds:

... The thought that cutting Walsh's planned salary will quell the uproar is almost laughable. The damage is already done. Even more laughable is the thought that the permanent bureaucracy hasn't already figured out how to get around wage-freeze demands. ...

The Outraged Liberal is still outraged:

What's still lacking is a solid justification why the job is needed at all after sitting vacant for a dozen years. Or why there needs to be separate agencies with initials and cute names like HEFA and MassDevelopment at all.

What's the difference in the duties that requires two quasi-independent boards with their own hierarchy, power structure and pay scale? If we can eliminate the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, why can't we reduce the number of agencies selling bonds to support economic development? ...

Was there a zombie attack on Beacon Hill?

adamg — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:52:18 -0400

Because our alleged leaders are displaying a notable lack of brains, from Deval Patrick finding a good hack job for Marian Walsh to, well, Marian Walsh accepting a good hack job, as the state sinks deeper into debt, the Outraged Liberal fulminates.

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Marian Walsh leaving

adamg — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:02:48 -0400

State Sen. Marian Walsh is resigning. More to come, but who'll run for her seat? Tobin? Rush, Consalvo? That guy who boycotted Gary's Liquors?

Westie legislators have beef over beach

adamg — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:46:55 -0400

The Transcript reports that state Sen. Marian Walsh managed to deep-six a measure by state Rep. Mike Rush to spend $1.5 million to do something with Havey Beach, that inviting looking area off the VFW Parkway that hasn't actually been useful to anybody except kids having drunken campfires for the past 50 years or so. Walsh claims it's a great idea, but says there needs to be more public input before anything's done.

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Marian Walsh thinks suburban schools more important than those in Boston?

adamg — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:23:40 -0400

Maybe she was taken out of context - because otherwise a quote from Sen. Walsh in the Daily News Transcript might be enough to give her Boston constituents some pause.

In a story about an increase in state aid to cities and towns, the paper reports:

"Maintaining and increasing local aid, especially for the schools in Dedham, Norwood and Westwood, is my priority," said Sen. Marian Walsh, D - West Roxbury.

In addition to West Roxbury, Walsh also represents those three towns, along with Roslindale and Hyde Park.

Marian Walsh staying a state senator

adamg — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:49:38 -0400

ParkwayBoston.com has the scoop: She'll be running for re-election this fall.

So John Tobin might want to start thinking about running for mayor in 2009.

Why we need a Big Dig oversight board

adamg — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:14:10 -0400

Sco explains why you should contact your legislator to demand creation of a subpoena-issuing board to get to the bottom of the Big Dig mess, as proposed by state Sen. Marian Walsh:

... How can we ever ask Massachusetts to support a public works project again if we can't reasonably claim that the mistakes of the Big Dig are understood and won't be repeated?