Robert Travaglini

How do you lose $80,000?

By adamg - 5/5/08 - 7:30 am

Dan Dunn reports that the quarterly newsletter of the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance has a fun little note about a ruling involving former Senate President Robert Travaglini, who apparently could not account for donations raised in 2005:

... The committee held fundraisers in 2005, but did not present approximately $80,000 in contributions to the bank for cashing and deposit because these checks were lost or misplaced. OCPF determined that the checks were not cashed by the committee or any other entity. ...

Robert Travaglini a Masshole?

By adamg - 3/19/07 - 6:48 am

Carpundit reports that whoever was driving the car with the SENATE 1 plates really should learn how to drive in a winter storm:

... Saturday morning, in a storm, with snow and ice on the highway and rain falling, Senate 1 was a left-lane tailgater, zooming up behind reasonably-driven cars and bumper locking them until they moved. His lights were off -when everyone else's were on- and the day was gray. The road spray and falling rain made the visibility very bad, but Senate 1 didn't seem to care. Off he sped, at 70+, down route 3 as fast as his shitty Ford would go. ...

Trav says Patrick doesn't have to kiss his pasty ass after all - and more political fun

By adamg - 12/15/06 - 6:18 pm

State Senate president sheepishly says Oopsies, whatever was I thinking? - or words to that effect.

Outraged Liberal: They must have had a special on crow in the Statehouse snack bar.

Increasingly contrarian former Republican state Rep. Peter Morin compares Patrick's $1.5 million inaugural bashes with Mitt Romney's $1.3 million inaugural bashes and calls fellow Republican bloggers a bunch of hypocrites for complaining about Patrick's parties.

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Is Robert Travaglini also a hypocrite?

By adamg - 3/25/06 - 5:06 pm

Democratic bloggers were all over Reed Hillman when the news came out that Kerry Healey's tough-on-drunk-driving running mate had sought to help out a friend seeking a pardon for three OUI arrests.

Now the Herald breaks the news that state Senate President Robert Travaglini did something very similar.

Aaron Margolis: The Democrats may have just backed themselves into a corner with their criticism of Hillman, and their suggestion to Kerry Healey to pick a new running mate.