Politician appointed to cushy job that had gone unfilled for years; Republicans should be outraged, right?

By adamg on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 7:31am

The Outraged Liberal ponders how Jeff Perry is different from Marian Walsh; concludes the only difference is Perry still wants to try for elective office.

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Also, Marian Walsh never

By Cynic on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 10:07am.

Also, Marian Walsh never ignored the molestation of children?

I would have thought that there was, at the very least, enough reasonable doubt about the role Jeff Perry played in that sordid incident to preclude his being offered a supervisory position in law enforcement. I would have thought that, to be hired as the top deputy in a law enforcement agency, it would be necessary to be above suspicion. But apparently, I would have been wrong.

This isn't just a sinecure. It places Perry back in the sort of role where he failed, conspicuously, in the past. That's doubly outrageous.

No, no, no

By ijustworkhere on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 10:23am.

Massachusetts sheriffs aren't law enforcement personnel, they're jailkeepers. So Perry wouldn't be in a position to revisit his past alleged bad acts, because he'd be, uh, supervising the treatment, of, er, people being held in custody ... Mmm, sorry.

these two things are not like each other

By Anonymous on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 10:43am.

The comparison of Jeff Perry to Marian Walsh is regrettable in that it smears Marian Walsh's professional record.

At the same time, it's good that Jeff Perry's hack job paying $110,000 in law enforcement is getting scrutiny. How are these two situations different?

Walsh didn't take the job Perry did.
Walsh didn't enable sexual assault by a subordinate while being a police officer, Perry did.
Walsh never left a job under a cloud of impropriety but Jeff Perry did. He left his last job in law enforcement as Sargent of Wareham PD accused by victims of enabling Scott Flanagan's sexual assault of female minors on two separate occasions. Wareham paid damages for both cases.

Howie Carr Objects To Appointment; McPhee OK With It

By laurence_glavin on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 2:10pm.

Bluemassgroup.org pointed out that even Howie Carr on his WRKO-AM (second-rated all-talk station these days; Boston ratings may come out tomoprrow) show smelled a rat, and to his credit said as much. BMG provided a link to the segment. Michelle McPhee, who threatens to short circuit WRKO's radio transmitter with her voice, and WGBH-DT's television transmitter with her face, defended Perry on Emily Rooney's TV show. OK, let's see how the Chicopee Herald's editorial board handles it.

McPhee: "Liberal Maggots"

By Anonymous on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 4:17pm.

Most of the commenters at Red Mass Group oppose it too while Jeff Perry apologists are claiming he's overqualified for the position. I think that's hilarious.

If Jeff Perry loses his law license (there's a Board of Bar Overseer investigation into whether he lied on his Bar application) then he will have been thrown out of two professions; lawyer and law enforcement, both under a cloud of impropriety, and then have been subsequently allowed back into law enforcement to do this hack job. Wareham paid out settlements in two civil suits against the town and WarehamPD by the two victims.

Do you think Sheriff Cummings spoke with the Wareham PD from which Jeff Perry resigned shortly before his buddy Flanagan was charged with two counts of sexual assault? Do you think Sheriff Cummings spoke with either of the victims or their families?

While McPhee was talking with Perry yesterday by phone (on the air,) she referred to "liberal maggots" in her neighborhood. That's a lot of hate for her neighbors and everyone listening. Do you think it'd be out of line for someone to squash a liberal maggot with the heel of their boot or a bullet tot the brain? Maggots have no right to life, they're subhuman. Beyond all that, what does Jeff Perry's $110,000 a year hack job, paid for by the state, have to do with liberals?

I was going to say that I

By anon on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:59am.

I was going to say that I think you meant *elected* office. But in this case, it really is elective, isn't it?