Probation Department Scandal
Corruption on Beacon Hill damages the integrity of our state government and the principles of our democracy. Voters for Legislative Reform demands that any state officals indicted in the Probation Department Scandal should resign immediately from any leadership position they hold in the State Legislature and should not run for re-election.
State Officials likely to be implicated in the Probation Department Scandal.
(mentioned in the Report of The Independent Council):
(bold indicates they were in the top 20 of recipients of donations from Probation Department Employees)
Speaker Robert DeLeo - Winthrop
State Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty - Chelsea
State Rep Thomas Petrolati - Ludlow
Senator Mark C. Montigny - New Bedford (former Ways and Means Chair)
Senator Stephen M. Brewer – Chair, Senate Committee on Ways and Means -Barre
Senator Jack Hart -Assistant Majority Leader (former Ways and Means member)- Boston
Senator Marc R. Pacheco -Ways and means- Taunton
Senator Thomas MeGee - Ways and means – Lynn
Senator Michael F. Rush - West Roxbury (tried to get his father a job in probation, had help from Speaker Finneran and Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty)
Senate President Therese Murray - Plymouth (made phone calls to probation department to recommend a candidate, the candidates she recommended were highlighted in sponsor lists used for patronage)
Retired:
Senate President Robert Travaglini
Senator Steven Panagiotakos
Speaker Sal DiMasi
Senate Robert Creedon
Rep Stephen Tobin
Former Treasurer Tim Cahill
Speaker Robert DeLeo - Winthrop
State Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty - Chelsea
State Rep Thomas Petrolati - Ludlow
Senator Mark C. Montigny - New Bedford (former Ways and Means Chair)
Senator Stephen M. Brewer – Chair, Senate Committee on Ways and Means -Barre
Senator Jack Hart -Assistant Majority Leader (former Ways and Means member)- Boston
Senator Marc R. Pacheco -Ways and means- Taunton
Senator Thomas MeGee - Ways and means – Lynn
Senator Michael F. Rush - West Roxbury (tried to get his father a job in probation, had help from Speaker Finneran and Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty)
Senate President Therese Murray - Plymouth (made phone calls to probation department to recommend a candidate, the candidates she recommended were highlighted in sponsor lists used for patronage)
Retired:
Senate President Robert Travaglini
Senator Steven Panagiotakos
Speaker Sal DiMasi
Senate Robert Creedon
Rep Stephen Tobin
Former Treasurer Tim Cahill