a man who came within an ace of being Nietzche's super-man in mind and body, was adamant about avoiding all processed sugar and baked goods in his diet.
I think, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives would be well advised to impose the same regimen on himself with respect of lobbyists.
I mean look what they did for Sal DiMasi, the big schnook imbibed too heavily and the rollers ended up jacking him.
But of course, the problem is larger than mere individuals, the Speakership of the Massachusetts House over the past 20 years has become a virtual counter-governorship with it's own sources of patronage, powers of appointment and all of it cloaked in obscurity.
Til now at least.
DiMasi is the third House Speaker in a row to come under indictment, it seems pretty clear that we are gonna see more and more trials like his until there is serious and abiding reform in the State House of Representatives. Too much money cloaked in too much secrecy and to the benefit of too few insiders is not sustainable over the long term.
So yes let the guilty be punished, but there is a larger context here that has to be addressed, the House Speaker's role must change, evolve or at least grow transparent.
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