Romney Good, Dukakis Bad: says Executive Director of Citizens for Limited Taxation
http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_4176623
Realizing what a friend she’s had in Governor Romney, Barabara Anderson, Executive Director of Massachusetts-based Citizens for Limited Taxation wrote today an opinion piece praising many of Romney’s recent and ongoing actions.
. . . while other states are moving to prevent eminent-domain abuse, Romney had to veto an amendment to the economic stimulus bill that will allow developers to create their own little mini-towns-within-towns by floating bonds to pay for the infrastructure. As one legislative opponent wrote in support of the veto, this whole concept “would benefit from undergoing full legislative process, including public hearing, rather than enactment as a veto override of a Senate amendment to a spending bill.”
Trying to sneak in eminent-domain as a minor point on a big bill. Nice try, but Romney’s too swift for that! Later Anderson contrasted Romney and former Gov. Dukakis.
Fortunately, Mitt Romney is now in charge of the Big Dig, and is clearly in his element when addressing a crisis. And for contrast, we have former Democratic Gov. Michael Dukakis, returned to rewrite history.
He is everywhere, on television, talk radio, in newspaper articles, insisting that the Big Digaster wouldn’t have happened if the Republican governors had listened to him: They should have kept his transportation secretary, Fred Salvucci, to run it right and for his estimated $2.4 billion cost.
Michael, you can’t rewrite history until everyone who actually lived it and remembers it is dead. And I’m not.
The detials that follow prove her point. Dukakis seems to be suffering from selective memory and an overly partisan mindset.
Jeff
