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Patrick Watch – While we were arguing about Coakley:

November 15, 2009 By paulsimmons

Patrick:

Cut the State’s rape counseling program by 66%.

The program known as SANE – for sexual assault nurse examiners – lost 66 percent of its $2.4 million budget as part of the state’s latest round of emergency cuts, leaving too little cash for the program to survive, advocates say.

Cut the funding for The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling by one-half to $500,000

Interestingly, I found no mention of either cut in The Globe…  

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  1. justice4all says

    November 15, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    There really is nothing sacred.  Priorities shift with the tide.  

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    p>But the Governor Patrick had the funds to pay 8 deputies with the Department of Transportation.  

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    p>http://www.boston.com/news/loc…

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    p>How messed up is this?

  2. neilsagan says

    November 15, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    but wants to put big brother cameras on traffic lights to watch if cars break the law and send the owner a ticket.

    • david says

      November 15, 2009 at 6:00 pm

      What’s wrong with that?  Running red lights is a bad thing, isn’t it?  Plus, more revenue.  Everyone’s a winner.

      • kirth says

        November 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm

        Look over here to see why.

      • neilsagan says

        November 16, 2009 at 12:17 am

        surveillance society.

      • neilsagan says

        November 16, 2009 at 12:18 am

        drivers do.

      • neilsagan says

        November 16, 2009 at 12:19 am

        are we willing to corrode our free society with, in order to boost government revenue during a recession?

  3. bean-in-the-burbs says

    November 15, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    cuts needed are so deep that many good and valuable programs can’t be spared.

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    p>What I’m missing is the narrative to explain the tough choices made.

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    p>Why this program over that one?  What are the values and rationale behind the choices being made?

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    p>

    • justice4all says

      November 15, 2009 at 8:07 pm

      I would love to hear the narrative and justification for the “tough choices” made to pay eight deputies over at the Dept. of Transportation while doing a slash and burn on SANE and counseling for compulsive gamblers for the people that we help get into the hole via Keno, and other state-aided vice.    

      • amberpaw says

        November 15, 2009 at 11:55 pm

        You know, the one in Foxboro – ???

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