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Steve Grossman: “Let the Sunshine In”

March 19, 2010 By Steve

By Steve Grossman

One of the pledges I made when I entered this campaign last year was that I would run an “open” Treasurer’s office. And I meant that in two ways.

First, I mean transparency in the way the office does business. I believe strict competitive bidding regulations should govern the treasury’s decisions with respect to investment managers, consulting service contracts, and other business dealings. I also will ensure that there are comprehensive disclosure rules for Treasury policymakers to avoid the appearance of conflicts.

I also mean, however, that the Treasury’s business should be open to all qualified parties who want to compete for it including small businesses, women-owned businesses, and minority-owned firms. The Treasury should work more actively with community banks as well as the money center giants. My friend Peter Franchot, who is Maryland’s Comptroller, launched an innovative and successful program that helped smaller, emerging investment managers play a major role handling that state’s pension funds, and I am looking at ways to replicate that initiative here.

It is important to note that the two forms of openness go hand-in-hand. If the Commonwealth is to direct business to more people and firms, then it is absolutely essential that these decisions be transparent, accountable, fair, and always made in the best interest of Massachusetts’s taxpayers.

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  1. af says

    March 19, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    Make the Treasury a department of the Governor’s administration, and appointed by him with the approval of the Legislature. This way, we don’t have the nonsense of a Treasurer working at cross purposes against the Governor. Tim Cahill can you hear me?

  2. amberpaw says

    March 20, 2010 at 8:27 am

    I tell my clients that, all the time.  Sunshine, teamwork, and the willingness to listen no lecture.

    <

    p>I was also glad to hear that you are open to considering a State Bank in the Nevada model, like I posted about many months ago state owned banks would change decision making, plough profits back into the public good rather than $40,000,000 bonuses.  Just a thought!

    • stomv says

      March 20, 2010 at 1:02 pm

      It’s a state owned bank.  Quite cool, actually.

      • amberpaw says

        March 20, 2010 at 2:13 pm

        Like municipal light companies – publicly owned is more likely to benefit the public.

  3. warrior02131 says

    March 20, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Dear Mr. Grossman:

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    p>You have my support and my vote as a delegate to the Democratic State Convention. I hope that I have yours.

    <

    p>Respectfully Submitted,
    Sincerely,
    Wayne J. Wilson, Jr.
    Democrat for State Senate
    Suffolk & Norfolk District

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