Okay folks. It’s is time for me to put up or shut up. If someone, anyone, files a Freedom of Information request with the Mass House, the Mass Senate,, and the Governor’s office requesting all communications, including e-mails and phone messages regarding the Senate Judiciary and the House Judiciary Committees’ polling of members pertaining to House Bill No. #$%@ (The Gun Bill) and it shows that Cynthia Creem is being truthful I will take a self-imposed two month absence from blogging.
If the documents show she transmitted the Hart and McGee votes in a timely manner and they were ignored by Knuckles O’Flaherty and/or his staff, then off to Elba I go. But not before making mucho apologies to Sen. Creem; not to mention her outstanding diplomacy and negotiating skills in describing Knuckles thievery as a “miscount” rather than an intentional, rule-breaking legislative coup bordering on state treason. It would of course be awesome if it came out that Knuckles did the ole Chelsea shuffle and pick-pocketed the votes. I’ll have material to write for years. Who else knew about it and when? But, in the same way I know Tim Wakefield won’t be winning games by going to his fast ball I feel pretty confident that Cynthia Creem’s version is crazy talk. If I’m right, then publicly blaming colleagues for her brain fart is evidence enough to strongly suggest she does not have the skill set to be an effective legislator.
So attention State House News Service, Boston Herald, Charles Rudnick, huh, Ryan, Nancy Robinson, stomv, David, Charley, Bob, or anyone who has an interest in seeing Cynthia Creem shown to be lying to the press, her constituents, her supporters, gun law advocates, fellow legislators, and others; and/or would love to see Knuckles O’Flaherty coming up with a Rosemary Wood type explanation for why he, ahem, accidentally forget that 4 + 2 = 6 and not 4; and/or (and most importantly) want to see me look stupid and go away for awhile then you should file a Freedom of Information Act request as suggested and publish the complete findings here. Keep the request specific and limited so they don’t say it’s broad and will take awhile. You want it as soon as the statute allows. Only stuff directly related to the committee polls.
Then again, perhaps Knuckles and Creem will voluntarily release them Where’s the transparency?
No matter what the documents show It will be a great teaching moment. Let’s go people!
tedf says
eb3-fka-ernie-boch-iii says
I don’t know why they would? The governor isn’t. The judicaiary is different. Some type of records may e perhaps, but I don’t think what I’m lookin for would be proected.
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p>Anyone know?
david says
that the legislature is exempt (though I could be wrong). There is also an argument that the Gov’s office is exempt, though traditionally the Gov’s office complies “voluntarily.”
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p>But Ernie – you can file the request yourself, and you have as much standing as the Globe to do so. Why wait around for someone else to do it?
tedf says
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p>TedF
amberpaw says
No joke – FOIA does NOT apply to the legislature. Sorry, Ernie. They voted themselves out from under FOIA and open meetings laws before I even moved to this state and never had the brass ones to come out into the sunlight.
eb3-fka-ernie-boch-iii says
Prove Ernie Wrong.
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p>Show Everone You Havne’t Been Looking Them in the Eye and Lying.
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p>I hope your opponent stays on this.