Left In Lowell

If you thought insider favors and gifts were merely the province of Massachusetts state Democrats, you haven’t been following the Sean Healey tax break giveaway. Mr Healey (husband to Lt. governor Kerry Healey) has been caught red-handed and given the money back. Now, they’re claiming it wasn’t corrupt, because Healey wasn’t Lt. governor at the time. Sco of .08 Acres fires back:

O’Brien is technically right — AMG got their tax break in 2001, and Kerry Healey did not take office as Lieutenant Governor until January of 2003. Still, the Healey family had tendrils, and more importantly dollars, in Republican Party politics. Kerry ran for the House in 1998 and 2000, and at the very least Sean kicked in the maximum amount to the State Republican Committee in 1998. By the end of 2001, Kerry Healey had not only been elected to the Republican State Committee, but had been chosen as its chairwoman. So, while it’s true that Kerry Healey was not in office at the time of the tax breaks, it’s ridiculous to say that her and her husband were not influential in the insular world of the Massachusetts GOP. It’s obvious that this was an insider deal worthy of Halliburton.

The tax break in question was over a million dollars. Nope, nothing to see here, move along!