Left In Lowell

This, despite the gimme raise they got from the Romney-Healey administration, despite Hillman’s connections, and despite a state police unions’ endorsement of Healey for Governor. (Now, to be fair, that 19% raise was a 3.8% increase per year between 2004 to 2008 after a bitter fight with Romney, but other unions appear to have got the shaft comparitively.)

I just find it interesting, that despite a union endorsement to Healey and the raise from Romney, that the Sun choose to mention that some troopers are volunteering for Patrick (on their own time, perfectly legal). It appears that not everyone is bamboozled by Healey’s tough-on-crime posturing, and see Patrick’s experience, both as a defense lawyer and a prosecutor, as worth something.

Nice to see it in the Lowell Sun too. Of course, the Sun’s editors choose to use the same Patrick photo for this article that they had on Sunday, which looks to be about 5-10 years old, with Patrick in glasses. (They used a beauuutiful photo of a smiling Kerry Healey, and overexposed and blurry photos of Mihos and Ross in the same Sunday spread. Surprise surprise.)