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LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN KEY COMMITTEES

Spellane and McGee To Chair Public Service

MAY 2009 VOICE:  Leadership changes in the House and Senate have instituted two new chairmen and vice chairmen for the important Joint Committee on Public Service.

New House Speaker Robert DeLeo has appointed Robert Spellane (D-Worcester) to chair the Committee. Michael Rodrigues (D-Westport) will serve as the House vice chairman. The 39 year old Spellane and 50 year old Rodrigues are part of a new generation of leadership in the House.

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TOP PATRICK AIDE WELL KNOWN TO RETIREES
2007 JULY - Rubin Had Been Deputy Treasurer - Shortly after going to press with the May edition of the Voice, Governor Deval Patrick shuffled the deck in his inner circle by replacing Joan Wallace-Benjamin with Doug Rubin as his chief of staff. Rubin, who had been the new governor’s top political advisor during the 2006 campaign, previously served as the state’s first deputy treasurer from 2003-2006. As the first assistant to Treasurer Tim Cahill, Rubin worked closely with the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board and the State Retirement Board.
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Selectmen Again Seek To Abolish Stoneham Board
2007 MAY - Failed At Last Year’s Town Meeting - Stoneham’s Selectmen are a tenacious bunch. It seems they intend to clutter Town Meeting with the same warrant article that was soundly defeated last year.
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AUTONOMY OF LOCAL RETIREMENT
2007 MAY - Legislation Would Force Investment In State Fund - Municipal retirement boards were both shocked and dismayed when Governor Deval Patrick filed legislation this February that would require many of our local boards to turn their pension funds over to the CommonwealthUs PRIT Fund for investment.
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NEW SENATE LEADERSHIP
2007 MAY - Murray Assumes Presidency - An unusual early session change of power has occurred in the state Senate, resulting in the election of the first female legislative chief in the history of Massachusetts.
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