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Governor Romney owes the members of the Massachusetts
Legislature an apology for the statement his spokeswoman made yesterday
questioning their respect for U.S. troops killed in Iraq. Not only
is it an offensive partisan attack, it is the height of hypocrisy
for the Governor or his spokeswoman to question the level of respect
the members of the Legislature have for the men and women who serve
in the military.
I must remind the administration that it was
Governor Romney - not the Legislature - who filed legislation on
March 28 which placed a cap of $1,000 on the monthly salary paid
to public employees on military leave. It was the Senate - and not
Governor Romney - which filed and passed opposing legislation that
ensured that no public employee would be penalized while on military
leave. Under Senate bill 1525, public employees would be guaranteed
their full base salary, reduced by any pay they receive from their
military service.
For the Governor's spokeswoman to insinuate that the Legislature
has disrespected the men and women serving in the military by opposing
the Governor's suggested name for the main Central Artery tunnel
defies all logic and, more importantly, is patently untrue. I commend
the men and women of the Massachusetts Legislature for their patriotism
and for defending the job security and salaries of our public employees
on military leave.
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