Maid Marian, Unmade

Published Mar 31 2009, 05:07 PM by David S. Bernstein

So, state senator Marian Walsh's lifelong dream of having the number-two job at a state financing authority has been dashed, perhaps forever.

A few remaining questions for us to ponder:

--Will HEFA hire someone else for that long-vacant assistant executive director, to prove that it really is necessary? And if so, what will the salary be?

--Who was Terri Murray planning to elevate to Majority Whip once Walsh was gone? And how will Murray handle this setback to that plan?

--Will Walsh run for re-election in 2010? If so, will Michael Rush challenge her? Will John Tobin? Others?

--Or, will Murray quietly (or not so quietly) explain to Walsh that she is now a cancer on the senate, and she needs to leave ASAP?

Add your own unanswered questions in the comments...

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1 Comments

Michael Pahre said:

I can understand that Senator Walsh is red-faced embarrassed over this episode -- though hardly as much as Governor Patrick's aides -- but why do you extrapolate the outcome to call her possibly a "cancer on the senate"?

I am not familiar with her work as senator, but am willing to listen as to whether or not she has been representing her district well. And nobody has accused her of committing felonies, unlike that other senator who is arguably carcinogenic.

Educate me on her performance as senator?

April 1, 2009 12:36 AM