Massachusetts Election 2010

What or whom, exactly, will Bump or Glodis have the courage to audit? Their friends in the unions and predominantly Democratic legislature would not remain friends for long if either one held them accountable for wasteful spending. We need some balance at the State House. This applies to Representatives and Senators also, but it is absolutely essential that we don't have a fox guarding the hen house in the State Auditor's position. Kamal Jain and Mary Connaughton are battling for the GOP nomination–either would be a better choice, because neither is in any way indebted to those they would monitor.

You're absolutely right. There is a solid progressive constituency in the Berkshires that she is drawing from.

In this year's political climate, these endorsements may actually be somewhat problematic. They convey a “political insider” “business as usual” image that may well turn off voters in an environment where there is a general distrust of state government and a conviction that our tax dollars are not being spent wisely.

How many more Probation Departments lie undetected in our state government? Where is the push for real reform and transparency from the Democrats for a government bureaucracy that even the Boston Globe calls bloated and dysfunctional?

The auditor's office must be independent. It doesn't just audit dollars. It also audits programs for efficiency and effectiveness. Clearly there is much more to be done in that regard. If the auditor is beholden to elected representatives with their pet programs, labor unions and special interests, how independent can we expect them to be?

Both Kamal Jain and Mary Connaughton who are battling for the Republican nomination are political outsiders have vowed to go to Beacon Hill and clean house. I particularly like Jain's idea of total transparency, putting every transaction on line so everyone can see how their tax dollars are being spent.

And Glodis has already stated most likely before Jain of putting spendatures by the state online.

Glodis has a lot of more support in WMASS

And yes he does. Only candidate who has actualy balanced a budget, and has so very year. Not tied to any administration, so he IS THE INDEPENDENT.

Ok- most city councilors if not all in Spfld. State Reps Sandlin, Ashe, Puppolo, Curran, Wagner, Welch. Sen Candaras and Buoniconti. Register of Deeds Don Ashe and Regustar of Probate Tom Moriarty. Pitsfield Mayor and Registar if Deeds.

Many people are just anti-Glodis because he speaks his mind. He is a true independent person. He says what he thinks. I admire that. He voted against gay marriage when he was in the State Senate. I am gay, married to a guy since 2004 and been with him for 11 years. We both support Guy Glodis. I know Guy, he is a friend… he has had a change of heart on some issues. He is a true progressive Democrat. As a former member of Auditor DeNucci's staff I can say… there will be no finer State Auditor than Guy Glodis!

I meant to hit “reply”, not “like”.

This comment is just Glodis trying to cover up the embarassment of losing. You don't think the other candidates had delegates who were no shows? First of all, unless this State Senator had at least 14 family members who were delegates, your list isn't big enough to account for all of the difference. And definitely not big enough to make up for the overwhelming margin Guy was planning to win by.

Second, the list of Bump delegates in my Senate district who were no-shows for various reasons is bigger than your list. So nice try, but you fail.

Oh well… she fails on primary day VOTE GUY!

You have no idea what I just referenced because Glodis hasn't told you or anyone else the truth about himself. But it's out there: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/28/870859/… This “independence” claim he's making is a myth. He tries to make it sound like having worked for the Governor will compromise Bump's integrity. So is his integrity compromised by the fact that several Springfield city councilors have are helping him get elected? Springfield is one of the most mismanaged cities in America; what happens the next time they're under a control board and the Auditor has to take a look at them? By Glodis's own reasoning, he would not be able to audit them in an impartial manner.

You are 100% wrong. You could say the same about Boston City Councilors who support her. Guy is going to win… Just accept it…. And btw. She has never balanced a budget. The legislature is the one who approves the budget… Secretaryship do what they want with it. Only Glodis has balanced a budget and has experience. He is the INDEPENDENT.

Regarding city council endorsements:
1. Boston is not as mismanaged as Springfield. It hasn't been required to have any fiscal control boards lately, so the state has no power to comple an audit of Boston.
2. Yes, you could argue that Boston city councilors' endorsements compromise a candidate's integrity. That's not the point, especially since Glodis has at least one of those (Connolly). The point is that Glodis has no rational basis for arguing he's independent and Bump isn't. In fact, given his history of giving out plum jobs to hacks that supported his campaign, he will be much more dependent on his supporters if he wins than Bump will be on hers.

No. Take a look at this year's state budget, for example.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/186/ht04p…

See the 165th page for the Worcester County Sheriff's Dept line item. You'll note that 99.5% of the funding comes from the general fund, which is the portion of the state budget that pays for almost everything. The other .5% comes from the FMAP Budget Relief Fund. That's federal money.
This has to be set by the Legislature and the Governor the same as a cabinet Secretary's budget.
Not only is Glodis lying to you, he's either kind of stupid for telling lies that are so easily debunked or he thinks you are.

Apparently denial is the last resort of a Glodis supporters whose claims have been debunked.

Your claims were proven false by the commenter above but you keep kicking and screaming instead of trying to present evidence.

If you really want to go there he was also wrong, assuming he's right, that bump has balanced a budget. So no I haven't.