IBEW criticizes Governor’s priorities

Talking about the state economy in the 6-25-08 to 7-2-08 edition of the Weekly Dig, Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei said, “The problem is the Governor only seems interested in promoting some of the sexier industries such as life sciences and the movie industry, at the expense of all other businesses in the State.”

Tuesday at the State House, members of the Local 103 IBEW were handing out flyers excoriating the Governor for setting aside $1 Billion for the Mass Biotech Council. The flyer argues that this is an irresponsible way to spend state money when a more than $500 million budget shortfall could result in deep cuts to local aid. The IBEW compares the bailout culture taking hold at the federal level to the Patrick Administration’s focus on life sciences corporations at a time when traditional blue-collar industries, and workers, are struggling.