March Madness – Get Involved!
March Madness is here, and we’ve got three ways for you to get involved in the action!
- First, we are having a bracket competition where you can pick all the tournament games and see how your picks stack up against mine and the other contestants. The top three entries will win some fun prizes. Entry is free and easy, simply Click Here fill out a bracket and join the BakerForMAGov group hosted on ESPN’s website.
- If you want to check out my completed bracket, just Click Here. I’ve put some notes below on how I made my picks.
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Baker-Tisei Team Raises Over $560,000 In February
Nearly $1 Million in first two months of 2010
The Baker for Governor and Tisei for Lieutenant Governor campaigns announced today that they raised a combined $561,773.75 in the month of February and outraised their opponents by as much as a factor of six.
Charlie Baker’s campaign raised $454,878.77 last month while Richard Tisei brought in $106,895.08, from over 2,000 individual donors combined. In the first two months of 2010, the Baker-Tisei Team raised just under $1 million dollars, reaching $950,224.56 combined.
In February, Baker and Tisei’s fundraising far surpassed that of their opponents, both as individual candidates and as tickets. According to OCPF records, Baker-Tisei outraised Patrick-Murray ($249,737.47 combined) by 2 to 1, and outraised Cahill-Loscocco ($86,594.85) by 6 times.
“Every day, more people are joining the Baker-Tisei team because they know Charlie and Richard will cut spending, lower taxes, and bring back jobs in order to get Massachusetts back on track,” said campaign manager Lenny Alcivar. “Massachusetts citizens know they will put taxpayers first and bring real leadership and real reform to Beacon Hill.”
For more information about Charlie Baker and Richard Tisei, please visit www.charliebaker2010.com and www.richardtisei2010.com.
More Fee Increases from Governor Patrick
The Boston Herald reported this morning that Governor Patrick has raised fees at the RMV – again. Starting today, you will pay a $5 fee if you renew your license or registration at an RMV branch or by talking to an RMV representative by phone. This follows on a $10 increase in the license renewal fee last year. Once again, the politicians on Beacon Hill would rather increase fees and taxes than do the hard work of cutting spending and enacting real reform.
You can read the full article here: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100301gov_deval_patrick__keeps_driving_up_rmv_fees_critics_slam_new_5_fee_for_basic_branch_services/srvc=home&position=0
There appears to be two sets of rules in this state – one set for families, businesses and local governments and another for Beacon Hill – and it is time to put an end to it. State government must start living within its means. I’ve already outlined several ways in which we can reform and streamline state government, including my pension reform proposal which would save taxpayers up to $100 million a year. You can read more about it here: http://www.charliebaker2010.com/issuesPensionReform.php