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BOSTON (TND) — Members of the Massachusetts GOP on Tuesday demanded transparency from Gov. Maura Healey after submitting Freedom of Information Act requests to uncover information about the state’s spending on the migrant crisis.
Massachusetts was forced to redirect substantial funding to accommodate an influx of migrant arrivals. The state reportedly spent nearly $400,000 alone on “vaccine record reviews” for migrants and other individuals staying in its emergency shelters.
Gov. Healey’s administration, the state GOP claims, has quietly spent over $1 billion to house the state’s incoming migrants.
“The Healey-Driscoll Administration has shrouded nearly $1 billion dollars spent in secrecy, leaving Massachusetts residents in the dark,” Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale said. “They have withheld critical information on 600 incidents involving police, fire, and EMTs. Blocking journalists at every turn, the administration has obstructed the flow of information to the public.”
Investigations by news organizations across the state have revealed that Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has paid millions of dollars to catering companies, hotels, and other vendors with little oversight of how that money is being spent.
In the case of one contract for shelter services at a former college in Quincy, the state defended its decision to use no-bid contracts saying they were needed to speedily deploy such “critical services” as food, health care, and job-training.
originally posted by: charlyv
Being from Boston, this is responsible for more than a few fried synapse's.
No illegal country invader should ever get better help or preference than a native citizen.
Been here a long time. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or really the Cronywealth of Massachusetts.
She needs to go.