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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Will Healey head to the MEMA bunker?

 


 
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BY KELLY GARRITY AND LISA KASHINSKY

Presented by McDonald's

S(NO)WMAGEDDON — Gone are the days when seemingly endless snowstorms threatened to bury the political careers of the state's top elected officials.

Deval Patrick saw so many storms that his fleece MEMA vest became a symbol of his administration. Charlie Baker practically lived in the state’s emergency bunker during the back-to-back-to-back-to-back nor'easters that pummeled Massachusetts in 2015.

But Maura Healey has yet to partake in this gubernatorial rite of passage — or face the political and managerial tests that blow in with each blizzard — because snow has mostly been a no-show during her tenure.

That was forecast to change today. School’s out across the state, the State House is closed and space savers are starting to emerge. Healey has instructed non-essential Executive Branch employees to stay home. While this storm isn't expected to wallop us anymore, parts of the state could still see upwards of half a foot of snow .

Statewide snowstorms are becoming increasingly few and far between in a state that has repeatedly captured national attention for weathering brutal nor’easters (See: the Blizzard of ‘78, the April Fools’ Day Blizzard of ‘97 and February of '15.).

Massachusetts is seeing around 20 fewer days with snow on the ground than it did in the early 2000s, Stephen Young, a professor at Salem State University who studies snow cover in New England, told Playbook. Boston hasn’t had more than four inches of snow in more than 700 days.

“We’re still going to get snow , and weather is highly variable so there might be a year where we get blizzards. But the long-term trend is toward fewer and fewer days of snow cover,” Young said. “And here in southern New England we’re starting to witness the disappearance of winter snow, which is a characteristic of the climate we’re in.”

But Mother Nature is bringing winter back today. And even though the shifting storm is set to bring less accumulation than initially thought, Healey's administration is still bracing for heavy, wet snow, power outages and coastal flooding.

Maura Healey speaks at a podium

Gov. Maura Healey gives a winter storm update at MassDOT's Highway Operations Center in Boston. | Lisa Kashinsky/POLITICO

MassDOT was planning to have “close to 3,000 pieces of equipment” out on highways during the peak of the storm, Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said on Monday. The department has about 3,500 pieces of equipment and drivers available statewide.

Still, the state could use more. MassDOT spokesperson John Goggin told Playbook the department is “actively seeking” more plows and people amid an industry-wide shortage of commercially licensed drivers. Goggin said there are several factors contributing to the shortage, including “lower-than-average snowfall over the past several years.” (Covid-19 also contributed to a shortage of plow drivers in recent winters past.)

Another new winter wrinkle for Healey and her team: migrants who have nowhere to go with the state’s shelter system over capacity. Healey said the state’s “welcome centers” will be open and “functioning as normal” today.

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Send us your space saver pics (where they’re legal!) for a chance to be featured in Wednesday’s Playbook .

TODAY — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is on GBH’s “Boston Public Radio” at 11 a.m.

Tips? Scoops? Birthdays? Email us: kgarrity@politico.com and lkashinsky@politico.com .

 

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CAMPAIGN MODE

SCOOPLET — Gov. Maura Healey is the featured guest at a Wednesday breakfast reception for the Biden Victory Fund, the joint fundraising committee for President Joe Biden ’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Abigail Ross Hopper, Kelly Friend, Joey Paolino and Jeremy McDiarmid are the hosts of the Boston fundraiser, according to an invitation obtained by Playbook . Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was supposed to be attending political finance events in Boston today, but it appears at least one event has been rescheduled.

DATELINE BEACON HILL

DEPARTURE LOUNGE — State Rep. Denise Garlick will not seek reelection, Playbook has confirmed. The Needham Democrat, who was first elected in 2010, made the announcement Monday night in a community address broadcast by The Needham Channel. She’s the latest longtime lawmaker planning to step aside after this term. And her departure will open up the top House seat on the joint education committee for next session. Read Garlick’s letter to her constituents .

MIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS

SPILLOVER — The city of Boston is turning a former outreach center in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard into an overnight shelter for up to 30 homeless people, including migrants, who are ineligible for the state’s emergency family assistance program, the Boston Herald reports .

The move drew scorn from MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale , who accused Boston Mayor Michelle Wu of going beyond the state’s “right-to-shelter” mandate for families and pregnant women and “incentivizing adult migrants to come to the state, knowing they’ll receive shelter.”

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES


Popular Republican Governor Charlie Baker hired POLITICAL HACKS, including those in charge at the MBTA.
Several overpaid HACKS didn't live in the Commonwealth.
The overpaid HACK in charge of MBTA CONSTRUCTION never visited the COMMONWEALTH.
Prior to leaving office, CHARLIE BAKER was aware of the flawed construction on the new line and the CHINESE CARS were never addressed/corrected.
CHARLIE BAKER was given total control of the MBTA for 8 years.


TO FREE OR NOT TO FREE (THE T) — 
Wu’s move to use ARPA funds to cover another two years of the city’s fare-free bus pilot got a nod from Healey Monday. But there doesn’t seem to be much appetite from the executive branch to expand the program statewide.

"It's just about the dollars," Healey said at an event highlighting her fiscal year 2025 budget proposal that includes $45 million to halve fares for some low-income riders. "I think [Wu’s proposal is] great, I support that. The question is, what can you do statewide?"

State Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt’s support was even more tepid. “I definitely understand where the mayor is coming from. … But if we keep just saying, ‘Oh, well we’re going to intervene with this piece, this piece, this piece,’ we’re never actually going to solve this issue.”

The T is facing a fiscal cliff that could reach $859 million by fiscal 2029 . When asked by a reporter Monday if she would consider raising taxes as part of a longer-term funding solution for the transit system, Healey didn’t rule it out — she said she’s waiting to see what her task force on the matter recommends. More from The Boston Globe and CommonWealth Beacon 

 

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DAY IN COURT

— “Judge dismisses families' claims against Harvard in stolen bodies cases,” by Lisa Creamer, WBUR: “A Suffolk Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a dozen civil lawsuits against Harvard College that alleged its medical school mishandled and desecrated bodies donated to its scandal-plagued anatomical gift program.”

— “Attleboro man sues to get commercial driver's license back after it was suspended amid state police probe,” by David Linton, The Sun Chronicle: “A city man whose commercial driver’s license was suspended last year amid an investigation into the state police unit responsible for conducting CDL tests is suing the Registry of Motor Vehicles to get his license reinstated. … [Ruben] Laroche said he never asked for any special treatment or gave anyone 'anything of value' to obtain his CDL.”

FROM THE DELEGATION

BORDER-LESS AID BILL MOVING — Rep. Jake Auchincloss was “not surprised” to see Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey vote against a national security bill that included stricter border policies and more aid for states grappling with an influx of migrants. But Auchincloss would have voted for it had it cleared the Senate. The border crisis is “not fair to migrants. It’s also not fair to Massachusetts taxpayers,” Auchincloss said on WPRI’s “Newsmakers.”

Warren and Markey did, however, just vote in favor of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine that was stripped of its border provisions. It's already facing resistance in the GOP-led House.

IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN


NOTE THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE WHALE INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE!
OPPONENTS OF WIND ENERGY PROMOTE DISINFORMATION!


— 
“False rumors in the wind,” by Anastasia E. Lennon, The New Bedford Light: “On Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, Edgartown police on Martha’s Vineyard received a call reporting a dead whale had washed up near a private beach. … A few days later, NOAA Fisheries announced investigators’ preliminary finding: the young whale suffered from chronic entanglement. But by then, misinformation about the whale had spread. … It’s just the latest example of how some opponents of offshore wind development create and disseminate misinformation.”

 

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FROM THE 413

— “Amherst Town Council asked to support cease-fire in Gaza,” by Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette: “The Town Council could vote as early as Feb. 26 on adopting a ‘Resolution for a Cease-fire in Gaza,’ a measure that not only calls for a cease-fire, but the release of hostages and detainees on both sides, ensuring humanitarian aid enters Gaza and an end to unconditional U.S. military aid to the Israeli government.”

— “Report: Tourism brings $1.3B to three-county region,” by Alexander MacDougall, Daily Hampshire Gazette: “Tourism contributes more than $1 billion in annual economic impact across Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties, according to a recent study released by the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau.”

THE LOCAL ANGLE

— “Milton postpones housing referendum vote due to winter storm,” by Tréa Lavery, MassLive: “The vote [that’s now on Wednesday] will determine if the town passes a new zoning map allowing multifamily housing in areas near its public transit stations, in order to comply with a state law aimed at increasing transit-oriented housing development.”

— “Angered with handling of Sgt. Brennan case, Hopkinton residents start recall efforts,” by Tom Benoit, MetroWest Daily News: “Several residents, upset with the Select Board's handling of the Timothy Brennan case, have started long-shot petition efforts to recall board members. ... Brennan was previously found by an independent investigator to have not reported alleged sexual assaults committed by now-retired Deputy Chief John ‘Jay’ Porter.”

— “WynnBET customers in Massachusetts have 30 days to withdraw money from sports betting app,” by Rachel Andriacchi, WCVB: “Sports betting app WynnBET announced to customers in an email on Monday that the company will close down its mobile sports betting operations in Massachusetts effective immediately.”

— “Gove looks ahead to first 4-year term,” by Matt Petry, Newburyport Daily News.

 

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MEANWHILE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

TRUMP EFFECT — Former President Donald Trump is looming large over New Hampshire’s GOP gubernatorial primary. Former state Senate president Chuck Morse endorsed Trump ahead of New Hampshire’s presidential primary. Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte hasn’t — and still won’t say who she voted for in the primary, per WMUR . But she has pledged to support the Republican nominee in November.

KENNEDY COMPOUND

IS IT TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized to his family after a super PAC supporting him aired a $7 million ad during the Super Bowl that effectively recreated an ad that his uncle, President John F. Kennedy , ran during his 1960 campaign, our colleague Kierra Frazier reports . The New York Times’ Rebecca Davis O’Brien talked to the woman who put $4 million — and “creative guidance" — behind the Super Bowl spot.

 

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HEARD ‘ROUND THE BUBBLAH

CONGRATS — to Kelly’s Huskies for winning the Beanpot Monday night in OT. Lisa’s Terriers will have to try again next year.

TRANSITIONS — Commonwealth Care Alliance has named Amanda Cassel Kraft as COO.

— Hebrew SeniorLife has appointed Amanda Bernardo as its new director of public affairs and community relations. Bernardo most recently served as chief of staff and chief strategy officer at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Katie Trojano, Joshua Solomon, Emily Minster and Jamie Cushman .

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Friday, March 31, 2023

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: The pandemic policy that hasn’t been extended

 


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BY LISA KASHINSKY

KEEP — To-go cocktails, remote public meetings and expanded outdoor dining.

TOSS — Eviction protections.

Gov. Maura Healey is extending several pandemic-era policies that lawmakers packed into the $389 million supplemental spending plan she signed off on yesterday.

Healey secured $130 million to extend extra federal SNAP benefits at a reduced rate. Lawmakers added provisions to keep expedited permitting for outdoor dining and to-go cocktail, beer and wine sales going through spring 2024, and to allow remote public meetings through spring 2025. And they did it with almost no time to spare — some of these provisions were due to run out by the end of the week.

Yet top Democrats aren’t rushing to stop eviction protections from expiring. A policy called “Chapter 257" that pauses eviction cases while tenants have a pending application for rental aid — such as through the state’s Residential Assistance for Families in Transition program — lapses on Friday .

Housing advocates have been lobbying Beacon Hill leaders to continue the program for another year, calling it an “essential protection” as evictions rise and a “key homelessness prevention tool" as the state tries to confront its housing crisis. Attorney General Andrea Campbell has also pressed top lawmakers for an extension of the “commonsense protection.”

But with federal pandemic aid ramping down, the governor and the Legislature have some tough decisions to make about what programs to keep alive. And unlike SNAP benefits and universal free school meals — which the supp funds through the end of the school year — this is one area where Healey doesn’t seem to be putting up a fight.

“The federal public health emergency is ending, and as a result the programs and initiatives that we put in place as a state to take care of people in vulnerable times in vulnerable circumstances are also ending,” Healey told reporters earlier this week.

Healey pointed to the continued rental assistance she included in her budget proposal, which would extend RAFT but would lower its cap to $7,000 every two years. The spending plan she just signed also includes $15.7 million for RAFT.

Still, advocates are bracing for Friday — and hoping that even if lawmakers let the eviction policy lapse, they could revive it down the line. There’s precedent for that. Lawmakers let weeks go by after extra federal SNAP benefits ended before sending the bill to Healey's desk that would extend them.

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Happy Red Sox Opening Day! Bundle up if you're going to Fenway.

TODAY — Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll attends the Massachusetts Dinner at the Discover New England Tourism Summit & International Marketplace at 6:30 p.m. at the Hynes Ballroom. House Speaker Ron Mariano addresses the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce at 10 a.m. at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu celebrates the expansion of the city’s tuition-free community college program at 10:30 a.m. at MassArt.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Ed Markey reintroduce their Fossil Free Finance Act at 12:30 p.m. at the U.S. Capitol. Pressley and House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark introduce the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 at 12:45 p.m. at the Capitol.

Tips? Scoops? Birthdays? Email me: lkashinsky@politico.com .


 
DATELINE BEACON HILL

— ALSO IN THE SUPP: The spending plan Gov. Maura Healey signed off on includes $85 million to bolster the state’s emergency shelter program, $68 million for so-called C3 grants for child care providers and $2 million to support the NAACP conference being held in Boston later this year.

It also has $1 million for a public awareness campaign about deceptive practices at so-called crisis pregnancy centers, and $250,000 to support the “Abortion Legal Hotline” that provides free and confidential legal advice to patients seeking reproductive care in the state.

— “As COVID emergency nears end, key state agencies continue to meet virtually,” by Chris Van Buskirk, MassLive: “Some advocates say it is time for government meetings to shift to a permanent hybrid format that retains the success of offering virtual participation while making public officials available to residents who want to interact with them face-to-face.”

— “Details ‘In The Air’ But House Committed To Gun Bill,” by Sam Drysdale, State House News Service (paywall): “[Senate Majority Leader Cynthia] Creem said the Legislature will focus on ghost guns, reducing violence through a public health lens by investing in community programs, and making Massachusetts a leader in the collection and analysis of gun data and research.”

— “Hello, governor? State House main line finally updated tonight,” by Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald: “Until just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, if you were looking for the governor, you had to settle for a ‘forester.’ The main phone line to the Corner Office, 617-725-4000, declared: ‘You have reached the office of Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito.’”

— "State allowing more time for some to resolve jobless benefit overpayment claims, while beginning clawbacks for others," by Shirley Leung, Boston Globe.

— “Massachusetts State Police union pushes new bill for ‘equal pay for equal work’ for troopers,” by Flint McColgan, Boston Herald.

— “Healey, lawmakers wrangle over pothole money,” by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune.

 

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PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES

 — “Top MBTA executive, who often worked from Hawaii and other distant locales, is terminated,” by Andrea Estes, Matt Stout and Taylor Dolven, Boston Globe: “James ‘Jay’ Neider has had one of the most important jobs in Boston since 2019: overseeing major construction on the increasingly rickety MBTA system, from track repair projects to new train cars to expansions of the mass transit network. But Neider often wasn’t even in the state, let alone at MBTA construction sites over the last two years, people briefed on his situation said. … On Friday, Neider was dismissed from his $275,000-a-year job, according to several people briefed on the matter.”

— "Feds inspect Springfield factory as part of probe into MBTA’s Chinese contractor," by Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald.

— “WRTA committee recommends extending free bus service another year in Worcester area,” by Kiernan Dunlop, MassLive.

WARREN REPORT

— NOTHING TO SEE HERE: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says things are “all good” with Kamala Harris , after she reportedly offended the VP and her team by flubbing her response to a question in a January GBH interview about whether President Joe Biden should keep Harris on the ticket for 2024. Warren cleared the air in another GBH interview, in which she said she and Harris had dinner a few weeks ago with a bipartisan group of female senators. Boston.com’s Christopher Gavin has more .

 


 

 
FROM THE DELEGATION

— “New Hampshire’s Dem senators bet their party clout on divisive judicial pick,” by Marianne LeVine and Burgess Everett, POLITICO: “New Hampshire’s two Democratic senators are lobbying with uncharacteristic zeal on a topic that’s dividing their caucus — confirming a judicial nominee under scrutiny for his handling of a sexual assault case at a prestigious boarding school. … Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said she’ll ‘review the full record if he’s voted out of committee.’ And Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he hasn’t begun considering the nomination.”

— “Lawmakers call on feds to drop face recognition technologies,” by Yawu Miller, Bay State Banner.

IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

— “4 lawsuits threaten Vineyard Wind,” by Benjamin Storrow, E&E News: “Four cases are challenging the federal environmental permit issued to Vineyard Wind, a 62-turbine facility being planned for construction in the waters off Martha’s Vineyard. A federal judge in Massachusetts heard arguments brought by landowners in two cases in recent weeks. The other two suits, brought by fishing groups, have been consolidated and will appear before the same judge for oral arguments in Boston on Monday.”

FROM THE 413

— “Comerford, Domb weigh in against UMass move to privatize union jobs,” by Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette: “Amherst’s legislative delegation at the State House is offering support to unions at the University of Massachusetts fighting a reorganization plan in which about 100 employees who work in Advancement Services would be moved to the private UMass Amherst Foundation.”

— “Here's why climate change may bring heavier snowstorms to the Berkshires like that nor'easter we just had,” by Greta Jochem, Berkshire Eagle.

 

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THE LOCAL ANGLE

— “State renews charter of Malden school often found at center of controversy,” by Adria Watson, Boston Globe: “Critics for years have alleged the school culture at Mystic Valley Regional is racist, intolerant, and harmful to students, and among the 18 charters that were up for renewal, it was the only one that drew opposition against it. But Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley’s recent decision to renew the charter for another five years came without fanfare; he simply notified the state education board this week of his decision.”

— “Riley drops 3 community members from Lawrence school receiver board,” by Jill Harmacinski, Eagle-Tribune: “State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley announced a shake-up Tuesday of the local receiver board that has been overseeing Lawrence Public Schools due to underperformance. … ‘This is not a democracy. This is [a] transparent attempt by the Commissioner to quiet critics of the failed state receivership by appearing to return control of the schools to the people of Lawrence,’ said Kimberly Barry, president of the Lawrence Teachers Union, on Tuesday afternoon.”

— “'A huge injustice': Worcester denies several small nonprofits ARPA funding,” by Sam Turken, GBH News: “Nonprofit leaders and local activists in Worcester say the city’s process for awarding federal COVID-19 relief funding to community groups has been inequitable, arguing that a significant chunk of the money is going to large organizations that already have sufficient support.”

— IN MEMORIAM: “Newburyport loses legendary Mayor Byron Matthews,” by Jim Sullivan, Daily News of Newburyport.

MEANWHILE IN RHODE ISLAND

— “R.I. sets dates for First Congressional District special election,” by Edward Fitzpatrick, Boston Globe: “The primary for the First Congressional District seat will take place on Sept. 5 and the general election will be held on Nov. 7, Governor Daniel J. McKee announced Wednesday.”


 
HEARD ‘ROUND THE BUBBLAH

SPOTTED — Geoff Diehl at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., per a Playbook tipster.

ALSO SPOTTED — at the packed Communities of Color celebration in Boston last night: Gov. Maura Healey , who talked about her transportation and equity goals; Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll , Auditor Diana DiZoglio , Boston Mayor Michelle Wu , state Reps. Russell Holmes, Christopher Worrell, Samantha Montaño and Brandy Fluker-Oakley ; state Sen. Liz Miranda , Boston City Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune , state Veterans Secretary Jon Santiago and Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca .

TRANSITIONS — John M. Stephan has joined Hemenway and Barnes LLP as counsel and co-chair of the government and election law practice. He previously was general counsel of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Anna Duffy, Dusty Christensen, Bill Ryan and Mark Daley.

NEW HORSE RACE ALERT: THE NEW SECRETARIAT — State House News Service reporter Sam Drysdale joins hosts Steve Koczela and Lisa Kashinsky to discuss how Gov. Maura Heale y's plan for a standalone housing secretariat is being received by lawmakers. Koczela and Kashinsky chat about Sen. Elizabeth Warren 's reelection bid. Subscribe and listen on iTunes and Sound Cloud .

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