ChainmailleAddict t1_jdl8c3d wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:24 AM

Keep in mind that this is the same Ronald Mariano that something like 70% of state house Dems vote practically-identically to. The level of control without actual representation is insane.

NECESolarGuy t1_jdmh9oj wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:26 PM

Well they vote that way so they get good offices, nice committee assignments, the kiss of death in the MA house is to piss off the speaker. Legislators get pay bumps based on the committees they serve on. So the speaker has lots of leverage over members of he house…

ChainmailleAddict t1_jdmne7y wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:11 PM

There was a bloc of Dems primarying said cronies, who didn't care about pissing him off. Unfortunately, complacency won. I think about how stacked the cards are against people not in the establishment and it's frustrating. They have it WAY too easy.