Maura Healey has grow to be Massachusetts’ superficial cheerleader-in-chief, calling the flawed Democratic Harris-Walz crew a “dream ticket” and glossing over the dysfunctional Legislature and exodus of individuals leaving the state.
Healey informed WBUR she has a “commitment” Democratic lawmakers will come again in formal session to move an financial growth invoice and clear vitality initiative – regardless of the clear rift between the Home and Senate.
“I feel really great about what we’ve been able to accomplish,” Healey mentioned of the legislative session, which was extensively panned for failing to move main payments. “We are going to have a really great economic development plan.”
In an earlier radio interview with the Greg Hill Present, Healey was much more optimistic, promising motion on the financial growth plan by subsequent month, though the Legislature has given no such assurances.
“They’ve agreed to come back – I asked them to come back,” she mentioned. “We’ll see what happens next month when they come back into session.”
However a spokesperson for the Healey administration instantly tamped down that declare, saying no date has been set for lawmakers to return.
One of many large sticking factors for lawmakers is a proposed New England Revolution soccer stadium, which Healey helps. Home negotiators refused to incorporate a wanted zoning change for the stadium of their model of the financial invoice, and there’s no indication that they’re going to buckle.
Within the WBUR interview, the Democratic governor additionally touted the state’s offshore wind growth – ignoring the Winery Wind Nantucket catastrophe which scattered 1000’s of items of a damaged wind turbine over close by seashores. The mission stays shut down by federal officers pending an investigation of the incident.
The pollyanna-mode Healey additionally mentioned she was excited in regards to the upcoming Democratic conference and exuded confidence about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, saying she was particularly enamored with Walz as a result of he’s an ex-football coach and so they bonded over sports activities.
“I am so thrilled about this ticket. It really is a dream ticket,” she mentioned. “I know they care about regular, ordinary Americans.”
Even essentially the most die-hard Democrat wouldn’t name this a “dream ticket.” It was compelled on the celebration after Joe Biden ended his marketing campaign, handing the nomination to Harris, who picked the far left Walz as her working mate – passing over extra reasonable selections like pro-Israel Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Harris’s vaunted vetting crew – led by former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh – apparently didn’t see the firestorm coming over Walz’s exaggeration of his profession within the Nationwide Guard.
Healey additionally refused to say how she got here up with the five-day restrict for migrants in emergency shelters, a disaster that has consumed her administration.
Within the interview on Monday, Healey repeated that she had no energy over the Steward Health Care chapter, which is forcing the closure of two group hospitals.
“This really isn’t up to me, it’s all on Steward and the lenders at this point,” she mentioned. “It breaks my heart to see a hospital close. I hate it.”
