The state’s Republican occasion is asking for the resignation of Democratic state Treasurer Deb Goldberg over the long-serving public official’s dealing with of issues on the Hashish Management Fee.
Following an finish to the treasurer’s combat to maintain CCC Chair Shannon O’Brien off the job regardless of a decide’s order directing her return, MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale says it’s time for the Treasurer to dismiss herself.
“Treasurer Goldberg has been in office 11 years, and in that time she has managed to turn a thriving arm of state government into the capital of out-of-state junkets and Cadillac catering. Her lackluster defense for firing Commissioner O’Brien is just the tip of the iceberg,” MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale stated in an announcement.
Final week Goldberg’s workplace introduced that it will not pursue an enchantment of the Superior Courtroom’s determination to reinstate O’Brien, who the treasurer had faraway from her place in 2023 and formally fired in 2025.
The treasurer’s announcement got here after an enchantment’s courtroom decide rejected Goldberg’s try to remain the decrease courtroom’s determination pending her enchantment, citing little chance that the treasurer would reach her try and overturn the Superior Courtroom’s ruling.
After about two years of litigation, O’Brien was again to work final Wednesday and due a couple of yr’s value of again pay. That, and the price of the courtroom combat — which O’Brien’s crew says comes out to “over $1 million on private lawyers” — is on Goldberg, in line with the MassGOP Chair.
“Since it’s not her money, she doesn’t care,” Carnevale stated.
In accordance with the state occasion, along with spending taxpayer cash on preventing for O’Brien’s elimination, the Treasury underneath Goldberg has spent lavishly on journey, eating out, and catering.
Between the Treasury and the Lottery, each of which fall underneath Goldberg, within the final three years the companies have spent almost $300,000 on journey, $141,889 on meals and catering, and “over $385,000 spent on supplemental salaries in 2025 to match manager pay with union pay increases,” in line with the MassGOP’s math.
Carnevale stated the spending exhibits “a pattern of apparent negligence and disregard” for the taxpayer’s greenback.
“It’s no wonder why Republicans are eager to introduce a serious challenger for the Office of State Treasurer in 2026,” she stated.
The state treasurer was not obtainable for remark.
