current state rep and mayor-elect william lantigua of lawrence is, to me, representative of how politics works in massachusetts. lantigua won the mayoral election but has vowed to stay on as state rep even once hes sworn in as mayor. of course this also means collecting both salaries - $100,00 as mayor and $61,000 as a legislator - and both pensions.
what makes this especially grating is that the city of lawrence has recently declared that they can no longer pay their bills and is requesting $17 million of state aid.
thankfully state rep thomas golden of lowell has stepped in to say he will file a bill to prohibit lantigua from his double-dipping shenanigans. only time will tell whether lantigua is grandfathered in by the bill.
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