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Mr. Maloney, you are correct when you state the School Committee has had a balanced budget for each of the last four years. It is a bit of a red herring in this sense, the Charter says that you must. Section 5-24: "No office, department or agency shall expend any money or incur any liability or enter into any agreement which by its terms involves the expenditure of money during the fiscal year in excess of the amounts appropriated, other than for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this Charter shall be null and void. " I think the last sentence is telling.

As far as DCYF, I can tell you stories from nearly 20 years ago of field case officers and investigators carrying briefcases with 300 case files. Needless to say it was nearly impossible for one person to handle all those cases. I suppose a novel idea would be to require the big salary desk jockeys to get off their fat rumps and help in the field. No explanation of overspending? Fire the director and chief financial officer.

As far as Ms. Bachus, or any new "fresh" face running for office, it has been the history in this State that the new person is elected and then we find out their families are intertwined in government, employment, or mouth pieces for special interests. Always after the fact. I blame the media and apathetic voters who believe elections are based on campaigns and ads run 3 months before election day. Call me a cynic till proven wrong.

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