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Friday, May 21, 2004
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SERIOUS
AND NOT. That would be the difference between Attorney General
Tom Reilly and Governor Mitt Romney.
Item one: Romney sends the
marriage-license applications of 10 out-of-state same-sex couples to
Reilly's office and demands that Reilly take action to prevent them
from getting married. Romney: "We all have the same interests. To
make sure the law is carried out." Reilly: "We have an awful lot of
other things going on, so we'll deal with this as it comes."
(Globe coverage here;
Herald coverage here.)
Item two: Six ex-employees of the
Registry of Motor Vehicles are being investigated for their alleged
role in a scheme to sell illegal driver's licenses. The Globe
reports: "Reilly called the allegations 'deeply disturbing' because
of the potential dangers posed by those in the country illegally with
false documents and by dangerous drivers being returned to the road."
(Globe coverage here;
Herald coverage here.)
In other words, when Reilly says he
has better things to do than persecute gay and lesbian couples, he's
not kidding.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU
COUNT
From
today's Globe:
New University of
Massachusetts president Jack M. Wilson will earn $350,000 a
year plus an array of benefits including hefty car and housing
allowances, under an agreement reached with trustees this week, a
UMass spokesman said.
The salary is higher than that
of his predecessor, William M. Bulger, who earned $309,000 plus
benefits, but falls well short of the $400,000 limit that trustees
set on Wilson's pay before starting negotiations this
month.
From
today's Herald:
New UMass President Jack
Wilson inked a five-year contract this week that could pay him
nearly a cool half-million dollars his first year - $140,000 more
than his predecessor.
The contract was signed late
Tuesday, a UMass spokesman said, giving Wilson, a former
physicist, a handsome pay package of as much as $497,000 for
his first year on the job - his first as university president
anywhere.
As you will see, the facts in both
stories are the same - it's just that the Herald totaled up
Wilson's benefits. Since money is money, I'd say the Herald
provides a truer picture.
TUNE IN SATURDAY AT 3 P.M.
I'll be appearing tomorrow on WBIX Radio in Boston (AM 1060) between
3 and 4 p.m. on Family
Talk Radio, with Deirdre
Wilson and Peter Chianca, to talk about my book on dwarfism,
Little
People: Learning to See the World Through My Daughter's
Eyes.
If you're out of the signal range,
listen live here.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
