Governor Deval Patrick appointed a former aide to Andrea J. Cabral to succeed her as Suffolk County sheriff on Tuesday, saying he was not concerned that Steven Tompkins could be seen as a political hire.
“By the way, it’s a political job, so the folks that are criticizing it as a political hire, tell them: they’re right,” Patrick told reporters shortly after administering the oath of office to Tompkins, who will serve until the 2014 general election.
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Go, Patrick can be such an arrogant pissant! I speak as a lifelong Democrat.
Deviile Deval's nose is going to grow: "Patrick acknowledged that he had looked at candidates beyond Cabral’s inner circle, including some who had more experience in the operation of jails. But he defended Tompkins as “the right man at the right time.” Another nation wide search for a qualified Hack. Remember, "Together We Can" !
We know Deval is arrogant. It now appears that stooopid can be added to his name. Haven't we had enough problems with incompetant, unqualified leadership? The crazy driver, the crazy chemist, the crazy unqualified president, liz warren? I almost forgot the unqualified racist governor.
Again he flips us the bird. This man is amazing. There are no high ranking professional corrections officers qualified for this position? There are no members of the Boston Police or State Police command staff that would professionalize this job? You people that keep sticking up for him, when will you get sick of it?