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Scot Lehigh

A breath of fresh air on Beacon Hill

By Scot Lehigh

 |  Globe Columnist  

  April 25, 2012

Dan Winslow’s official title is state representative, but a more apt moniker would be ideas merchant. During this week’s House budget debate, the 53-year-old Republican freshman from Norfolk offered a plan to squeeze another $70 million or so out of cigarette sales without raising cigarette prices, a scheme to turn the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-93 into High Occupancy Toll,” or HOT, lanes, a plan to help homeowners refinance jumbo mortgages, and a variety of other ideas. This smart, creative lawmakers is someone to keep an eye on.

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