Posts with the tag 'scandal'
Senator Bob Hedlund (R-Weymouth) asked Senate President Therese Murray to take away Senator James Marzilli’s chairmanship, citing that he is “clearly incapable of fulfulling his duties as chairman…I cannot think of a single argument why the taxpayers of Massachusetts should be paying for a chairmanship stipend to a senator who is incapable of fulfilling his duties and who has announced he does not plan to return to the Senate.”
Sounds reasonable, but Murray will do no such thing, and Marzilli will continue to take his $7,500 tax-payer funded stipend.
“The Senate has a process in place through its Committee on Ethics and Rules to discipline a senator if and when a legal matter is resolved,” said Murray spokesman David Falcone when asked about Hedlund’s letter yesterday.
The Senate Ethics Committee is investigating whether Marzilli (D-Arlington) should be removed from office but won’t make findings public until after the charges against him are settled in court.
Marzilli will have a tough time fulfilling his chairmanship duties from McLean Hospital, let alone his duties as a state senator. Seeing as Marzilli was caught trying to grab several woman and ask them for sex, it’s not going out on a limb to suggest that this is political backscratching.
Considering this is Senator Marzilli, maybe there is more than backscratching going on…
Tags: James Marzilli, Robert Hedlund, scandal, Senate Ethics Committee, Therese Murry
July 15th, 2008
The Boston Heraldalso reports on the existence of surveillance video of Marzilli…
State Sen. James “Jim” Marzilli, 50, pleaded not guilty in Lowell Superior Court to four counts of annoying and accosting a person of the opposite sex and one count each of attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, all from an alleged June 3 career-ending carnal cruise of the city.
The Herald has learned that prosecutors have building surveillance video of Marzilli on Middle Street, where one of the attacks is alleged to have occurred. They declined to comment on what the video shows Marzilli doing. There also exists a DVD of photos of Marzilli’s car parked on Hurd Street in Lowell, also on the day of the alleged assaults.
Court papers released today also state one of the alleged victims was a 60-year-old grandmother who walked with a cane and was so unnerved by Marzilli’s alleged advances, she fell down after boarding a bus.
In response to the arraingment, MassGOP Chairman Rob Willington said, “Today, the taxpayers of Massachusetts paid Jim Marzilli $159.55.”
Continuing coverage of the Marzilli scandal at Marzilli Watch…
Tags: Jim Marzilli, scandal
July 9th, 2008
You gotta love Howie Carr’s column about the Marzilli scandal…
And so the reputed moonbat masher, Sen. Jim Marzilli, pulls an even quicker Eliot Spitzer than Eliot Spitzer himself. Doesn’t quit - wants to get that one day on the payroll in 2009 for the extra year on his pension. But he won’t seek re-election.
As always, the dodgy pol is retiring due to ill health. The voters got sick of him. And sure enough, a couple of hours after doing the Spitzer, Marzilli took the logical next step. He checked himself into a booby hatch, McLean Hospital.
Repeat after me, Senator: “One grope is too many, and a thousand are not enough.”
Perhaps the socialist solon can write a book about his affliction and promote it on “Oprah.” Suggested title: “The Audacity of Grope.”
You know that Marzilli’s amen chorus, the Arlington moonbats, are blaming the vast right-wing conspiracy for their hero’s downfall. Weeping bitter tears into their lattes, they’re still saying the lewd dude’s pinch is a “tragedy,” and indeed it is. It’s tragic that the foot chase through the garage, after he gave the false name, did not end in a Tasering of the Senate chairman of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.
Usually it takes two or three terms in the Senate before they slap on the handcuffs and read you your Miranda rights. Marzilli sets a new record here - six months in, and now he’s on his way out.
But the best part is the end..
What will he do, after his case is broomed (again)? Well, he maxed out to Gov. Deval Patrick’s campaign, and he is a (nonpracticing) lawyer, so I’d say a state judgeship could definitely be in the works. Or he could become a DPW drawbridge operator.
Or he could ask the eternal question all disgraced, talentless pols eventually pose:
Is WRKO hiring?
Personally, given Gerry Studds unhampered career following his illegal sex-capades with an underage congressional page, Marzilli could probably still have a future in politics… if only in Massachusetts.
Tags: Howie Carr, Jim Marzilli, scandal
June 8th, 2008
It’s no surprise that State Senator Marzilli has decided not to seek re-election this fall.
State Sen. James Marzilli said Thursday he would not seek re-election in the fall after his arrest this week on charges that he groped and made lewd comments to two women.
The Arlington Democrat said in a statement that his Statehouse staff “will continue to respond to the needs of constituents within the district” until the end of his term.
Two other Democrats — Arlington Selectman John Hurd and retired firefighter Kenneth Donnelly — already were running for the seat.
Previous Coverage:
Marzilli Police Reports… More Women Come Forward
Senator James Marzilli Arrested In Lowell
UPDATE: Marzilli admitted to psych ward…
State Sen. James Marzilli was admitted to an area hospital Thursday afternoon, his attorney told WBZ, the same day he decided against seeking re-election after his arrest on charges that he groped and made lewd comments to two women recently.
A source close to Marzilli told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that Marzilli was seeking treatment at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Belmont.
Tags: Jim Marzilli, scandal
June 5th, 2008
Our friends at Red Mass Group post… Boston Herald posts as well, with less redactions.
UPDATE: More trouble for Marzilli:
A state senator already accused of accosting two women in Lowell could face more charges as cops investigate several new complaints from a handful of women claiming they were sexually harassed by the lawmaker, the Herald has learned.
Multiple sources told the Herald that as many as five women have come forward with new complaints against Sen. James Marzilli, an Arlington Democrat facing a slew of charges from a bizarre encounter with a woman in a Lowell park yesterday.
“We are looking into allegations by multiple new complainants who reported similar incidents that occurred in Lowell,” said Corey Welford, a spokesman for Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone.
Tags: Jim Marzilli, scandal
June 4th, 2008
The State House News Service reports the following news.
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 3, 2008…. Democratic state Sen. James Marzilli was arrested in downtown Lowell today on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, police said.
Marzilli was also charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, attempt to commit a crime, and obstruction of justice, according to police.
Marzilli was accused of sexual assault earlier this year, but Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone did not pursue the case, saying there was insufficient evidence.
Marzilli, an Arlington progressive in his first term in the Senate, tried to resist arrest by fleeing through the city’s downtown, police said.
Kevin Lombard of the Lowell Police Department said Marzilli was arrested on Middle Street in Lowell.
Marzilli was not immediately available for comment late Tuesday.
More details from the Boston Herald:
State Sen. James Marzilli was arrested in Lowell yesterday after he allegedly attempted to sexually assault a stranger sitting on a park bench, gave police a false name and then led officers on a foot chase that ended with in a downtown parking garage, law enforcement officials said.
Marzilli (D-Arlington), absolved of a separate sexual assault accusation last month, now faces a slew of new charges after yesterday’s alleged attack, which police said occurred in broad daylight on a busy street.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said Marzilli, 50, approached a woman sitting on a bench along Middle Street, made a lewd comment and then tried to “inappropriately touch her in a sexual manner.”
Tags: Jim Marzilli, scandal
June 3rd, 2008
