POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: KERRY’s fundraising appeal for SETTI — HEFNER, ROSENBERG sued by alleged victim — LEWIS wants to revive millionaire tax
KERRY’s fundraising appeal for SETTI — HEFNER, ROSENBERG sued by alleged victim — LEWIS wants to revive millionaire tax
06/20/2018 06:51 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths)
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: KERRY'S FUNDRAISING APPEAL FOR SETTI — Setti Warren may have ended his gubernatorial bid, but pieces of his campaign are still humming behind the scenes as Setti tries to knock down the campaign's lingering deficit of roughly $25,000 before closing his campaign account.
Now, former Secretary of State John Kerry has been enlisted in the effort to bring in funds to help cover Setti's campaign deficit via an appeal being blasted to an email list of just shy of 25,000 people.
"Political campaigns today cost too much money," Kerry's writes in the email appeal going out later this morning. "Setti's campaign for governor ended with some expenses that remain to be paid. I am writing today to ask you to join me in making a donation to help clear the final obligations of his campaign. ... I know Setti's going to stay in this fight—his calling to public service remains as strong now as it was when he decided to run for Governor—and I want to make sure he isn't ever held back by the obligations he amassed in this campaign. We all want that for Setti."
The former senator also notes his own political defeats: "Twice in my political life, I came up short in an election: 1972 and 2004. Both times, I got up, dusted myself off, and went back to work for the issues that mattered to me. ... But I didn't do it alone. I had friends who sustained me. In 1972, after I lost a race for Congress, I had a debt to retire. Friends came in and helped when they could have easily walked away. After 2004, I had friends like Setti Warren who came back to help me keep up the fight."
Setti previously worked for Kerry's U.S. Senate office as well as for his presidential campaign. Kerry has backed Setti's political ambitions, including his successful bid as mayor of Newton.
This is just one of a handful of efforts meant to bring in money for Setti after his departure from the race, also including a recent fundraiser from Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller. Setti dropped out of the Democratic primary for governor in April citing the money that "just isn't there to run the kind of campaign I want to run."
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TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker appears with Secretary of Public Safety and Security Daniel Bennett and State Police Colonel Kerry Gilpin at the Massachusetts State Police Spring Awards Ceremony — The Senate will meet in formal session — The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, the Pioneer Valley Workers Center , and other groups will march on Beacon Hill to call for the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to "protect immigrant families" at 12:30 p.m. The groups support the Senate's recently approved measure which would to stop police from helping round up immigrants and protect civil rights and due process, the groups say.
DATELINE BEACON HILL —
- "Alleged sexual assault victim files suit against Hefner and Rosenberg," by Matt Stout, Boston Globe: "A then-State House aide who said Bryon Hefner sexually assaulted him is suing both the 31-year-old and his husband, former Senate president Stanley C. Rosenberg, alleging the former lawmaker "knew or was aware" that Hefner posed a risk to others, yet continually allowed him access to State House staff, lobbyists, and others. The civil lawsuit — filed last week by the man's attorney, Mitchell Garabedian — expands the legal trouble for Hefner, who already faces multiple criminal counts of sexual assault. But it marks the first court action taken against Rosenberg ..."
- "Massachusetts senator revives push for 'millionaire tax,'" by The Associated Press: "A proposed 'millionaire tax' ballot question may not be dead in Massachusetts, after all. A day after the state's highest court struck down the question, a state senator said he'll revive it by filing a proposed legislative amendment to the state constitution in January."
- "Mass. workers would benefit greatly from grand bargain," by Joshua Miller, Boston Globe: "Lawmakers, liberal activists, and business groups are moving quickly toward a grand bargain that aims to reshape the workplace for millions of Massachusetts residents and avoid a bitter electoral showdown over three ballot questions this November, according to several people familiar with the effort. The compromise as it stood Tuesday, those people said, would incrementally raise the minimum wage, from $11 to $15 per hour over five years, while at the same time incrementally eliminating time-and-a-half pay on Sundays and holidays."
- "House seeks to help community hospitals with $450M assessment on insurers, large hospitals," by Jessica Bartlett, Boston Business Journal: "A House bill that would assist struggling community hospitals by levying $450 million in new assessments on insurers and large hospitals over the next three years will be debated Tuesday. The provision would seek $330 million from insurers and $120 million from larger hospitals over three years to fund grants for community hospitals."
- "The first recreational marijuana license in Mass. could be granted Thursday," by Dan Adams, Boston Globe: "Massachusetts regulators are expected to vote Thursday on the state's first-ever recreational marijuana license. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has scheduled a hearing on an application from Sira Naturals for its cultivation facility in Milford, according to a meeting agenda posted Tuesday."
- "Spilka plans "welcoming environment" in Senate," by Katie Lannan, State House News Service: "The first time Karen Spilka visited the State House was the day she was sworn in as a state representative after winning a 2001 special election. Having skipped lunch because she worried about missing a vote during her first session, her first State House meal came at 4:15 p.m. that same day, after the building's fourth-floor cafeteria had shuttered for the evening: two packs of peanut-butter crackers and a Diet Coke from the vending machines."
ON THE STUMP —
- "Rep. Katherine Clark: "I Would Politely Decline" Help From Bill Clinton On Campaign Trail," by Tori Bedford, WGBH: "Rep. Katherine Clark says she would not accept campaign help from former President Bill Clinton and encouraged fellow Democrats to follow suit. '[If asked], I would politely decline,' Clark said in an interview Tuesday with Boston Public Radio. 'It's not because I don't think he did some good things in his presidency, and continues to, but I think that this issue in this time, we'd need to hear more of an apology.'"
- "Cranberry diplomacy," from the Cape Cod Times editorial board: "European Union officials had threatened a blanket cranberry tariff as one measure in the wake of the Trump administration's decision to impose harsh economic measures on allied imports. Keating's efforts demonstrate how states may be able to wrest back a modicum of control of their economic futures from Washington, D.C., and deal with those most directly affected."
CHARLIE BAKER IS THE ONLY NEW ENGLAND GOVERNOR TO APPROVE SENDING MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE BORDER.
TRUMPACHUSETTS —
- "New England Governors Join Baker In Condemning Separating Of Children From Families At Border," by Amanda McGowan, WGBH: "Four New England governors — including two other Republicans — have joined Charlie Baker of Massachusetts in condemning President Donald Trump's policy of separating the children of migrants from their families. The governors of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire said they had not been requested to deploy National Guard troops to the border, but would not comply if requested or do not plan to."
- "Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey calls Trump administration's family separation policy 'immoral and reprehensible,'" by Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com: "Ripping the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border as 'immoral,' Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey signed onto a letter with 21 of her counterparts in other states demanding an immediate end to the practice. The letter, addressed to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, calls the policy "inhumane" and "draconian."
THE TSONGAS ARENA —
- "Another state legislator backs colleague in 3rd District contest," by Chris Lisinski, Lowell Sun: "Once a candidate for the seat himself in a previous election cycle, state Sen. Jamie Eldridge has now given his support in the crowded 3rd Congressional District race to his colleague, fellow state Sen. Barbara L'Italien."
THE WARREN REPORT —
- "Warren announces hold on Trump's CFPB nomination, citing border policy," by Katy O'Donnell, POLITICO: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday she will put a hold on President Donald Trump's nomination of Kathy Kraninger to lead the CFPB until she turns over all documents about any role she played in families being separated at the border. In her current position as an associate director at OMB, Kraninger supervises the budgets for the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security — meaning she "helps oversee the agencies that are ripping kids from their parents," Warren tweeted Tuesday morning."
WOOD WAR — Herald: "STAN NAMED IN CIVIL SUIT," "LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL FOR TB12 IS TBD," "JURASSIC SPARK" — Globe: "GOP strains to fix Trump's border policy," "Lawmakers shaping deal on minimum wage, paid leave," "THE LEPRECHAUN HAS LANDED," "Separation anxiety resonates for any parent," "GE ousted from Dow stock index," "Graduating to a room at home."
THE LOCAL ANGLE —
- "Going to see Stormy Daniels in Springfield? Here's what you need to know," by Ray Kelly, MassLive.com: "Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who gained notoriety for an alleged affair with Donald Trump, will be performing at two area strip clubs this week. A performance at an East Windsor, Connecticut, bar on Saturday night is sold-out, but a limited number of tickets remain for a show in Springfield on Friday. (It is expected to sell out.)"
AN AREA ALREADY GRIDLOCKED!
- "In The Running For Amazon's HQ2, Suffolk Downs Turns Toward Redevelopment," by Bruce Gellerman, WBUR: "The Suffolk Downs racetrack is one of 20 sites still in the running to become Amazon's second headquarters. The stakes: 50,000 high-paying jobs. A decision by the retail giant is expected this summer, and as the competing bidders enter the home stretch, oddsmakers say Suffolk Downs is a sound bet."
- "Peter Lucas: On the road with the 'Mayor of Massachusetts,''" by Peter Lucas, Lowell Sun: "...Current Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is more the "Mayor of Massachusetts". He has emerged as the most important and powerful Democrat Party leader in the state. Having mastered the machine politics of Boston, Walsh is branching out across the state. He has intruded himself into several Democrat primary campaigns that have taken him from the Hub to, of all places, Hudson."
- "Bristol County Sheriff Accused In Lawsuit Of Illegally Imprisoning Immigrant," by Shannon Dooling, WBUR: "A new civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday in Boston's federal court says Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson detained an immigrant based solely on the man's immigration status — which is illegal under current law. The complaint also charges that Hodgson has encouraged and condoned his employees detaining immigrants without the clear legal authority to do so."
MAZEL! - to Kelly Smith, formerly of Massport, now manager of corporate communications for Keurig Green Mountain.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY — to Alec Loftus of Archipelago Strategies Group and Jonathan Ginsberg of Next Generation Strategies who both celebrated on Tuesday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Sydney Asbury, principal of DNM Solutions, and Anastasia Nicolaou, Associate Vice President at Liberty Square Group.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? No! — The Red Sox fell to the Twins 6-2.
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