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Before a crowd of approximately 300 supporters at the World Trade Center, Bellotti said that because he has no direct ties to the administration of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, he would be able to make cuts in government spending necessary to restore the state to fiscal health...
BOSTON--Former Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti formally announced his candidacy for governor on the Democratic ticket yesterday, labelling himself as an "outsider" who could reform a troubled state government...
...have spent my political career threatening the status quo and running as an outsider," Bellotti said. "But when I have been a thorn in the side of Republicans and prominent Democrats alike it has been for a very goodreason. I do not believe that there should be anysacred cows or that anything is too sacrosanct forscrunity when it comes to the public trust...
...call for across-the-board cuts to helpbalance the state budget, Bellotti distancedhimself from the current Democratic administrationand one of his chief rivals for the gubernatorialnomination, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy. Murphy, who isslated to announce her candidacy on Tuesday,supports tax increases to maintain current stateprograms...
...Government does not exist to pay statelobbyists, technocrats and consultants who lurk inevery nook and cranny of our state agencies...Wemust curtail government spending, but we do nothave to make people suffer," Bellotti said...