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Rebuffing critics of his leadership style as Massachusetts House speaker and defending the ideals of the state Democratic party, George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) officially announced his candidacy for state treasurer last night...
...Keverian, attacked in the press and by legislators in both parties for the House's inability to solve the state's worsening fiscal crisis, said state government cannot balance its books by abandoning the people of Massachusetts...
...truly feel I'm on a mission to help the people of this Commonwealth for whom government is everything," Keverian told more than 500 placard-waving supporters in a series of spontaneous comments after his prepared speech at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge...
...opponents, who include Republican Joe Malone and state Sen. Richard A. Kraus (D-Arlington), have accused Keverian of wavering leadership in dealing with the state's $500 million budget deficit and its falling bond rating, now the lowest of any state in the country...
Those anti-tax feelings are still very much alive in the state. When House speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) tried to push a tax package through the legislature to trim the deficit, constituents responded by flooding their state representives' offices with phone calls and letters to protest new taxes...