Five years after the Massachusetts legislature killed the Clean Elections program voters had supported, Kathleen Grady and Paul Lachelier, two former state legislative candidates, write to the Patriot Ledger urging state lawmakers to take their lead from their neighbors in Connecticut and restore Clean Elections for state elections.

Murvale Moore, writing in the Lincoln Journal, expresses surprise at newly elected Massachusett's Governor Deval Patrick's alliance with big business to cover the costs of his inaugural celebration. Moore calls on Patrick to work to end the influence of big donors by embracing Clean Elections reform.

 

The Worcester Telegram chides Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Chris Gabrielli for opting out of the public financing system, claiming he's "fail[ed] his first test of public policymaking"

Eileen McNamara at the Boston Globe focuses on the gubernatorial race in Massachusetts to argue that since the repeal of the state's Clean Elections Law, elections are even more the province of the wealthy and connected.