Top Beacon Hill Democrats’ willingness to leave the door open to tinkering with ballot questions after voters approve them on Election Day amounts to “voter suppression,” State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said at a rally in Quincy Saturday. Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano did not shoot down the possibility when asked late … Read more
Auditor Diana DiZoglio – whose ballot question promotes legislative transparency – was among the State House lawmakers and state officials skirting state law by pocketing large donations from powerful lobbyists’ families. DiZoglio was not included in a Boston Globe expose on state pols like Senate President Karen Spilka taking thousands of dollars in contributions from … Read more
A ballot question that would grant the state auditor the power to crack open the books of the Legislature drew financial backing from across the political spectrum this year, including a $50,000 donation tied to a local billionaire, according to records filed this month. The money behind Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s attempt to hand her office … Read more
State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s ballot push to audit the Legislature – which she portrays as a groundswell of grassroots support by Massachusetts voters – is actually fueled by her own political account, out of state corporations and hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to professional signature companies. DiZoglio’s Committee for Transparent Democracy — run … Read more
Diana DiZoglio is looking for love in all the wrong places. It is a subject the state auditor brought up during a WCVB-TV interview last weekend. She said she was not receiving much love when it comes to the state’s $56.1 billion 2025 budget. DiZoglio should know that love is rare on Beacon Hill. There … Read more
The state auditor is not feeling the love from the Legislature or the Healey administration these days. According to Auditor Diana DiZoglio, while there are many ways to demonstrate affection, the “love language” on Beacon Hill is money and her budget is facing some fairly telling funding shortfalls. “I’m going to compare this, on the … Read more
With an unusually high number of initiative petitions to consider this year, leaders in the Legislature have announced they will tackle the long list of potential ballot questions through the creation of a new special joint committee. The offices of House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka issued a joint statement on Monday, … Read more
