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Governor Deval Patrick is trying to go around acting as if he's just one of us... as if he's just the common man. Sorry Governor but you're not the common man but you're the Coca-Cola millionaire! Sure, you can go around attacking Charlie Baker (or Christy Mihos, for that matter) but remember the ol' saying about not throwing stones when you live in a glass house.
I don't begrudge anyone their salary, I'm not the jealous type, I don't engage in class warfare (unlike say, Gov. Patrick & the Democrats). I do rage against hypocrisy and Deval Patrick, it's okay that you're a wealthy man but don't try to portray yourself as the common man. Your money came from corporate resources just as others in the race.
Deval Patrick's actual Coca-Cola employment contract is found in a link below or at http://contracts.corporate.fin...
Here are a few quotes from MassBeacon.com. They're referring to the MassGOP House Caucus blog, The Capitol View
It continues, "Governor Patrick and attack dog Tim's attacks on Charlie Baker have been hypocritical to say the least. According to the contract Deval Patrick actually made a comparable salary to his chief gubernatorial rival while serving as an executive to Coca-Cola."
Now, I might need a lawyer reader to properly interpret this thing for me so I don't have to gouge my eyes out, but what jumps out are me the following numbers (and remember this is from 2001. Patrick was elected Governor in 2006):
Base salary: $475,000
$1,000,000 signing bonus, with $500K paid on his first day and the rest paid on his first anniversary
Raises, bonuses, and annual incentives
Stock options that I am not even going to try and interpret
$2 million worth of restricted stock
Equity awards, expense account, retirement payments, etc. etc.
http://massbeacon.com/2010/03/...
Governor Deval Patrick, you made your millions on a product that is linked to increase rates of obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, and general ill health. Now you want to impose a sugar tax on such beverages. Hypocrisy?
Gov. Patrick, you can take all the shots against Charlie Baker you want but wouldn't it be just as fair to claim that you got richer as our country, and our country's children, got fatter? |