It is apparently good work if you can get it. The work in question would be as a member of the Massachusetts state legislator with a ranking position on one of the many committees that have been formed there. The Boston Globe took a look at the situation this week and learned that committee members – particularly the leaders – receive enviable pay bonuses for these additional “services” that they provide. One member of the state senate who chairs two committees earns more annually in stipends for his extra work than he does from his base salary. Mark Montigny chairs the Intergovernmental Affairs and Steering and Policy committees. But there’s one catch to this happy tale. The Globe could find no evidence of those committees doing any substantive work or writing any bills all year. In fact, there doesn’t appear to be any record of the committees even meeting.
As chairman of two…
