State Rep. Heroux Assigned to 3 Committees
The freshman legislator says he is pleased with his assignments.
State Rep. Paul Heroux, whose 2nd Bristol District includes most of Attleboro, received his committee assignments this week. The first-term Democratic legislator will serve on the following committees: Heroux wrote in a press release that he was pleased with the assignments. He wrote a brief statement on each of them: "Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Committee is essentially the House bond rating and debt watchdog committee, and I am very pleased to be on this committee. There is good debt and bad debt. Smart investors know that good debt results in an economic return on the investment. Bad debt results in a loss of money. I intend to not be so cavalier with our taxes and debt obligations." "I campaigned on increasing …
Jerry Chase
3:59 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
I confess that after reading the first two words of this story, "State Rep.", I thought that the fourth word was "arraigned". LOL Well, let's face it, isn't it fair to expect to see such a headline, given the crime rate for politicians? more ›