BOSTON — The Governor s Council has approved Gov. Maura Healey s controversial pick of an ex-girlfriend to fill a vacancy on the state s highest court.
A simple rule to follow: Don’t appoint or recommend for a job someone you are sleeping with, are thought to be sleeping with, or have slept with. Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis and Governor Maura Healey should have followed it.
Appeals Court Judge Gabrielle Wolohojian was in a prior long-term relationship with Healey, but said she is following the same nomination process as other candidates. Healey has denied there was favoritism involved in the selection.
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey personally appealed to the Governor’s Council on Wednesday to approve her controversial nomination of Appeals Court Judge Gabrielle Wolohojian to fill a vacancy on the
In Healey’s second year in the governor's office, the pattern is emerging of an autocratic chief executive who imposes her will like she’s a monarch dealing with colonies and uses her power to crush dissent rather than listen to local communities’ concerns.