were withholding the information, it s public information that they have 10 days legally to turn over. that is something that people are really passionate about as well and ran on the platform of transparent government. this has not been transparent. bill: they had 10 days to give it to you. how much time does it take? over a month. it was only after the secretary of state ordered them to turn over the records that they did. and, in fact, they didn t even turn over the records right after that i had to call up the health and human services pr lady and say to her, listen, if i don t get those records tomorrow, you re going to see a story about this on the front page of the boston herald. that is true. their lack of transparency and failure to follow the law in this issue was becoming the story. so, you know, i essentially had to threaten them until they gave me the info. bill: all right, jessica. thanks very much. we appreciate it when we come right back, the kelly file takes a lo
bill: factor follow-up segment tonight, massachusetts residents learned this week that their state spent at least $35 million last year on medical treatment for illegal aliens. governor devol patrick didn t want to give that information out but the boston herald finally got the story joining us from boston the reporter on the state jessica van sack. 35 million seems like a lot of money. what s going on here? well, this, as you know, started off as a regular information request, and it turned into a month long odyssey. they did not want to tell me how much money this thing cost but 35 million is a lot of dollars. and i know that one health care advocate said to me yesterday, you know, jessica, this is just a drop in the bucket. the health care budget is $13 billion. but, when you think about what $35 million could buy, it could buy 350 police officers, you know, even more teachers, firefighters, it s not a drop in the bucket. bill: especially since the state of massachusetts owes
were withholding the information, it s public information that they have 10 days legally to turn over. that is something that people are really passionate about as well and ran on the platform of transparent government. this has not been transparent. bill: they had 10 days to give it to you. how much time does it take? over a month. it was only after the secretary of state ordered them to turn over the records that they did. and, in fact, they didn t even turn over the records right after that i had to call up the health and human services pr lady and say to her, listen, if i don t get those records tomorrow, you re going to see a story about this on the front page of the boston herald. that is true. their lack of transparency and failure to follow the law in this issue was becoming the story. so, you know, i essentially had to threaten them until they gave me the info. bill: all right, jessica. thanks very much. we appreciate it when we come right back, the kelly file takes a lo
were withholding the information, it s public information that they have 10 days legally to turn over. that is something that people are really passionate about as well and ran on the platform of transparent government. this has not been transparent. bill: they had 10 days to give it to you. how much time does it take? over a month. it was only after the secretary of state ordered them to turn over the records that they did. and, in fact, they didn t even turn over the records right after that i had to call up the health and human services pr lady and say to her, listen, if i don t get those records tomorrow, you re going to see a story about this on the front page of the boston herald. that is true. their lack of transparency and failure to follow the law in this issue was becoming the story. so, you know, i essentially had to threaten them until they gave me the info. bill: all right, jessica. thanks very much. we appreciate it when we come right back, the kelly file takes a lo