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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 961483" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">O’CONNELL ASKS GOVERNOR TO MAKE HIS APPOINTMENT </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">TO EBT COMMISSION</span></span></span></strong></p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><strong>EBT Commission Waiting for Governor Patrick’s Appointee</strong></em></span></span></span> </p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">TAUNTON…Today, State Representative Shaunna O’Connell, 3rd Bristol House District, has asked Governor Deval Patrick to please finally make his appointment to the EBT Reform Commission.</span></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">“It has been months since this commission was passed into law. With the report due on April 1, it is vital that we meet as soon as possible. Right now, no meetings have been scheduled because we are waiting on the Governor to make his appointment. I am asking him to please finally make his appointment to the Commission,” said O’Connell.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Commission was passed into law December 21, 2011, and is supposed to report back by April 1. It was established to ferret out waste and abuse of Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards. Last fall there were numerous news reports about EBT card recipients using their cards to buy drugs and other nonessentials.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">“The abuse involving EBT cards is a problem that needs to be addressed. I take very seriously the abuse of taxpayer dollars, and I hope the Governor does too. He needs to make his appointment now so we can get to work,” said O’Connell. “We owe it to the taxpayers to take action to stop the abuse plaguing the system.”</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Earlier this year O’Connell was able to pass the legislation prohibiting recipients from buying alcohol, cigarettes and lottery tickets with these tax dollar funded benefits.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">February 7, 2012</span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 961483, member: 12952"] [CENTER][CENTER][B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]O’CONNELL ASKS GOVERNOR TO MAKE HIS APPOINTMENT [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]TO EBT COMMISSION[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/CENTER][/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][I][B]EBT Commission Waiting for Governor Patrick’s Appointee[/B][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/CENTER][/CENTER][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]TAUNTON…Today, State Representative Shaunna O’Connell, 3rd Bristol House District, has asked Governor Deval Patrick to please finally make his appointment to the EBT Reform Commission.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]“It has been months since this commission was passed into law. With the report due on April 1, it is vital that we meet as soon as possible. Right now, no meetings have been scheduled because we are waiting on the Governor to make his appointment. I am asking him to please finally make his appointment to the Commission,” said O’Connell.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]The Commission was passed into law December 21, 2011, and is supposed to report back by April 1. It was established to ferret out waste and abuse of Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards. Last fall there were numerous news reports about EBT card recipients using their cards to buy drugs and other nonessentials.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]“The abuse involving EBT cards is a problem that needs to be addressed. I take very seriously the abuse of taxpayer dollars, and I hope the Governor does too. He needs to make his appointment now so we can get to work,” said O’Connell. “We owe it to the taxpayers to take action to stop the abuse plaguing the system.”[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Earlier this year O’Connell was able to pass the legislation prohibiting recipients from buying alcohol, cigarettes and lottery tickets with these tax dollar funded benefits. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]February 7, 2012[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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