"Patrick signs $3b bill to fix bridges" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | August 5, 2008
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Since the Legislature completed its formal session last week, it has given Patrick a chance to tout several legislative accomplishments. This week he's traveling across the state for bill-signing ceremonies in which he gives brief remarks before sitting down at a table, putting his autograph inside a binder holding the bill, and handing out pens to those who helped steer its passage.
What is the CARBON FOOTPRINT on that, and how much are those "ceremonial" pens costing us taxpayers?
He spent yesterday morning in Goshen, a small town in Western Massachusetts, signing a bill to expand broadband Internet coverage to 32 communities in the state that currently lack high-speed service. The legislation provides $40 million in state bonds to build the infrastructure required to expand Internet services within the next three years.
