BOSTON, MA – Today, Marine Corps Veteran, successful business leader, and proven government reformer Brian Shortsleeve, Republican candidate for governor demanded Maura Healey explain why she hired LaMar Cook as the Deputy Western Mass Director despite knowing his criminal history.
“For weeks since his arrest for cocaine trafficking, Maura Healey has covered up the fact that she knew about Lamar Cook’s serious criminal history when she hired him,” said Shortsleeve. “It is an outrageous breach of the public trust, a total failure of leadership, and yet another example of Healey hiding the truth from the people of Massachusetts.”
Shortsleeve has consistently called on the Healey Administration to release all information on Cook’s hiring process since the day he was arrested, insisting she tell us what she knew and when she knew it.
“Massachusetts voters deserve a governor who will tell the truth, be open and transparent, and hold their administration to the highest standards,” said Shortsleeve. “Maura Healey has badly failed all of us. She needs to come clean and explain to the people of Massachusetts why she hired someone she knew had such a sordid background, and why she refused to release the facts once he was arrested again.”
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