By Kane Carpenter
For full coverage of this story, stay tuned for the next issue of SAMPAN – to hit stands on February 3rd, 2012.
Ethnic-media journalists were invited to meet with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray on January 9 at the State House, where among the issues discussed were, the three stikes law, foreign trade opportunities, jobs, anti-bulling day, and in-state tuition.
When asked by a reporter to speak abotu Massachusetts with regards to the global economy, Governor Patrick, who also addressed questions regarding his recent trade missions to Chile and Brazil, expressed his main priority: Jobs.
“Well, it’s all about jobs. The economy, globally, is more and more globalized. Everybody talks about it,” said Governor Patrick. “We buy products now that, we hardly think about the fact that they may come from the other side of the world, and the winners in that economy are going to be people who have relationships with those opportunities in different parts of the world and also have learned to collaborate.”
When addressing in-state tuition, a hot-button topic with immigrants around Massachusetts, Governor Patrick expressed his opinion that the bill needed to be moved, stating: “I look at a state like Texas… it needs to happen here.”
February 3, 2012
