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Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray to Resign
Source: WBZ-TV
BOSTON (CBS) — Lt. Gov. Tim Murray will resign Wednesday.
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‘Sources close to Murray tell WBZ-TV Murray is poised to leave his office as early as today,” Keller said. “There is some speculation he has another position lined up.”
Murray last year, announced he would not run for governor.
He has been no stranger to controversy with ties to the Chelsea Housing Authority scandal and a serious car wreck in Sterling.
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Read more: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/22/lt-gov-tim-murray-to-resign/
There is unconfirmed information that he already has a new, private sector job lined-up.
He may be resigning over this:
Timothy Murray under fire over campaign funding
January 24, 2013
State campaign finance regulators have found evidence that Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray may have violated state law by accepting political donations from the disgraced former Chelsea housing director.
In a previously undisclosed letter, sent in September, they asked the attorney general to investigate Murray, as well as key members of his campaign team. If eventually charged and found guilty of knowingly accepting illegally raised campaign contributions, the lieutenant governor could face up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $500 for each violation.
Aides to Murray, who said last week that he will not run for governor in 2014, have repeatedly said that he did nothing wrong and is not a focus of the state’s criminal investigation of the fund-raising activities on his behalf by former Chelsea housing director Michael E. McLaughlin.
It was Murray himself who initially requested that state campaign regulators examine his fund-raising, presumably hoping the outcome would clear his name.
More:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/24/state-regulators-find-evidence-campaign-finance-violations-gov-murray-attorney-general-asked-investigate-further/Ui9hAaWY0l0GQW30aThGQP/story.html
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