Gov. Patrick vetoes $104K for Jeff Perry's controversial Sheriff's Department job

[Ian David]

Patrick vetoes $104K for Barnstable sheriff's office

Gov. Deval Patrick said today that he intended to sign a $325 million mid-year spending bill sent to his desk 10 days ago but veto $104,000 for the Barnstable County Sheriff's office, which took heat this year for hiring former Republican state Rep Jeffrey Perry.

“I'm going to sign all of it except the appropriation for the Barnstable sheriff. By all accounts, including his, he has the resources he needs for his operations. We don't have extra money to spread around,” Patrick told reporters as he prepared to head into a leadership meeting with House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray.

Sheriff James Cummings hired Perry this year to a $110,000-a-year position after the former Sandwich Republican lost his bid for Congress last November to former Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating.

When Patrick filed his mid-year spending plan in January he did not include the funding for the Barnstable County Sheriff's office, but the money was inserted in the bill by the House and Senate.

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