(Massachusetts)Turnpike official resigns from board (Deval) Patrick set to gain control of authority

[Ian David]

Source: The Boston Globe

Turnpike official resigns from board
Patrick set to gain control of authority

By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | August 8, 2007

A longtime board member of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority resigned suddenly this week, clearing the way for Governor Deval Patrick to fulfill his goal of swiftly taking control of the agency that oversees the Big Dig and the state's turnpike system.

John M. Moscardelli, who was appointed to the board in 2002, resigned a month after a change in state law stripped board members of several perks, including health insurance and a $25,800 annual stipend. It was the only state board that paid benefits, state officials said.

It was unclear whether the Patrick administration pressured Moscardelli to resign a year before his term expired.

With the departure, the governor will control a majority of the five-member board. He has already named Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen to succeed Thomas Trimarco, a Romney appointee who resigned in February. Patrick will now appoint two additional members, Moscardelli's replacement and a successor to former turnpike chairman John Cogliano, whose term ended in June.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/08/08/turnpike_official_resigns_from_board/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News

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