Where do you begin with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the agency that oversees the state’s parks as well as dams, piers, ice rinks, pools, and even bocce courts? The agency is underfunded, understaffed, and plagued by high turnover at the top. It also is an occasional landing pad for politically connected appointees, […]
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Dysfunctional DCR tries to be smarter landlord
Photographs by Michael Manning THE HEAD OF THE CHARLES Regatta is a major draw for Massachusetts. Attracting more than 11,000 athletes and tens of thousands of spectators from all over the world, the October regatta is to rowing what the Boston Marathon is to long-distance running. For the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the state […]
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An exit sweetener
CAROL SANCHEZ, the former commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, pocketed $8,200 for doing nothing after she was apparently pushed out the door in early November. Sanchez served seven months as commissioner before abruptly announcing her departure, prompting speculation of bad blood between Sanchez and her boss, Matthew Beaton, the secretary of energy […]