Costello criticized for controversial budget amendment » Local News » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA.
An update
1. The money behind the oyster farm amendment is from Charles “Chuck” Clough, Jr. a Boston stock picker who lives in Concord but who has a starter castle on the Popponesset waterfront. Your standard yellow-power tie wearing Master of the Universe. Oh, and a recipient of the Myra Kraft Award for his good works. He’s also Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Boston College (leave it to a Jesuit to figure out a midnight budget amendment). Guess I’m not getting an invite to next summer’s oyster-free clambake at the Clough estate.
2. Rep. Costello says its all about the “environment.” Really:
“Costello argues that the proposal seeks to protect a salt marsh that serves as an environmentally sensitive habitat for sea birds. The area, he said, is “much like my district in Newburyport. Quite frankly, I think this is a state issue,” Costello said. “The state has a vested interest in making sure that those waterways remain as open space and undeveloped.”