Brett Schetzsle, Republican candidate for State Representative in the 6th Essex District, released the following statement today in reaction to news that $700 million in Medicaid funding speculatively built into the state's 2011 budget is in jeopardy of not being approved by Congress. Governor Patrick and legislative leaders have yet to outline a contingency plan for the budget if the funding is not approved.

Earlier today my campaign released the following statement in reaction to reports that recently announced local aid cuts will possibly cause the restructuring of the city's elementary school system and force some students to face redistricting for the second time in two years:

The first line in this Republican caucus blog posting is troubling for a couple of reasons: first, it says that a hoped-for resolution promising cities and towns level-funding of local aid and Chapter 70 education funding was not even allowed to be brought to the floor and debated and second, it says that Tuesday's formal session was the "first full formal session held in several weeks."

So much for a full-time legislature I guess.