Governor Baker appoints new chief legal counsel after Lon Povich steps down

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TODAY.
CIARA:
GOVERNOR BAKER'S LOSING A MEMBER
OF HIS CABINET.
22NEWS STATEHOUSE REPORTER JODI
REED HAS DETAILS ON WHO WAS
CHOSEN TO TAKE
HIS PLACE.
JODI REED:
AFTER 4 YEARS, GOVERNOR BAKER'S
CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL LON POVICH
IS
STEPPING DOWN, BUT HE SAID HE
HAS FAITH THAT HIS REPLACEMENT
WILL
MAKE THE COMMONWEALTH PROUD.
AFTER WINNING RE-ELECTION
GOVERNOR BAKER ASKED MEMBERS OF
HIS
CABINET IF THEY WERE WILLING TO
STAY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
AT LEAST 2 IF NOT
4 YEARS.
SO FAR, 3 PEOPLE HAVE LEFT,
INCLUDING FORMER SECRETARY OF
HOUSING AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JAY ASH.
DANIEL BENNETT ALSO RESIGNED
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND
SECURITY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND NOW LON POVICH TOLD THE
GOVERNOR HE'LL BE GONE MARCH
8TH.
GOVERNOR BAKER HAS ASKED BOB
ROSS TO
REPLACE POVICH AND PROVIDE LEGAL
AND POLICY ADVICE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION.
HE IS A WICKED SMART CONTRIBUTER
TO EVERY
CONVERSATION THART WE HAVE AND
HE IS A TERRIFIC COLLEGUE AND
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO GETS AND
UNDERSTANDS THE ROLE OF THE
LAWYER IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
BOB ROSS IS NO STRANGER TO
MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS.
HE'S WORKED IN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE, THE SENATE
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
AND MOST RECENTLY HE PROVIDED
LEGAL ADVICE TO THE STATE'S
ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
WHILE ROSS ADMITTED THAT HE HAD
BIG SHOES TO FILL, HE SAID HE IS
EAGER TO
WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE BAKER
ADMINISTRATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND
THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY, I LOOK FORWARD
TO GETTING TO WORK.
BOB ROSS HAS HELPED TO CRAFT
FIVE STATE BUDGET PROPOSALS WITH
BAKER-POLITO
ADMINISTRATION...
AND NOW AS CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL
HE SAID HE LOOKS FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ON
SEVERAL MAJOR INITATIVES FOR
FISCAL 2020.
JODI REED:
BOB ROSS IS EXPECTED TO ASSUME
HIS NEW POSITION ON MARCH 8TH.
AT THE STATEHOUSE IN BOSTON,

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Governor Baker appoints new chief legal counsel after Lon Povich steps down

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