Lowell Deeds

It was unlikely that the current economic crisis would spare state government. It seems that Governor Patrick is contemplating extensive emergency cuts to the current state budget. While the governor only has the power to reduce funding to agencies within the executive branch (the registry of deeds is within the Secretary of State’s office, a separate branch of government), the legislature could and probably will make across the board emergency cuts if the tax revenue situation is as bleak as this article makes it appear.