Outgoing Mass.Taxpayers Foundation President Warns Of Big Budget Deficit

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published December 24, 2014 at 12:55 PM EST

Michael Widmer, a long time Beacon Hill fiscal watchdog will retire early next year. Widmer has run the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation for 23 years. The group recently issued a controversial analysis of the state’s budget deficit and an annual report on Massachusetts municipal finances. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Widmer.

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