In a stunning display of secrecy and disregard for the will of the people, the Massachusetts House of Representatives has quietly retained the law firm CEK Boston to assist in its fight against Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s effort to audit the legislature.

This morning, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance offered testimony to the Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions in support of question #23-34, An Act expressly authorizing the Auditor to audit the Legislature, which would make explicit to the State Auditors’ authority to audit the legislature.

In case you missed it, Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is throwing its support behind the efforts to collect signatures to help two potential initiative petitions gain access to the ballot for next year’s election.

Following the announcement from the state auditor’s office that they intend to pursue litigation against the Massachusetts legislature after the Speaker of the House and Senate President refused to comply with the Auditor’s audits, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance issued the following statement in support of the proposal.