I went to see Governor Deval Patrick deliver his budget speech tonight.

It’s been interesting tracking his political trajectory. I confess that I’ve found him more and more interesting as time went along.

I think the recent flap about the car and the drapes, or the draped car, or whatever it is just nonesense. What matters is the substance. Several people have asked what I thought of governor so far. I’ve told them all that I don’t know yet, but the budget is the real test, the first test, and a big one.

So I wanted to see it in person.

Here are a few photos before it got started. You can see the press and the cameras, and the nice-looking Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Melrose.
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