Mass Retirees Endorses Brookline Rep. Tommy Vitolo For Re-Election

BROOKLINE, MA — The Retired State, County and Municipal Association of Massachusetts, known as Mass Retirees, has endorsed Tommy Vitolo's re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Mass Retirees represents 52,000 members, each of whom retired from a career in government service. In addition to advocating for its members, Mass Retirees provides assistance with group health and life insurance problems, legal advice, tax information, and pension and survivor benefit counseling.

"Tommy shares our values and has a proven record of enshrining those values into law," Frank Valeri, President of Mass Retirees, said in a statement. "Tommy Vitolo is the only candidate in this race who ensures that seniors and retirees have a seat at the table. He is not just an ally; Tommy is a friend of retirees."

"Massachusetts is the great place it is today because of the hard work by members of the Mass Retirees during their public service careers,” Vitolo said in a statement. "I'm proud to fight for our shared values, and I'm honored by their trust in me."

In addition to Mass Retirees, Vitolo has been endorsed by gubernatorial candidate Maura Healey, 80 percent of the Select Board, 80 percent of all town-wide elected officials including all elected chairs, and 75 percent of Town Meeting Members. He's been endorsed by Treasurer Deb Goldberg, Senator Cindy Creem, former Governor Mike Dukakis, former MA-4 Congressman Barney Frank, philanthropist Chobee Hoy, Senior Center Board of Directors President Betsy Pollock, Climate Action Brookline Co-Chairs Susan Martin and John Harris, over two dozen former Select Board and School Committee Members, four former Brookline State Representatives, and four former Brookline principals.

Vitolo has also been endorsed by Brookline PAX, Reproductive Equity Now, Sierra Club, the Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund, 314 Action, the Bay State Stonewall Democrats, the Young Democrats of Massachusetts, the Boston Teachers Union, Iron Workers Local 7, 1199SEIU, SEIU NAGE, Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, Boston Carmen's Union Local 589, Laborers Local 22, the Mass Organization of State Engineers and Scientists, and the Massachusetts Voters for Animals.