State Auditor to Speak at Reading Public Library

The following is submitted by Ben Tafoya:

Please join the Reading Democratic Town Committee on Wednesday May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the ; 64 Middlesex Avenue; Reading, MA. Our special guest is State Auditor Suzanne Bump who will give us an update on her work since her inauguration in January 2011.  

Suzanne Bump was elected State Auditor in 2010, with the determination to use the Office to make state government work better. With more than 30 years of administrative experience in both the public and private sector, she believes that better government means government that is more effective, more efficient, more accountable and more transparent.

Auditor Bump has begun to use the resources and authority of the office in new ways, to examine areas like the state’s system of tax breaks, credits and incentives for the business community, to identify broken systems within state government, and to determine whether state vendors who provide services ranging from health care to education are delivering the benefits the public expects. 

Prior to her election as State Auditor, Bump served in Governor Deval Patrick’s Cabinet as Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. She served eight years in the state legislature, representing Braintree in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She has also worked as a business advocate and counsel for a number of private companies and has sat on the boards of non-profit business and service organizations.

Auditor Bump is a native of Whitman, Massachusetts. She graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in English and received her juris doctorate from Suffolk University School of Law.

This is a great opportunity to talk about our state government with one of our constitutional officers; we hope you can join us this Wednesday. The meeting is open to all members of the community interested in respectful discussion of public policy. For more information write to readingdems@comcast.net.