Walsh insider was high-ranking Patrick aide

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/10/walsh_insider_was_high_ranking_patrick_aide



IDENTIFIED: Kenneth Brissette was a high-ranking aide under former Gov. Deval Patrick and now is the tourism chief under Mayor Martin J. Walsh.

Walsh insider was high-ranking Patrick aide
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Joe Battenfeld

The City Hall official in the middle of a federal extortion case against Teamsters union workers was a high-ranking aide in former Gov. Deval Patrick’s tourism office who helped funnel millions of tax dollars into tourism and trade mission funds.

Kenneth Brissette served in the Patrick administration starting in 2007 and rose to become chief operating officer of the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism before leaving to become Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s first tourism chief last year.

According to a federal indictment, an unnamed Walsh representative — identified by the Herald as Brissette — called two restaurants to tell them Teamsters would picket their businesses if they allowed Bravo’s “Top Chef” to film there. The restaurants pulled out of the show.

Brissette was hailed by a Boston Globe columnist as a “Minister of Fun” for his efforts in leading the Patriots Super Bowl parade earlier this year. He has also been involved in Walsh’s efforts to bring a Boston Grand Prix race to the Seaport District next year.

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I wonder if Brissette was involved with the failed Boston2024 effort.