David M. Bartley, state's youngest House speaker and longtime college president, dies at 88
"He was a good leader. He didn’t have an easy job, needless to say, and he did it well,” said former Governor Michael S. Dukakis.
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"He was a good leader. He didn’t have an easy job, needless to say, and he did it well,” said former Governor Michael S. Dukakis.
Above all else, David M. Bartley was a doer, an individual intent on accomplishing things for the greater good of our communities.
Bartley also was a co-sponsor of mandatory-minimum gun laws.
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