From Boston.com: “Let me just also say, there’s a conversation we’re going to have to have …that I’ve been trying to have since the first few weeks I’ve been in this job, and it has to do with communication,” the governor said. “I can’t compete if I don’t know something’s at risk.”

“Massachusetts has been kind to Fidelity. I know that’s a two-way street, but if we’re going to build on what we have here, then they need to tell me what they need and I need to be able at least to have an opportunity to respond,” he said.

The governor added: “I feel disappointed and frustrated.”

Governor Patrick,

You are not dating Fidelity, and this is not a question of communication. This is about government officials lying prostrate on the floor before all-powerful corporations. This is about giving away our tax dollars to unscrupulous, very profitable, greedy bastards, when we ABSOLUTELY cannot afford it.

When you ran for re-election, you failed to make an issue about these indefensible giveaways, even while your Green-Rainbow opponent raised the issue. You praised yourself for weak claw-back provisions in future tax giveaways, rather than challenging the idea of giving away tax dollars to corporations trying to hold us hostage to their agendas.  

Compare this headline: Fidelity reports big gains. Financial services giant says its operating profits grew by 17 percent

with this one: Fidelity to shift more out of Mass. 1,100 jobs affected in Marlborough.

There’s a fundamental problem here, a race to the bottom that is unwinnable, but you are more than happy to compete in it with OUR tax money. Enough is enough.