Rep. Emile Goguen Plans to Retire at End of Session in Dec. 2006; No Effect on Goguen's Resolution to End Gay Marriage
           Rep. Emile Goguen (D-Fitchburg) has announced he will retire at the end of this legislative session in Dec. 2006.
           Goguen told the Fitchburg Sentinel in an article in today's edition that he will make a final decision in February about whether he will run for re-election next year.
            He acknowledged he has thought seriously about retiring. "I'm leaning toward not running," he told the Fitchburg paper. The popular Rep is 72-years-old, has had a pacemaker for several years and had to have new batteries installed last Friday, which gave him time to think about his future.
            This will have no effect at all upon Goguen's Resolution to Remove from office the four SJC judges who imposed gay marriage upon the state.
            Many observers are speculating that DiMasi will now put pressure on the four judges to resign because then the Reps would not have to vote. If the judges just resign as most people desire, then Rep. Goguen's Resolution would, in effect become null and void.
            If DiMasi does not take care of it this year, it will be back to haunt him again through 2006 inasmuch as the Resolution will carry-over until Dec. 2006. That would mean more banner airplanes, more radio ads and the end of DiMasi's career.