Last year, when Governor Patrick signed the Fiscal Year 2011 state budget, it included an outside section mandating that all government offices in Suffolk County be open on Evacuation Day (March 17) and Bunker Hill Day (June 17) to better serve the public. Now things seem to be heating up once again as individuals working in Suffolk County on those two days will now be paid holiday-pay due to union contracts. Check out what the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald have to say about the holidays that are still costing taxpayers.
