That's because the state commissioner doesn't control the money, the governor does.
He also served as state commissioner of insurance for Massachusetts, from 1858 to 1866.
Martin was a state commissioner of taxes, 1888, 1890-1892, and 1894.
The board, composed of state commissioners and private citizens, is to meet Friday.
Day-to-day administration was in the hands of a state commissioner appointed by the governor.
The state Commissioner will also receive the plan, but approving it is not up to him.
And he has asked state commissioners to present plans showing how they would cut their budgets up to 20 percent for the new fiscal year.
About 25 state commissioners still have state cars that they drive home at night.
Nor does the state commissioner take kindly to high schools that want to teach history differently or test students' knowledge in other ways.
He said he was not convinced that Washington could do a better job than state commissioners had been doing.
