BOSTON — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio just blew a crater straight through Beacon Hill’s secrecy shield, delivering over 100,000 signatures to force lawmakers and the governor to finally follow the public-records law — the same rules every school district, police department, and city hall must obey.

The massive haul puts DiZoglio one step closer to smashing through and auditing the Beacon Hill swamp, a political fortress that has spent decades hiding emails, spending, and internal decisions from the public. And at the center of the resistance is Attorney General Andrea Campbell — who has personally benefited from the secrecy DiZoglio is trying to dismantle.

As reported by the Boston Herald earlier this year, Campbell herself racked up roughly $300,000 in taxpayer-funded credit-card spending in a single fiscal year, including chauffeured travel in Paris, pricey coffee runs in the Caribbean, and international expenses that blindsided many taxpayers who can’t afford a weekend away, never mind globe-trotting on the public dime. DiZoglio wants to know exactly how Beacon Hill’s power players are spending taxpayer money — and why the public isn’t allowed to see it.

We are happy to announce we’ve turned in over 100k raw signatures to subject the Legislature and Governor’s office to the public records law. We just need 75k of the 100k+ to be certified by the clerks now — and we’re back. 🙌 #mapoli

— Diana DiZoglio (@DianaDiZoglio) November 19, 2025

But Campbell, who has repeatedly blocked DiZoglio’s attempts to audit the Legislature, is the one defending the wall. She has fought to keep lawmakers exempt from transparency rules, insisted the Legislature can’t be audited without permission, and routinely positioned herself as the final barrier between voters and the truth. Even as she files lawsuit after lawsuit against Trump and appears on MSNBC to boost her national brand, critics say the work that actually matters — auditing Beacon Hill’s spending — keeps getting shoved aside.

Voters agree. Nearly 72% of Massachusetts voters — Democrats, Republicans, and independents — supported giving DiZoglio the power to audit the Legislature. It’s one of the rare issues where the entire political spectrum is united: people want daylight on how Beacon Hill uses their money.

The 100,000 signatures didn’t come from insiders. They came from regular people who are tired of paying the tab while being told they can’t see the receipt. Every signature is a demand to open the books and end the exemption politicians wrote for themselves.

DiZoglio only needs around 75,000 certified signatures — a threshold she blew past with ease. Beacon Hill tried to stop her. Campbell tried to stonewall her. But voters shoved DiZoglio forward anyway.

Campbell can keep guarding the swamp. Beacon Hill can cling to its secrecy. But with 100,000 people behind her, DiZoglio is the one breaking through — and she looks unstoppable.