The Mass Opportunity Alliance, a recently formed business group, is not-so-subtly floating the idea (scroll down past its UI blast) of a Massachusetts version of President Trump’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), saying its recent survey of state residents showed strong support for an “advisory commission that would recommend bureaucratic reforms and cost saving strategies for the state government.” … Next up: Maybe a statewide ballot push for such an agency? … You can definitely feel it in the political air: growing frustration with state and local government tax-and-spend policies in Massachusetts. Some evidence of this: Rob Gavin’s recent Globe Trendlines criticism of the state’s high cost of living — and government’s seeming obliviousness to its role in those high costs. … Then there’s Jon Keller, who sweet talks in circles till he gets to the point: Gov. Healey’s ‘candy tax’ idea is leaving a sour taste in the mouths of a lot of people. His ominous warning: “Budget implosion and its tax-hike antidote has been political poison here for years, and Healey seems unlikely to be immune.” …

So to answer the question in the above headline: Something’s definitely stirring out there, a local frustration with high taxes and costs in Massachusetts, and so, yes, I think voters are ready for a BOGE-like approach to problems. … Btw: the Mass Opportunity Alliance item is via Scott Van Voorhis’s excellent Contrarian Boston. And here’s more on the alliance’s September launch via the Globe.