As you'll recall, Pat Robertson warned the residents of Dover, PA - who recently voted out a school board more interested in indoctrination than education - that they shouldn't expect any help from God if a natural disaster were visited … [Read more...]
Archives for January 5, 2006
Zoning out, Pt. 2: A new study on housing supply
The upshot of the project is really quite simple: The housing market in the greater Boston area suffers from a lack of supply, which has led to skyrocketing real estate prices. The number of new housing permits is quite small compared to, … [Read more...]
More misleading arguments on health care
Massachusetts employers are already doing more to broaden healthcare access than employers in almost any other state.... In 2003,... 66 percent of Massachusetts employers provided health benefits compared with 56 percent … [Read more...]
Silbert’s good start means more work ahead
Just perused the OCPF reports and it's a good start for Andrea Silbert - her message is resonating and her viability is clear in her fundraising total:$410k raised$299k on hand Councilor-attorney-Mayor Tim Murray has had a great month of … [Read more...]
Reilly’s Involvement in Worcester Investigation
As I mentioned in a previous post, AG Thomas Reilly worked to ensure that a young woman's medical records were not released publicly. Originally, I thought this was Reilly taking a stand for privacy rights. In reading the article over again … [Read more...]
Abramoff, Reform, and the Next Step
Democrats, progressives, independents, and disaffected Republicans, have an incredible opportunity in the next nine months. Thanks to the now cliche "culture of corruption" in Washington, D.C., more and more voters are looking for an … [Read more...]
Anne Paulsen will not run for re-election
Rep. Anne Paulsen, a progressive Democrat who represents Belmont and parts of Arlington and Cambridge, has announced that she will not run for re-election this November.I like the last paragraph of the Alewife article:Paulsen made it clear … [Read more...]
Our revolting Governor
It's bad enough that, instead of coming back to work, Mitt Romney decided he'd rather hang out with a bunch of Republican bigwigs on a Georgia hunting trip. Now, it turns out, the quail that Romney et al. blasted to their deaths … [Read more...]
Healey and Reilly on Privacy
First, Healey is supporting New Bedford's plan to begin drug-testing at its public schools, starting at age 11. Healey is backing the New Bedford program and said the city's decision to start drug testing could be a model for other … [Read more...]
Gay Republican: Willard ‘Problematic’
Patrick C. Guerriero, president of the national Log Cabin Republicans, a group of conservative gay political activists, in a recent interview with Gay City News: "Asked whose candidacy would concern him, Guerriero responded, 'My job is work … [Read more...]