Mark you calendar. Tom Reilly may have figured out how to truly kill his candidacy. As if the pile on evidence wasn't enough; lack of charisma, Patrick cleaning his clock in the upcoming caucuses, Conti, lack of charisma, AG … [Read more...]
Archives for January 25, 2006
Tom Finneran: A helpful kind of guy (with poll!)
On Greater Boston tonight, former Speaker of the MA House and now lobbyist for the Massachusetts Biotech Council Tom Finneran said he sees lobbying as an "honorable profession", providing "information" for elected officials who really want … [Read more...]
Religious charities and financial disclosures
I suppose if the State were to impose separation (as in by stripping the no-tax status of churches who make political statements to obviously sway the voting public), that would be meddling. I don't know what the right answer is, but … [Read more...]
Joe Trippi endorses John Bonifaz
Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's campaign and became a netroots celebrity in the process, posted this afternoon on Daily Kos endorsing John Bonifaz for Secretary of State of Massachusetts:I wanted to take a second to point out a really … [Read more...]
Friendly’s is cruel: GBIO responds
Massachusetts' own Friendly's has decided to cut off health coverage to 454 workers: For all costs over $2000, the workers are completely out of luck. Horrible.Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, one of the major groups in the … [Read more...]
Open Document, Insert Foot: Explosive interview with former MA CIO Peter Quinn
We've been following with interest the story of former MA Chief Information Officer Peter Quinn, who was the point man behind the Commonwealth's attempt to liberate itself from Microsoft's monopoly by implementing "open" standards on … [Read more...]
Shake-up in light of Lees’ retirement
The retirement of Senate minority leader Brian Lees (R-E. Longmeadow) seems likely to lead to quite the free-for-all in that part of the state. From the Springfield Republican:Rep. Gale D. Candaras said yesterday she will run for the … [Read more...]
Stop the presses! Mitt Romney has a good idea!
Today's Globe reports that Mitt Romney is proposing revamping the formula that governs how much education money communities receive from the state. Instead of just looking at property values, the proposal is to start considering … [Read more...]
Ameriquest, day 3
Still not going away. Today's Herald has a story proclaiming that Tom Reilly accepted campaign contributions from employees of a Beacon Hill lobbying firm, one of whose clients is Ameriquest.Color me not shocked. It seems highly … [Read more...]