Last month Paul Pechonis of Northboro supplied Ms. Jean with a video which shows a contingent of State Troopers (mostly plain clothed) placing him under arrest inside his house. He was charged with one count of threatening to commit a crime … [Read more...]
Archives for February 15, 2006
Other Gabrieli thoughts
Menino, Trav, Dimasi and the other Democratic power brokers aligned behind Reilly because he was the favorite and had a ton of money. As many know, an elected candidate rewards his supporters with access and appointments. At the … [Read more...]
Barrios staffer caught up in computer break-in
What a peculiar story this is. Apparently, one of Jarrett Barrios's Senate staffers, along with a lobbyist and another unidentified person,brushed past [Sen. Richard Moore's] receptionist and sat down at his chief of staff's computer … [Read more...]
Is Figure Skating a Real Sport
After a long-drawn out debate between David and me, and a few others, over the nature of sports I have decided to take the community's pulse on this burning issue. (Click on Discuss to take the poll). To the Massachusetts youth who may be … [Read more...]
Democrats Push Bill That Would Bar Third Parties in Races for Congress
The Green Party just put out a press release regarding a bill currently floating around the U.S. House of Representatives.One can debate how much of a factor third parties have been or will be in American politics, but I have to stand with … [Read more...]
Will Labor Take a Different Approach to the Governor’s Race?
The Boston Globe recently described how Massachusetts union officials can't agree on which gubernatorial candidate to support ("State labor unions fault records of Reilly, Patrick," Feb. 13, 2006 … [Read more...]
Mihos website is live
The "Christy Mihos for Governor" website is live: www.christy2006.com. There's not much up there yet - just a long-winded message from Mihos spouting generalities about why he's running - but he does promise to post some of the "many … [Read more...]
Blute for senate?
I heard a rumor Peter Blute is thinking about running for TK's seat? Any teeht to this one? … [Read more...]
A health care compromise
OK, here's how to pass a health care bill.1. Individual mandate: kill it. It's philosophically objectionable, logistically unmanageable, and won't do that much good. Plus, as Charley points out, people don't like it.2. Employer … [Read more...]