Taxes: "I suport the income tax rollback to 5.0 but it needs to be done responsibly. Not tomorrow, in an election year. Not just by saying we'll do it tomorrow. We have to have a plan. The voters did vote for it. I think if you're going to … [Read more...]
Archives for June 25, 2006
“Voting Card Turns up”
Were they cleaning the town clerkâs office in Jamaica Plain and surprise, found Bonifazâs card behind a filing cabinet? Was it misplaced in the âGsâ near Galvin? Did it slip out of an old book of poetry? Ms. Estes, the real story … [Read more...]
Traitor Budweiser
Budweiser, the beer that presents itself as part of our national heritage, is running a series of anti-U.S. ads in Europe during the World Cup.The spots present Americans as idiots. "We've come all the way from the U.S. of A. to the quaint … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick’s (Not So) Secret Weapon
In today's Boston Globe there is a fine article on Diane Patrick. The article has the usual background information about where she grew up and how she met Deval, but there is one comment that I believe serves as a mission statement … [Read more...]
Mass. GOP once again throws in the towel on down-ballot races
Well, not exactly. But here's today's Herald:The state GOP is giving its candidates a secret weapon in their quest to win elections this fall: Peter Blute. The state Republican Party has hired Blute, the former U.S. congressman … [Read more...]
Reilly consistent on cops and illegals
In his post below this one, commenter FrankSkeffington claims that the Globe left a false impression that Tom Reilly has been inconsistent on the question of whether state police should be used to enforce immigration laws. Although the … [Read more...]