Thanks to UHub, we welcome the Big Dig Debacle blog, which has some historical comparisons for the bolts that never got inspected:* A rudder that was too small for the Titanic and the main turbine couldn't properly reverse* An improperly … [Read more...]
Archives for July 17, 2006
Reilly’s first TV ads are up
Somehow Kim Atkins managed to find Tom Reilly's new TV ads on his website. I've looked a couple of times for the link to them from the Reilly homepage and still can't find them. Tip to Reilly campaign central: if you want people … [Read more...]
Blackboard post
This post exists solely to provide a space for comments that don't fit into other threads. The only rule is that you must make it creative and interesting. So no hackneyed stumping for one of the Dem candidates or attacking … [Read more...]
Ingles opcional
Tim appeared in an article July 16th in the Globe forâ¦!oyva! reaching out to Spanish-speaking voters. Tim aparecio en un articulo el 16 de Julio en el Globe por haber lanzado a los votantes hispanohablantes. It's not just during … [Read more...]
Good, Fast, Cheap – Shame, Shame, Shame…
The real "law" is that project managers must BALANCE good, fast, and cheap and stakeholder needs and expectations. When the balance is lost, project stakeholders suffer.Think of the good/fast/cheap placed at the three vertices of an … [Read more...]
Gabrieli part of the VLWC
... the budding Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy, that is :An alliance of nearly a hundred of the nation's wealthiest donors is roiling Democratic political circles, directing more than $50 million in the past nine months to liberal think tanks … [Read more...]
Iraq War Cost to Mass. Tops $8.5 Billion
According to the Iraq War Cost Counter maintained by the National Priorities Project, Massachusetts' share of the cost of the war in Iraq has topped $8.5 billion. Not to mention our dead and wounded, the thousands of National Guard … [Read more...]
The last resort: Doing it right
So we've been talking a lot about taxes, politics, and public investment here. It might be interesting to bring up the case of Mark Warner, former Dem governor of Virginia who pushed through a tax increase to invest in public … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
One of our biggest weeks ever, due no doubt to the confluence of the Constitutional Convention and the disaster in the Big Dig tunnel. Thursday, the day after the ConCon, was our third-biggest day ever. … [Read more...]
Healey’s first TV ad
Kerry Healey has posted her first TV ad on her website. Here's my do-it-yourself transcript:Woman's voice: It's the big squeeze. Taxes go up every year. Gas prices through the roof. The legislature wastes more and … [Read more...]