You don't change politics as usual by making the business community your adversary. Playing hardball doesn't mean you blast the business community for not living up to the standards of the community, you work with them and explain how his … [Read more...]
Archives for February 28, 2007
Why dental care = health care
WaPo, via Atrios: Awful story from Maryland:Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday.A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him.If his mother had been insured.If his family had not lost its Medicaid.If Medicaid … [Read more...]
Tools for understanding the budget
Here's to consolidate some things that have been scattered in other threads ...First of all, take five minutes and look at the Governor's video presentation. (Thanks to GoldsteinGoneWild.) As noted, it's rather like a high-school … [Read more...]
Romney Picks Controversial Sheriff To Head Arizona Campaign
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has appointed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as the honorary chair of his Arizona campaign. The controversial sheriff is known for among other things being the first in the world to put … [Read more...]
Ever wonder how unions get started? Most people have no idea.
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the Employee Free Choice Act - the most important legislation in 70 years to ensure workers' freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.Most people have no … [Read more...]
It’s not about individual consumption in an inefficient society
I'm an earth scientist, and these arguments about Gore (or any environmentalist's) personal consumption habits frustrate me. Why reporters always turn to the environmentalist and ask what they are doing in their own lives to reduce their … [Read more...]
Patrick Delivers On Transparent Budget Promise
The new budget website unveiled today lives up to expectations. It is a significant advance over past practice, particularly in clarity of design, and puts a huge amount of information a mouse-click away -- including an Excel dump right on … [Read more...]
Budget OPEN THREAD
It's up. Go to it, y'all.I'm going to make a bold assertion: BMG can contribute a lot to the budget debate, and we can do it in a different way than anyone else. Yes, there are organizations that are experts on the budget, and … [Read more...]
Some budget details — much more to come!
GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICKBUDGET ADDRESSMEMORIAL HALL, MELROSE, MAFebruary 27, 2007AS PREPARED - CHECK AGAINST DELIVERYOn behalf of the Lieutenant Governor and the members of the Cabinet and staff who are here this evening, thanks to all of you … [Read more...]