How could poor Mitt have known that the web site that he launched a successful governors campaign in 2002 could come back to bite him in the arse. Everything was scrubbed? If you type www.romneyhealey.com in any address bar, you … [Read more...]
Archives for April 26, 2007
Action item: call the DNC and RNC to support free rebroadcast of debates
LETTER TO DNC Chairman Howard DeanDemocratic National Committee430 S. Capitol St. SEWashington, DC 20003(202) 863-8000Chairman Dean:We are writing to request that the Democratic National Committee help usher in the next stage of the … [Read more...]
Pat Jehlen budget-show preview
Jehlen is extremely doubtful about the prospects of DiMasi's more coercive proposal to force municipal unions into the state insurance system, saving many millions of dollars for municipalities. I'm kind of surprised to hear that, but … [Read more...]
Kentucky holds a summit on child welfare law – why don’t we?
The Chief Justice of the Kentucky Juvenile Court System goes on to say:The changes, which will take effect immediately, coincided with the announcement of an initiative by Lambert to improve Kentucky's courts and child welfare system.The … [Read more...]
BostonNOW: A learning curve for politics.
Or maybe it's a learning curl ... A reader points out the following hilarity, from the new kid on the block, BostonNOW:So guys, Devaney's not an "aide" to the Governor, nor is she really his "councilor", although she does confusingly sit on … [Read more...]
Dems Debate: Richardson Takes It
I'm not going to go into detail at the moment and hopefully I will have time to later but I just wanted to get it out there (and I'm still watching). Bill Richardson's answers have by far been the most specific, thoughtful and based in … [Read more...]
Who Ordered Tillman’s Uniform and Notebook Burned?
Also, just in case you missed it, here is a concise recap from The Belfast Telegraph: THE JESSICA LYNCH STORYThe fictionLynch, then a 19-year-old army private, resisted heroically when her supply unit was ambushed near Nasiriyah on 23 March … [Read more...]
Sal Dimasi owes us $15,400/year
Will the hackery never stop in Massachusetts? Is the state government really nothing more than a machine to generate payments for friends of well-connected legislators? Andrea Estes reports today in the Globe:The state retirement board … [Read more...]
National Constitutional Convention push now underway
For every dollar that Massachusetts pays in federal taxes, it only gets back 77 cents in federal spending(source:Tax Foundation)----and we won't even get into unfunded federal mandates!! Given this and other factors, an effort is now … [Read more...]
She’s First Lady
Diane Patrick is our First Lady here in Massachusetts. Watch out! She is back on the "job", in good form, and not likely to take any gruff from trouble makers, i.e., rude reporters that don't know where to draw the line. … [Read more...]