During the campaign, Governor Patrick proposed "School Merit Pay."Down in NYC, they're actually launching it. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Randi … [Read more...]
Archives for October 17, 2007
More MA-05: what about the Dems who voted in the primary but didn’t vote for Niki yesterday?
As David Bernstein points out, there were some Democratic voters who showed up for the primary, but who either stayed home or jumped ship for the general. The total number of votes in the Democratic primary was 55,517. But … [Read more...]
Learning from Niki and the Og
Tag Ends: For the record, the final included three also-ran politicians. The report in the Lowell Sun ranked them at 2%, 1% and about 0%, for independents Patrick Murphy and Kurt Hayes, and Constitution Party Kevin Thompson.On the … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick to endorse Obama
The Globe is reporting that Patrick will come out and endorse Obama for president, and that the two talked on the phone today.This is surprising to me, and at the same time, not at all. Although, I was expecting Patrick to come out in … [Read more...]
Guilty Corporations Fund Hypocritical Anti-Migrant Politicians
As politicians continue to use migrants for their own political purposes, a pattern is emerging. Migrants are bearing the brunt of their political posturing, while the people that hire and benefit from them go without … [Read more...]
4th Middlesex: Is there still a lottery aid cap? (with poll)
Dunster has previously posted about some curious items in a Charley Murphy mailing. Looking at the issues page of Charley's website, Charley says: As your State Senator I pledge to: * Lift the lottery cap and ensure adequate … [Read more...]
What is a tribe?
This may particularly interest those of you focused on the recent casino gambling vote. The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reminds us that on this day in 1978, a trial began on Cape Cod to determine whether the Mashpee Indians … [Read more...]
7,968 Unique Readers Yesterday
Of which 6,400 were first-time visitors. There were 25,112 page loads. Our second-busiest day of the year so far. Previous records were 6,849 unique readers on 14 June, 7,396 on 11 February, and 8,389 on 2 January (vote against marriage).In … [Read more...]
Purple 5th
In the spirit of various Purple America maps that followed the 2000 and 2004 elections I have created a Purple 5th map that shows the towns of the fifth district in various shades:Sorry the town names are hard to read. … [Read more...]
Eileen Donoghue Running as Independent Against Tsongas – Also – Howie Carr and Media Bloggers
Attn. Eileen Donoghue: Start your campaign against Tsongas right now. You won Lowell with 70% of the vote. You can beat her next year. One year does not give her great seniority and she will be busy in Washington.You can be all over … [Read more...]