Menino filed House 3119 to repeal the 2004 law. This bill, backed by the Municipal Research Bureau (a powerful corporate lobby, not a "city watchdog" as commonly believed), drops the tax cap back to 175% for 2008. This would … [Read more...]
Archives for November 7, 2007
Why Edwards is compelling
John Edwards correctly identifies the original sin of our political culture:The private contractors [e.g. Blackwater] are Exhibit A of the corruption in Washington that Edwards emphasized in the question-and-answer session. For him, … [Read more...]
Fiorentini wins re-election in Haverhill
Jim Fiorentini is a good guy. http://www.eagletrib...<last night Fiorentini praised Rurak for his hard-fought campaign and asked his supporters to get over any animosity they may have toward their opponent, and instead focus their … [Read more...]
Democratic Spine and Mukasey
Source: QCSenators Reid and Durbin indicate that it would be unusual for the Democrats to whip this vote given the Schumer's and Feinstein's votes.The situation then is that three quarters of the Democratic caucus is firm and would be … [Read more...]
enda debate live – watch online now
http://www.c-span.or...Watch the ENDA debate live on CSPAN now! … [Read more...]
Patriot Ledger still Swift Boating Kerry
This is my first post at BMG, so I haven't earned street creds yet, but the latest (Tuesday's)Quincy Patriot Ledger story and my subsenquent WTF moment definitely warrant a post. On Monday the Ledger had an interview with Sen. Kerry, but … [Read more...]
Schumer blasted on NYT’s letters page
Chuck Schumer took a pasting today on the letters page of the New York Times: To the Editor:Senator Charles E. Schumer tries to justify his deeply disappointing vote for Judge Michael B. Mukasey by the use of transparently incomplete … [Read more...]
Fighting to Stop Torture
I'm a cosponsor of Sen. Kennedy's bill that defines a wide variety of specific things as torture, including waterboarding. It's another reminder why I am so proud to be Ted's colleague. But it's also another reminder that those who suggest … [Read more...]
Deval and Da Speaka
Statehouse News Service reports Patrick aides Doug Rubin and Charlotte Golar-Richie held their first meeting Tuesday with two dozen state reps who endorsed Deval early in his campaign. The idea was to find out why the governor's agenda was … [Read more...]
Dems looking good heading into 2008
Jim Ogonowski was supposed to be the beginning of the GOP's surge into 2008. A victory in blue Massachusetts was going to give Republicans a big shot in the arm -- a running start into recapturing at least one house of Congress, and … [Read more...]