My fellow NPR junkies may have heard this piece that ran Friday and Saturday, about the city of Cambridge's new program to encourage homeowners and businesses to retrofit their properties to become more energy efficient: … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2008
The Globe’s big ticket item
Oh, my: The 2007 Red Sox season was just underway when a group of professional ticket brokers held an unusual meeting in a private room at the Baseball Tavern, the storied bar in the shadows of Fenway Park. The main item on their agenda: … [Read more...]
Tierney, Markey, Tsongas: Stand and Count !!!!!
DNC brain trust will be meeting very soon in DC to slice and dice the Florida vote...reports hint that they will seat only half the delegates or divide the delegates evenly between the candidates. Neither option is acceptable or consistent … [Read more...]
Governmental bodies are required to keep accurate written minutes of all of their meetings.
ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERTATE QVIETEM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F... http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Flag_of_Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records … [Read more...]
“Gas Tax Holiday”: Clinton is going backwards on Climate Change Policy
What is going on? It feels like Clinton is giving in to the notion that in order to win the midwest we have to ease their pocketbooks. That's a perfectly respectable goal. But in economics you want to tax things that you want to … [Read more...]
Poll – are YOU civic engaged – or NOT?
I figure the questions needs to be asked. After all, if "you" are silent and are not informed, you will be out-voiced by others who are not silent and are involved. That does not make your legislators "venal" but there is an old, … [Read more...]
We are *so* dense.
You know, we're pretty good at bringing people together in the Boston area ... particularly as compared to Atlanta: A 2003 World Bank study comparing various cities in the United States illustrated the dramatic difference a bit of … [Read more...]
Time for Criminal Sentencing Reform
The Boston Globe was kind enough to publish an op ed piece by me this morning, Fixing our criminal sentencing system. I hope that we can keep discussion focused on sentencing reform at the State House this term. Everything BMG folks could … [Read more...]
Sciortino has an opponent
http://somervillenews.typepad.... His opponent is saying that he is running because Carl is an "elitist" A new trend? Disclosure: I'm a Sciortino supporter, and plan to work on his campaign … [Read more...]
Mass Pike: Nation’s Longest Speed Trap?
Today's Boston Herald has a story that claims the Mass Pike is aggressively ticketing speeders to generate revenue. The Massachusetts Turnpike has turned into the nation's longest speed trap as state troopers, freed from their Big Dig … [Read more...]
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