I respectfully ask for you vote as an Obama PLEO delegate and for your vote for each official slate member. I have worked hard for the Obama campaign - I am on the New England Steering Committee, and I have raised and donated money and … [Read more...]
Archives for May 4, 2008
Chest Pains, anyone?
Chest Pains, anyone? The emerging mantra that "health insurance is not health care" is a useful one, as mantra's go. It prompted me to reflect on actual access to health care in my small town 25 miles from Boston. When we moved here in the … [Read more...]
Speakers come and go.
Professional lobbyists, and especially those working on what the BMG community would characterize as progressive causes, know that Speakers come and go. And for that matter so do Senate Presidents and Governors. And many of us have reasons … [Read more...]
Gas-Tax Holiday Roundly Rejected: “The dumbest thing I’ve heard in a long time”
Mayor Bloomberg: "It's about the dumbest thing I've heard in an awful long time, from an economic point of view," Bloomberg told reporters at City Hall. "We're trying to discourage people from driving and we're trying to end our energy … [Read more...]
Threats in the House; DeLeo on record wanting Speakership
Matt Viser picks up on the story Casey alluded to yesterday (hooray for the two-paper town!), about Rep. Jennifer Callahan being threatened by an unnamed supporter of Bob DeLeo's now-public candidacy for Speaker. It must have been … [Read more...]
Rep. Jennifer Callahan threatened by another legislator on Beacon Hill
I'm surprised that I haven't seen this post yet... State Representative Jennifer Callahan brought the House proceedings to a hault on Thursday after Sal DiMasi called a recess after comments Callhan made on the House floor. Those comments … [Read more...]
Defective gene Pool
S 1858 The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act has passed. Well how could one object to the saving of lives. It starts a legal precendent, it collects DNA and sets up another database. The BU bioloab might be scary but this should … [Read more...]
Horse Racing = Dog Fighting = Blood Sport?
We used to have legal blood sports in Massachusetts: cock fights to the death, bear baiting (in which a chained bear was torn apart by relays of dogs), even dog fights to the death. We've moved beyond that. Perhaps because psychology … [Read more...]