As I've already noted, there are two questions to be answered regarding DiMasi's invocation of Article 21 as a basis for not turning over records to the State Ethics Commission: Does Article 21 apply to the records at issue? And, if … [Read more...]
Archives for November 12, 2008
“Blogger Kravitz Calls out DiMasi”
Hat tip to alert contributor Farnkoff for pointing me to the video of David's latest bravura performance, tonight on NECN with Jim Braude (wretched Soapblox won't embed the clip). It suddenly strikes me that representatives of the Speaker, … [Read more...]
Hope you didn’t give up on Alaska
Sarah Palin's home state is moving closer to electing a Democratic Senator (from the source): Begich, Mark DEM 125019 47.24% Bird, Bob AI 10913 4.12% Gianoutsos, Ted NA 1076 0.41% Haase, Fredrick D. LIB 1961 0.74% Stevens, Ted … [Read more...]
D’Oh! An Element of Team Obama That Isn’t Perfect …
A rare example of something Obama-related that hasn't been handled with exemplary professionalism: the home page of his Senate website needs a bit of updating. This just goes to show, by contrast, how superbly run his campaign has been. … [Read more...]
The New Hampshire State Senate Has A Female Majority. Why doesn’t Massachusetts’s?
As an fairly liberal at-home Dad with teenage daughters, I wonder/worry about this. The only legislative body with a female majority, and it's in New Hampshire. Not liberal Massachusetts. Why are we still so male in our elected … [Read more...]
Time to ReConsider 0.5% for the Kids and Sovle our Local Budget Crisis
Jump Out the Window? (+) by: SmallTownGuy Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 18:41:07 PM EST A few months ago I posted "0.5% for the Kids -Lets Make Overrides History" http://bluemassgroup.com/s... . (I just posed this to a reply to … [Read more...]
I’m Back!
Ta Da … [Read more...]
Obama Election Night Photos: Just him, Michelle, kids
Folks, I'm not sure there's a whole post worth of stuff to say: Just these 1,000 words (x 20) … [Read more...]
BMGer for GOP Chair!
It is pretty obvious that the MA GOP is struggling. We have a deep bench here. Are we not our brother's keeper? Are we not our sister's keeper? Therefore, I hereby submit a request for nominations for the BMG candidate for state GOP Chair. … [Read more...]
A Call to Action – Protest Prop. 8 on Saturday – Massachusetts Edition
While celebrations erupted Tuesday night, Nov. 4th, over the election of the first African American president, many also watched in sadness as California, Arizona, and Florida voted down marriage equality for LGBT people. Since then, tens … [Read more...]