Environmental remediation is called for because the Big Dig, by increasing traffic, has many adverse environmental effects. So CLF went to court and got legally binding commitments for the Silver Line, the Green Line extension, and the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 17, 2008
Patrick Fails to Fill Appointed Posts
One Beacon Hill source told me recently that when it came to filling appointed positions,the Patrick Administration was worse than the Romney position. These aren't paid positions mind you, just political appointments to various boards that … [Read more...]
Gas tax and (smart) toll hike
Set aside the virtuous reasons for a gas tax hike. We need a gas tax hike because we can't afford to build and maintain our transportation infrastructure. If cars and trucks need more and better roads and bridges, then it should fall more … [Read more...]
Eliot Spitzer on How to Ground The Street
Eliot Spitzer has a nice article in Washington Post on what is wrong with the "free market" approach and how it could be fixed. … [Read more...]
Boston Election Results – neighborhood details
Turnout Summary Citywide voter turnout in presidential elections has increased significantly in the last 8 years, from 188K in 2000 to 203K in 2004 to 234K in 2008. The biggest increases are in non-white / liberal-voting neighborhoods … [Read more...]
Keller spews liberal media meme on Beat the Press
If people saw Beat the Press this past Friday, John Keller repeated the oft stated meme of the liberal bias in media. Yet not one other guest countered this statement. Why? A few minutes later, one guest (it might have been Dan Kennedy?) … [Read more...]
I’ve Been Offered a Job By My Old Friend Obama. But…. WITH POLL
....that fascist like questioner crossed the line with "please list all aliases or 'handles' you have used to communicate on the Internet." … [Read more...]
What Detroit’s own newspapers have to say about bailing out the big three, with links.
Here are some good articles to start with: "Could Bankruptcy Judges save Detroit - or your house?" http://www.freep.com/article/2... "Shared Sacrifice is the way to sell auto bailout" http://m.freep.com/news.jsp?ke... "Further Give Backs … [Read more...]
Meh
Oh...lest anyone think this is irrelevant and OT for this weighty blog, you know better, and you know who you are. The word has even risen to the rank of Poll Option No. 3. But I think the lexicographers might have missed a … [Read more...]