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Archives for January 13, 2009
$1.6M the State could have used for good purposes.
Yes, more great news about both our honorable state politicians AND the state deficit problems. In summary, the state has been taking out less money from the Legislature's paycheck for Medicare Tax for the last 20 years and the State of MA … [Read more...]
Dorchester woman sentenced to two years in mortgage scam
Finally a story about somebody who was breaking the law in his mortgage crisis going to jail. The bad news is this woman is only one of possible hundreds of other mortgage brokers who acted as Mortgage "law" breakers. I can only hope that … [Read more...]
People-powered Incumbents and the Internet
David asked Governor Patrick about advice for Obama on the subject of civic engagement during our chat last week. "Don't repeat our mistakes," the Gov. replied. A gap, he said, had opened between his team and the grassroots after his … [Read more...]
High Tech Gadgets: Low Tech Crime
Fellow BMGers: We all have our stories, but I thought this was worth sharing: This was emailed to me by a friend. Please read and be alert! Subject: GPS and MOBILE PHONE - PLEASE READ !!! This gives us something to think about with all … [Read more...]
Shame on Martha Coakley – Menino/Yoon/Flaherty/ – Cahill – Coach Jags
Today's Globe details Martha's fall from grace. At Vitales's arraignment yesterday the A.G. tried to file an "18-page summary of the case". Martha tried to do this last week. Three days before the Mass house re-elected sal DiMasi. A … [Read more...]
Connecting the dots
Sound familiar? We all want and deserve to live healthy, happy lives, and there are some things that we must work on together because we just can't do them on our own - clean water, safe roads, reliable emergency services. Sometimes, … [Read more...]
NO GAS TAX INCREASES UNLESS OVERSIGHT IS GUARANTEED AND WE KNOW WHERE PREVIOUS MONIES WENT
Gas Taxes, Turnpike and Tunnel Tolls expansions should be taken off the table and not even be considered upfront. The time has come for Massachusetts to establish a new WARD Type Commission such as established during the Boston Government … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick puts the gas tax on the front burner
Governor Patrick did an on-line chat with Boston.com readers yesterday, in which he pretty much dropped a bombshell: [Comment From Stephen DiCiaccio] Good Day Governor Would you be willing to raise the gas tax as opposed to raising tolls? I … [Read more...]
ACLU sues to stop U.S. government from imposing Catholic views
Since 2006, HHS has used the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) as a sub-grantor for services to help human trafficking victims, paid for with taxpayer dollars. As our news release explains: Through the Trafficking … [Read more...]