With Alan "Lights Out" LeBovidge now pounding the pavement, a door is open to new ideas. Jimmy Tingle weighs in. … [Read more...]
Archives for May 6, 2009
Now that the income estimate is 17.5 Billion rather than 23.5 Billion, we should – with POLL!
Note: by the "most vulnerable" I mean kids in foster care, families torn apart by the welfare or child protective systems, mentally ill folk who cannot keep themselves safe, those who may in fact die if the safety net frays. By … [Read more...]
Porn Star Considering Senate Run Against David Vitter of “DC Madame” Infamy? Oh, the Irony.
Spotted this over on CNN.com. Apparently adult film star Stormy Daniels is thinking about giving Senator David Vitter a run for his money. I particularly enjoyed this bit of insight: Kiran Chetry: You are considering this possible Senate … [Read more...]
Turnpike chief LeBovidge is out
Not exactly a shocker: Turnpike Authority head Alan LeBovidge has resigned, says the Globe. No news yet on a likely replacement. Who is your nominee? (UPDATE: JohnD has this amusing observation on a successor: "The nationwide … [Read more...]
Turnpike director Alan LeBovidge resigns
Globe is reporting that he's gone. I'd like to think it was my diary here last month (when I had reservations at Massimino's) that was the last nail in his coffin but maybe I think too much of myself... In a money-saving move that … [Read more...]
“Catastrophe”
(via Outraged Lib.) That's our budget situation: Catastrophic. Those are the words of the Massachusetts Taxpayer's Association's Mike Widmer in describing the $3 billion revenue shortfall by April. That's compared to … [Read more...]
Maine Approves Same-Sex Marriage!
UPDATE: Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a gay marriage bill passed just hours before by the Maine Legislature. Baldacci made his announcement within an hour of the Maine Senate giving its final approval to LD 1020. The Senate voted … [Read more...]
Jaboby: Liberal bias isn’t killing newspapers
From Jeff Jacoby's column in today's (online) Boston Globe: Newspapers are in extremis not because of their political agenda, but because the world around them has been transformed. The growth of the Internet has left the traditional … [Read more...]