Last week, we concluded our Good. Better. campaign with the distribution of our final cards and the successful unveiling of our Good. Better. billboard on Dorchester's Gallivan Boulevard. As a city, we have reached a crossroads. We can … [Read more...]
Archives for July 9, 2009
How Do YOU Think We Should Fund Our State?
We all want to live safe, healthy lives. In Massachusetts, public services that we care deeply about - education, public safety, services for the elderly and disabled, and environmental protection, to name just a few - are hurting. For … [Read more...]
Christy – You Must Run As An Independent! Really! – With Poll
The November race would then have Christy, Charley Baker, Tim Cahill, and Deval. Christy would be a player and will get his vote. If Christy stays in Repub race we will never know he is there. And most of his base won't get the chance to … [Read more...]
The Mayor’s Race Is Over
(Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune.) The race for mayor is over. It ended yesterday. There was a narrow window for Sam Yoon or Michael Flaherty to create buzz and emerge as the challenger to Menino. In 2006, a poll swung 27 points between … [Read more...]
Iraq + Afghanistan: Obama’s quagmire?
The nation is understandably focused on the economic collapse. Obama is trying to regain America's international credibility with his trips to Russia and the Muslim world. But the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and the proxy action in … [Read more...]
Stop the presses! Bill Weld endorses Charlie Baker for governor!
Bill Weld offers perhaps the least surprising endorsement of the 2010 election season. Weld added: "I think I'm not taking anything away from any other candidate . . . but I think Charlie Baker is different. People with that much ability … [Read more...]
Bowed but unbroken
They see an administration that has been steadily dismantling a system of care that they fought in the courts for years to improve. Fernald and the other state Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs/MR), with their staffs of … [Read more...]
Prez Murray is still mad. (How long does that last?)
In case you were wondering if Terry Murray was still irritated at the Governor for stealing her fire -- and frankly, for out-performing her in the Reform-Before-Revenue game, check out these two statements. The first is from her office on … [Read more...]