Here is the story: http://www.boston.com/news/loc... Once again, history of suicide attempts. History of mental health problems. Dead - and with over crowding, cuts in prison mental health, cuts in staffing, cuts in mental … [Read more...]
Archives for July 28, 2009
JP Progressives Host Mayoral/At-Large City Council Candidates Forum
Each candidate will have 20 minutes to introduce themselves to the audience and answer questions. JPP Progressives members will be asking the candidates questions based on their answers to the Voter Guide Questionnaire. We'll also try to … [Read more...]
Labor Violations, Bogus Standards in WalMarts Chinese Supplier Factories – via China Labor Watch
This is merely the latest, and one of the most grievous, examples of Wal-Mart saying one thing and doing another, in their long running anti-labor track record. Americans cannot continue to support the world's largest retailer while … [Read more...]
“Southern Strategy Eating GOP Alive” – update
A quick update to my post of two weeks ago: Call it the monster that ate its creator. The G.O.P.'s southern strategy (Wikipedia: "[A] Republican method of winning Southern states in the latter decades of the 20th century and first decade of … [Read more...]
We’re Not Alone How Other U.S. States Are Dealing with Deficits
Reading through the reforms, I was struck by the number of options being proposed by both legislators and governors, and by the effort that folks nationwide are putting into supporting their own states and local communities. It obviously … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker’s inaugural video, complete with fake scenery
Here it is. Drop your thoughts and criticisms in the comments. My first: the hands crossed in front of the chest is a bad idea. By the way, this whole bucolic scene of Baker outside on a pleasant pedestrian mall is a … [Read more...]
It has been eleven days – – –
- - since Republican Charles Baker first said he's running for governor. And it has been eleven days since he has refused to answer five basic questions about his deep involvement with the troubled Big Dig when he was our state's … [Read more...]
Senators’ Public Option Petition
Channel Two has a cash flow problem of their own making.
Boston Globe reporter Megan Woolhouse reports that Channel Two is about to bring the hatchet down in light of budget shortfalls. Alert to the brain trust at Channel Two. I'm here channel surfing as I blog - quite the multi tasker … [Read more...]
Healthcare and race come together
In this story by the CDC comments on how Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites... So, even though I am technically obese, I have been supportive of … [Read more...]