Martha Coakley has earned my respect and admiration over a period of years. She did not decide to enter politics at the top, but has worked as a diligent public servant over a period of years. Martha Coakley was not born a member of … [Read more...]
Archives for October 30, 2009
Deval Serves Beer To A Nine A Year Old – WITH POLL
Unless I am missing something, and I do not think I am, the following is a highly accurate analogy of the Middlesex Fells bag job. You know, Deval's contempt for the sparse yet beautiful conservation land available to his Greater Boston … [Read more...]
Exclusive BMG post-debate poll shows Martha Coakley with 26-point lead in Senate race
Blue Mass Group commissioned the excellent folks at Research 2000 (the same ones who do Daily Kos's polling) to poll likely Democratic voters a couple of days after Monday night's televised debate to see where things stand in the MA Senate … [Read more...]
CWUnbound’s Jonas slams Menino on ed
Commonwealth Magazine is a terrific read for anyone with a taste for state/local wonkery. The general tone, as such, tends to be relatively polite. On its blog, however, Associate Editor Michael Jonas has been critical of Tom Menino's … [Read more...]
House Democrats unveil health insurance reform
Here is the proposal, along with links to summaries and full text. It appears to not only be deficit neutral, but actually reduces costs. … [Read more...]
Our public records quest (Part 2)
The case I'm writing about now goes back to February, when I asked DCAM for records pertaining to the procurement of state contracts to lease community-based residential homes to the Department of Developmental Services. … [Read more...]
Begging for Leadership
So, no I am not getting a vaccine, if fact I think I will swear off western allopathic medicine completely. No I am not worried about my carbon footprint, I am going to cease all efforts endorsed by PC thinking sheeple in the area of … [Read more...]
Sharon Guzik: A Much Needed Progressive Runs for Medford School Committee
This year Medford finally has an opportunity to elect a progressive candidate to its school committee. Since July, Sharon Guzik and her supporters have been walking the breadth of Medford to listen to residents' thoughts on the state … [Read more...]
Questions for readers: how do you use different media on this site?
As technology marches ever onward, we find ourselves able to take advantage of a variety of different media. So I'm wondering what you find most useful, and what you tend to ignore. For example: We've been posting audio of our … [Read more...]
Dennis Kucinich hits the nail on the head
Is it the government of the people or of the corporations, we all know where the GOP lies it's head at night, what about these blue dogs!! … [Read more...]