What is particularly disheartening about the current DEIR document is that it proposes to extend the Green Line only as far as College Avenue by 2014; the terminus at Route 16 would then be considered at some indefinite time in the future, … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2, 2010
Unemployment remains the #1 problem for the economy
Unemployment by state tells the story. Having the stock market go up, while employment remains the worst it has been in 29 years should be setting off alarm bells, not celebrations. The fact that Tata Tata enterprises is being … [Read more...]
IG: Void Gloucester School Charter
In February, the board approved the Gloucester Community Arts Charter School, for grades 4-7, on Commissioner Mitchell Chester's recommendation. Gloucester officials opposed the school, saying it would drain resources to benefit an elite … [Read more...]
Have you seen the Globe tomorrow?
I have a piece about Deval Patrick's reelection bid in the Sunday magazine, which is available online now. Here's my bottom line: If Deval Patrick goes out into the communities, explains what he has achieved and how those successes … [Read more...]
Saturday Night Movie Shorts
Sen Ben Nelson pressuring State AGs to drop threat of lawsuit on Senate Healthcre bill.
Story and here too for people who don't trust FOX.. In a phone call Thursday, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., urged South Carolina Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster, the head of a group of 13 GOP state attorneys general who are … [Read more...]
Politicians are too Responsive to What Corporations Want
"I think that both the left and right are finding that our politicians in Washington, DC are much too responsive to what the corporations want these days (...and I'll actually take issue with what Catherine said just a little bit because … [Read more...]
Handing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae the Government’s ATM Card
Well, I and many others missed it because the story was released on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas, Fannie and Freddie; what a nice Christmas present from the taxpayers. http://www.boston.com/business... Given the economic events of … [Read more...]