PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES UNION AGREEMENTS TO SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, PROTECT KEY SERVICES National Association of Government Employees Units, 1, 3 and 6, and Massachusetts Organization of State Engineer and … [Read more...]
Archives for March 9, 2010
Health Reform: What Massachusetts Really Thinks
Community Catalyst:Massachusetts Patients, Doctors, Small Businesses and Scott Brown Supporters Call for National Health Care Reform in New Video BOSTON - Massachusetts patients, doctors, representatives of small business and labor, … [Read more...]
A Blue Hampshire scoop
Blue Hampshire breaks a story about a tax break gone sour, and the slime behind shoddy body armor. This cautionary story is worth reading. Thank you Blue Hampshire for the heads up. Thanks to the Jacksonville Times Union … [Read more...]
“You’re kidding, right?”
The lawsuit says that if the state had used a different design that uses pipe-style posts, the railings would be less treacherous. Pipe-style posts are used elsewhere, such as in the Sumner and Callahan tunnels. That design was considered … [Read more...]
LG Responds to Baker’s Dishonesty, Addresses Call from Erica
“Did Charlie Baker take a pay cut? Did Charlie Baker take a furlough? Has he asked his management team to do more with less? And yet he’s castigating public employees who have in fact given to help us get through this … [Read more...]
Bad News On Mass Jobs
The Crittenden Women's Union released their new MassFESS budgets/calculations. This is very readable economic analysis. http://www.liveworkthrive.org/... This includes the Hot Jobs report where they list jobs which pay people enough to … [Read more...]
BMG Sweet(er) 16
March Madness is again upon us. Let's name the BMG Sweet 16! Apologies in advance for misclassifications, errors, and omissions. Off top of my head. Criteria: Quality 70%, Quantity 30% (else we wouldn't have much to … [Read more...]
How do you say “putz” in wingnut?
Why do I ask, you might wonder? Well, here's the first line of Michael Graham's Herald column on Mitt Romney and his health care problem: How do you say "chutzpah" in Mormon? Hmm. I didn't realize "Mormon" was a language. … [Read more...]
Replacing Brown with a Progressive Dem… in the State House
On the show, we obviously hit on health care policy, but we also breached many subjects to make sure he's not just a one-issue candidate. He talked about state house transparency, suggesting open meeting laws would cure a lot of problems. … [Read more...]
Detroit plan to reclaim farmland
Several other declining industrial cities, such as Youngstown, Ohio, have also accepted downsizing. Since 2005, Youngstown has been tearing down a few hundred houses a year. But Detroit's plans dwarf that effort. The approximately 40 square … [Read more...]