Much of politics is manipulation of others to achieve goals. So conspiracies abound. They may be between and politician and any group or groups. Often it starts in the media. Often the media is tasked to change the … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
DREAM Now Letters Recap: The CHC Has To Stand With Migrant Youth, Not Against Us
Before all of our efforts move towards securing mostly Republican votes for the DREAM Act in the Senate, however, there is one last set of important supposed "allies" that have yet to voice their support for passing the DREAM Act this year … [Read more...]
A HUGE Thank You to our legislators for ARICA!
INSURANCE At 5:52PM on Thursday July 29th, ARICA was delivered to Governor Patrick's Office for signature. (That's 54 hours and 8 minutes before the end of the legislative session - for those of you who were counting!) We have so much to … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
Onion: "Arizona High Schools To Now Teach Spanish Entirely In English." Daniel Kurtzman: "A lot of security at the wedding, a huge security detail, and that's just to keep Bill from the bridesmaids." -David Letterman "Facebook now has … [Read more...]
UMass: MA economy grew at over twice the national rate last quarter
Globe: The Massachusetts economy expanded at more than double the rate of the national economy during the second quarter of the year, boosted by federal stimulus programs, demand for technology products and the strongest job growth since … [Read more...]
Bill Hudak’s claim that he out-fundraised John Tierney includes $57K of his own money
You remember Bill Hudak - yeah, the kooky lawn-sign guy whose birther-ish comments (since retracted) spooked Scott Brown. He's the Republican running against John Tierney in the 6th congressional district. A week or so ago, Hudak … [Read more...]
The Gov should stand firm against no-bid slot parlors
The Globe reports that the House and Senate have tentatively reached a deal: The deal would authorize three resort casinos and would allow the state's four racetracks to compete for two slot parlor licenses. The deal does not meet Governor … [Read more...]
Legacy
A half a year back, I found myself standing, with a dozen or so of my colleagues in the portrait-flanked reception room leading to the Governor's office. As we awaited an audience with the man himself, our conversation turned to the … [Read more...]
CORI Reform in line for passage
STATE HOUSE/7-29-10 The Crime Bill Conference Committee met today at 3pm to discuss progress on reconciling House and Senate versions of criminal justice reform. Conferees carried an optimistic tone, and said they were confident in … [Read more...]
Stories from the Campaign Trail
HANNA On a hot summer day a few weeks ago, I canvassed a neighborhood in Brockton. I rang the doorbell at this one brick house, and a middle-aged man came to the door holding a cool glass of lemonade in his right hand. As he … [Read more...]
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