CNN is reporting that Wisconsin passed Walker's union busting legislation without a single Democratic vote tonight The Republicans were able to do this by stripping out the budget provisions. The sharp restrictions on collective … [Read more...]
Archives for March 9, 2011
RIP, David Broder
Well, somebody should say it. … [Read more...]
Stimulus funds net Wayland Teachers a $1250 lump sum payment
As you can see from the table below, Wayland got $244,512. They have 195 teachers as measured by Full Time Equivalents (FTE's). The link to the actual Mass.gov spreadsheet is here. The tab is aid436 and the cell is Cell 329:BE. … [Read more...]
Bob Massie Calls on Scott Brown to Repudiate David Koch
A recent video reported in The Boston Globe shows Scott Brown thanking billionaire right-wing radical David Koch for critical 2010 campaign donations and asking for more support in 2012. David Koch and his brother Charles are infamous for … [Read more...]
BMG 3.0 update
As we have previously announced, in the reasonably near future Blue Mass Group will transition from the Soapblox platform to a customized WordPress platform. We've opened the new platform for you to play around with, and we encourage … [Read more...]
Mad Men Make Online Pitch for High Speed Rail
"But, honestly, I think you can relax on this whole thing. I read that in 40 years, gas is going to be almost a dollar a gallon," he adds. The video comes at a time when high-speed rail debate is heating up throughout the … [Read more...]
Connecting the Dots: GIC, Blue Cross, and the big picture
My town has been trying to negotiate the GIC for the past two years. At one time every union but one had signed on to the idea, but that was not good enough under the law. The result of this stalemate is that we have sent about $4 million … [Read more...]
On Being A Titan, Part One, Or, See It, Say It, Sue It
We have tomorrow Bright before us Like a flame. Yesterday, a night-gone thing A sun-down name. And dawn today Broad arch above the road we came. We march! --From "The New Negro", by Alain Locke So here's the deal, as it sits today: for a … [Read more...]
1st Post Follow-Up
A final thought that I have skipped over is the fact that due to my commitments between work and being a full-time student I have decided not to include or base my posts on the studies, or reports that I read either from the government … [Read more...]