A reader over at HalfTermSenator.org had this interesting (and more concerning) take on the @CrazyKhazei debacle. This is about more than just dirty campaign tactics, it's about dangerous behavior and examples. Cross-posted with the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Once again, we’re waiting for the administration’s cost records
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) It has been more than a month since we asked Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby for public records detailing the costs of specified services in a particular group home program for … [Read more...]
MARIJUANA -tax it and legalize it
Making marijuana illegal enriches drug dealers, ads expense to our legal system and has proven to be fruitless policy. Here is a good website to help take action http://www.mpp.org/states/massachusetts/ … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Gov tours hurricane damage – Moody’s likes Vegas companies’ chances in MA – Obama uncle arrested
IRENE: Gov. Deval Patrick was out and about yesterday touring areas damaged by hurricane Irene (WWLP, ABC40, Republican). But he wasn't out and about enough on Sunday for some (AP). PI likes his snazzy disaster vest. CASINO PUN: Moody's … [Read more...]
Predatory Gambling Bill Undressed
Let's bring Governor Patrick's, Speaker DeLeo's and Senate President Murray's predatory gambling bill out from behind the closed-doors of the "power brokers" on Beacon Hill, where a horrific precedent has been staged, out into the light of … [Read more...]
Unemployment in Perspective
In The Wall Street Journal, David Wessel puts the number of unemployed in perspective: There are more unemployed people in the U.S. than there are people in the state of Illinois, the fifth largest state. In fact there, there are more … [Read more...]
Spare Change News editorial: Senators, You’re No Ted Kennedy
Senators, You're No Ted Kennedy When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appointed John Kerry to the so-called “super committee” charged with cutting more than $1 trillion from the federal deficit over 10 years, we couldn’t help but wonder … [Read more...]
How to be a grown-up, and how not to
Alan Khazei has been in the news a lot lately. Some of it, of course, had to do with Eric Fehrnstrom's ill-fated CrazyKhazei Twitter account - more on that in a sec. But some of it was less flattering: a revelation that Khazei had hired … [Read more...]
Kerrigan’s Stunning Upset – Results of MaSen Madness Round One
The results of the first round of MaSen madness are in. From a social media perspective, you have to see Steve Kerrigan's win over Marty Meehan as significant. The mention on BMG and a couple of plugs on facebook made him an upset … [Read more...]
Western Mass is Going to Need Help – The 100 Year Flood
I'm not sure if this is making much of a media impression in Boston, but several towns in Western Mass and Southern Vermont have been totally devastated by the flooding from Hurricane Irene. The towns of Shelburne Falls and Charlemont along … [Read more...]
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