When it comes to education, Stand for Children has more in common with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's putsch to eliminate collective bargaining than it does with children. The organization began as a grassroots organization and continues … [Read more...]
Archives for January 5, 2012
A Ceiling, a Crackup and the End of a Dream?
It's an interesting fact that Mitt Romney, after outspending both Ron Paul and Rick Santorum and the rest of the Republican field by millions of dollars, can't seem to break out above a ceiling of around a quarter of the conservative base. … [Read more...]
Stand for Children: Lawmakers have chance to ensure schools promote and recognize teachers based on performance, not just seniority
Yesterday, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin transmitted to the state legislature An Act to Promote Excellence in Public Schools. The proposed initiative, if passed, would make necessary changes to state law to ensure every … [Read more...]
Bailout Mitt: Salt Lake City Edition
Romney has a history of surviving poor decision-making by gulping down federal largesse. He's built up an impressive mythology about someone who makes things work. It's true when he speaks about at Bain as a job maker, conveniently … [Read more...]
Mitt Romney’s $10 million federal bailout
Here's an oldie but goodie: in 1993, when he was the chairman and chief executive of Bain & Co. (which is a separate though related operation from Bain Capital), Mitt Romney engineered a federal bailout of Bain: by convincing the … [Read more...]
Do we really want managed care for the disabled?
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Hang Lee struggled to get his words out in testifying yesterday morning before a packed public hearing in Boston on a proposal by the Patrick administration to introduce managed care into the delivery … [Read more...]
Preliminary compliance. Boston City Council and open government.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Braga, Ann Hess [Boston City Council Staff Director] wrote: > Good morning - > I am writing in response to your requests for information regarding the stenographic machine information. > Ellen … [Read more...]
GOP Race-baiting AGAIN: the Santorum edition
CBS News reported yesterday these incendiary words from Rick Santorum — on the record, flush in the thrill of victory: I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the … [Read more...]
Brown’s hypocrisy in attacking Warren on TARP
The Republican reports that Scott Brown's campaign called Warren a hypocrite for giving a sensible, thoughtful answer on whether she would have supported the TARP bill. Her comment that elicited this accusation was: "“Well, so it’s a good … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Romney, Santorum, Newt and the gang hit NH hard – Obama appoints consumer watchdog: Brown, Warren agree – Continuing Murray crash speculation and new photos
GRANITE GRUDGE: Every four years, for about a week, when the sky fades to gray and no one is happy, Massachusetts ceases to be the most important part of New England. But it will all be over soon once the Great Untaxed of our northern … [Read more...]