Kudos to Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez for experimenting with a new financing structure that has the promise of increased efficiency. This is one reason Massachusetts has one of the most successful economies in the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 30, 2012
Gov’s budget continues cuts to intellectually disabled
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) With a few exceptions, Governor Patrick's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, which he unveiled last week, appears to continue the trend in recent years of cutting funding for care for the … [Read more...]
A Constitutional Question: Stand for Children’s Ballot Initiative
“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” --Abraham Lincoln Last week, two Teachers of the Year, a nationally known education consultant, the president of … [Read more...]
Why 150 People Wore Swimsuits and Snorkels in the Streets of Boston Today
Sure, it has been an unusually warm winter for us in New England, but that's not why more than 150 activists took to the streets with snorkels and swimsuits today in the financial district. Sporting goggles, flippers and life preservers, … [Read more...]
Obama on the commanding heights
Both parties are currently operating as occupiers of the commanding heights. While it looks normal for Republicans to tell everybody else what to do, don't forget that the Dems have their own fantasies about making the rest of us do what … [Read more...]
Republicans at Jenzabar: coincidence? You make the call.
As you may know, the GOP's new chairman, Bob Maginn, heads up Jenzabar.com (a software company specializing in tools for higher education). A couple of months ago, the Globe reported that, just after Maginn took over the GOP, Jenzabar's … [Read more...]
GOP Lies About Jobs
Sorry about the pun, but I can't resist. The GOP now strives to lionize Steve Jobs, spawning another round of lies to prop up their failed dogma. The lie goes something like "Steve Jobs created more jobs than President Obama's stimulus … [Read more...]
Tisei’s quarter-mill in cash
Do I need to worry about this? Richard Tisei's got $256,000 in the bank for running against John Tierney, who has $441,000. Tisei's moderate; Tierney is weakened and relatively low-profile in any event. Does Tisei have a chance? If he's … [Read more...]