Ex-Westford politician can no longer vote in town Former Selectman and past Republican Town Committee Chairman Angel Connell can no longer vote in Westford after the Board of Registrars unanimously voted Tuesday to remove him from the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Thursday roundup: Romney and pink ties; Gee whiz; People’s Pledge; scary viruses in the South End
Submitted for your approval. Does Mitt Romney think pink ties are gay? Check out this video clip, shot while Romney and Sean Hannity were yakking prior to taping a show. (The video - you can see the whole thing at this link - was made … [Read more...]
My Journey as Nat Dem Conv Delegate 2012
Becoming a delegate to a convention is somewhat of a mystery to some folks. Also sometimes natural human curiosity wants you to be a fly on the wall on unfolding events. I am hoping to do this as a newly elected Alternate Delegate to the … [Read more...]
True Republican Mavericks
Retiring Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe seems to be taking a parting shot at the right wing extremism currently infecting the G.O.P. She recently said that she will not necessarily give her $2.36 million dollar war chest to … [Read more...]
Zipcar-Gov Patrick, MIT and every Kendal square company
Zipcar is a local business. It is green and fun.Every large employer in Cambridge as well as the State should support it. Company memberships, deals etc Governor Patrick just formed an innovation committee- the first move should be to … [Read more...]
Budget Debate during the Good Old Days……..
It was a lousy process for fans of transparency who long for the time we had 10 full days (and nights) of televised debate one line item at a time. Never mind there were huddles of legislators in the corners of the Chamber or (gasp) behind … [Read more...]
Scott Brown Busy Shaking That Etch-A-Sketch
[Cross-posted from the ProgressMass blog. Like ProgressMass on Facebook and follow on Twitter.] Our Republican junior Senator, Scott Brown, has been awfully busy lately shaking that Etch-A-Sketch, hoping Massachusetts voters won’t … [Read more...]
Mass. GOP invites government intervention over private institution’s compensation practices
Really, you can't make this stuff up. As previously noted, the Mass. GOP is very, very upset about the fact that Harvard offers what is in fact a less generous compensation benefit to its faculty than many other educational institutions. … [Read more...]
Red Sox Finally Show They are Not Racists – Plus Lots of Other Red Sox Stuff
A big and hearty congratulations to John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino for making a very courageous move on the civil rights front. A watershed moment perhaps towards leveling the playing the field for black Americans. Like Globe … [Read more...]
Republicans getting all up in private businesses’ business
You know how Republicans are always all "let the market work," and stuff? How they think government should stop regulating and just let the free market work its magic? Well, it turns out that that rule doesn't apply when a Republican … [Read more...]
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