from petr: divestment is one thing, investment quite another... … almost by definition =-) Today, fossil fuel companies represent two of the ten largest investments in the both the Public Retiree Investment Trust (PRIT) fund’s $9.4b … [Read more...]
Archives for May 13, 2013
Raise the Cap on Traditional Public Schools
The following is a copy of an email that I sent to my school's staff earlier this year. As a prelude, I wonder if the Boston Foundation will ever laud BPS for anything. Regardless, we have much to brag about. Charters have much to be … [Read more...]
Minnesota becomes 12th Equality State
The Huffington Post is reporting that Minnasota Senate Passes Gay Marriage, Governor to Sign. That is immediately after a sometimes bitter fight over their constitution last fall. < That's 25% of the Country. Y'ALL. (Technically … [Read more...]
Why is Gabriel Gomez Running?
We know that Gabriel Gomez can run, because Rep. Ed Markey's Republican opponent for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts spends a fair amount of his campaign time participating in road races. Based on photos posted to his campaign … [Read more...]
Gomez Puts Personal Profit Over Protecting Massachusetts
Gabriel Gomez's incoherence on climate science and energy policy makes a lot more sense once you take a deeper dive into his personal finances, as Joshua Israel did at ThinkProgress: A ThinkProgress review of Gomez’s personal financial … [Read more...]
Gomez Internal Poll Has Markey up ny 3
This from The Hill: Republican Gabriel Gomez lags Democrat Edward Markey by just three points in a new internal poll of the Massachusetts special Senate election released by Gomez's campaign. The poll comes at the end of a rough week … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Sanford — new Congressional expert on foreign affairs
Daniel Kurtman compiles Mark Sanford: "I remind all you conservative Christians celebrating Mark Sanford's win that Leviticus commands you to stone adulterers." -John Fugelsang "Congratulations to newly elected Rep. Mark Sanford. … [Read more...]