Massachusetts families this week are beginning to send their kids back to school, but for an estimated 2,015 pre-school students, there is no back to school. That’s because federal budget cuts have curtailed the number of Head Start … [Read more...]
Archives for August 22, 2013
Education Investment (Not Low Taxes) is Key to State Prosperity
A new paper released today by EARN (the Economic Analysis and Research Network) looks at what states can do to create strong state economies that support high wage jobs for their people. Is it low taxes, well educated workers, or something … [Read more...]
Thanks, Scott – and not just for the laughs
It's painfully easy to poke fun at Scott Brown these days. First, he runs a truly awful campaign for reelection and gets crushed by Elizabeth Warren. Then he puts out a bizarre sequence of late-night tweets that led many to wonder whether … [Read more...]
Fighting in Hockey- where is Martha Coakley ?
NHL allows for fighting in hockey; however it is clearly against the stated rules of the game. Fighting in public is against the law in Massachusetts. So why does Martha Coakley allow it to occur? While fighting in hockey has gone on for … [Read more...]
Grossman Oversight – an oxymoron
And today there's this expose on the king of expanding gambling - everywhere, all the time, including cyberspace (but who cares if it is one of the most regressive and destructive ways to raise revenues) - I want to be your next … [Read more...]
Does Dan Wolf even want to be Governor?
His decision to drop out makes me think he was never serious about it. Remember, the Ethics Commission never said he had to drop out. They said he couldn't become Governor if elected. He had plenty of time to challenge that in … [Read more...]
Juicing Up the MA GOP
One of my rants holds that the brightest future for the Republican party here is in turning DINO voters and pols. I'll paste a post here I just made on Marry in Massachusetts. I'd love to get BMG community comments. We haven't even been … [Read more...]
Wolf Out-WTF?
Bernstein on Facebook said Wolf is resigning his seat and quitting the campaign. What a crock of BS. Job destroyer and culture capitalist who hadn't lived in the state when he announced his candidacy Mitt Romney gets to use and abuse the … [Read more...]
Scott Brown not running for Governor
He has so announced. His wording makes it sound like we can file his presidential teasing and NH Senate talk under "just kidding" as well. … [Read more...]
Still cannot comment on BMG posts
Even after clearing the cache, history, etc. I am still unable to comment on BMG diaries. Yes, I use IE, but the original older browser might work better theory did not pan out in my case and for whatever reason I have not been successful … [Read more...]