You know how in India there are something like 26 castes and everyone knows where everyone else stands simply by looking at them? Well this mayor's race has something like that going on. To the outside world the two candidates are from … [Read more...]
Archives for September 26, 2013
For CD-05, let’s vote for progress in Will Brownsberger, not the most progressive
This is what Democrats and Unenrolled voters will decide in a few weeks. What is the best course for not only CD-05, but for America. According to a recent diary, "Six of the candidates – Katherine Clark, Peter Koutoujian, Martin Long, … [Read more...]
Mike Capuano is not running for Governor
WGBH: Rep. Mike Capuano announced Thursday he will not run for Massachusetts governor, through a statement released by a spokesperson. "After taking time to reflect with my family, I have decided that I will not be a candidate for … [Read more...]
Transit delay? Blame Bob DeLeo.
So the legislature has repealed the unlamented tech tax. Fine as far as I'm concerned; I'm not sure why we chose that particular tax to fund transportation in the first place. My first choice would be a gas tax (for its disincentive effect, … [Read more...]
“The job of the opposition party is to oppose . . “
Refreshing honesty from our friends over at RMG. According to Rob Eno the opposition party's job is not to govern, not to compromise to move legislation forward and not to support legislation that they approve of - the GOP's job is to … [Read more...]
Where do MA5 Congressional candidates stand on campaign finance, voting rights, and more?
Common Cause Massachusetts asked the ten candidates in the race to fill Ed Markey’s vacated seat for Massachusetts’ fifth Congressional district seven questions covering issues of voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics. Would you … [Read more...]
New article: A remarkable neighborhood effect in the Boston mayoral election
I created a couple of interesting maps based on the precinct-by-precinct Boston mayoral returns and wrote it up in a Mass. Numbers blog post: http://massnumbers.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-map-of-boston-mayoral-precinct.html While Walsh … [Read more...]