Link: However, leading Republican Senator Bob Corker said he had concerns about the deal and promised to hold the administration's "feet to the fire". "This administration is long on announcements but very short on follow-through," he … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2013
Today, I declared my independence from home heating oil
With steady cold temperatures for the next 5 months or so, I declared my annual war on the oil companies by firing up my coal insert today. For those who recently joined BMG, I decided a couple years ago to burn clean coal, anthracite … [Read more...]
Good luck, Mayor Rivera!
The Lawrence recount is over. Dan Rivera's 58 vote lead increased to 81! Of course, Lantigua refuses still to concede. No matter. There is a new day in Lawrence...finally. Congratulations to Dan Rivera's campaign team that believed they … [Read more...]
The remarkable irony of Suffolk Downs going for another bite at the apple
As you know, the original plan for a casino at Suffolk Downs was such that it required a vote in both East Boston and Revere. Now, Suffolk Downs didn't have to design the plan that way. Obviously, given what they're doing now in front of … [Read more...]
Seriously, Shirley Leung?
I'm no expert on the nitty-gritty details of the casino law. But it seems to me that the question whether Suffolk Downs, having lost a host-community vote in East Boston, should be allowed to substantially reconfigure its proposal such … [Read more...]
UPDATED SCORECARD (Welfare & Minimum Wage)
I wanted to let the readers at BMG know that we updated our legislative scorecard at Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance. You may view the scorecard at www.MassFiscalScorecard.org. We list several votes in the House on welfare and votes in the … [Read more...]
Online voter registration and early voting passed the House
There hasn't been much media coverage on this so far (here and here) so in case you missed it, on Wednesday night just before the House recessed, it overwhelmingly passed online voter registration and early voting, 142 to 10. These … [Read more...]
50 years ago today…
You can't possibly have missed it, but just in case: 50 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. There's endless coverage of the event at just about every media outlet in existence. Here's one item I found … [Read more...]
Better health, better care, lower cost
At the first stop of my Innovating Massachusetts Tour, I outlined my vision for health care in Massachusetts and released my campaign's health care policy proposal. Health care costs accounted for 23 percent of the state budget in 2000 … [Read more...]
JFK & Our Environment: “We All Breathe the Same Air”
Some suggested reading on the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination: John F. Kennedy, the Cold War and Echoes of the Climate Change Challenge, Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media Rachel Carson and JFK, an Environmental Tag … [Read more...]
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