Last week, the Senate Ways and Means Committee (SWM) made its budget recommendations for FY 2015 and MassBudget released an analysis, available HERE. The SWM budget proposes small, smart and well-targeted steps toward addressing big … [Read more...]
Archives for May 19, 2014
Marriage Equality comes to Oregon
While Oregon wasn't quite as draconian as some states, a federal judge stuck down Oregon's Ban today. Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum refused to defend the ban, and a group who tried to defend the ban were denied their … [Read more...]
Actual Homeland Security
With Marco Rubio's climate denial, we tend to talk up the "science denial" angle: How can this guy simply deny the facts in front of his face? But it's even more astonishing than that -- much worse. We should never take climate denial at … [Read more...]
Arc, ADDP, DDS putting out misleading information about sheltered workshops
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It seems the Department of Developmental Services and their corporate provider allies are spreading misleading and at times false information about sheltered workshops in their joint effort to close … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker forgot to register his domain…but I didn’t :)
Apparently Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Charlie Baker, forgot to register his domain name. Fortunately, I snagged it up. Now mind you, Baker is running a fairly competitive race in liberal Massachusetts. As such, he’s taken … [Read more...]
White House Climate Hangout right now
With Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy taking questions: With moderator Ben Adler of Grist.org You gotta love Gina McCarthy's full-on Massachusetts accent. A beautiful thing. We haven't had that accent this high up in government since … [Read more...]
EB3 Players Present “Reaching Las Vegas, an Allegory in One Act” – Judge Young Not Doing As Fast Freddy Wyshak Says
Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport, arrivals. A white middle-age man is pointed towards a shiny black Lincoln livery car and told to "take that one" by a large woman wearing a blue officially patched shirt. Man gives driver his bag, … [Read more...]
Does anyone care about our mental health system?
Over the past month, Michael Rezendes of the Boston Globe has written several articles about the death of a man at Bridgewater State Hospital 4-5 year ago and the alleged mistreatment of a current patient there. One of the major points of … [Read more...]
Heads Up: House to vote on charter cap bill this Wed.!
Quoting here from this week's Citizens for Public Schools' "News You Can Use about Our Schools": "This Wednesday, May 21, the House is expected to take up a bill that includes lifting the cap on charter school spending. House Bill 3984 … [Read more...]
“No Eastie Casino” alleges fraud and other improprieties in Revere casino vote over possibility that horse racing will end at Suffolk Downs
As you know if you read BMG (and as you knew a week later if you only read the Globe), it has come to light that horse racing at Suffolk Downs is far from a sure thing. To the contrary, the would-be casino operators at Suffolk Downs, … [Read more...]