Kirsten Hughes, the chair of the Massachusetts Republican party, doesn't often say things that gain much traction around here. But on Would-Be-Speaker-For-Life Bob DeLeo, who is seeking to abolish the House's 8-year term limit on being … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
When it Comes to Credibility and Entertainment John Henry’s Sports Page Can’t Compete With Dave Portnoy’s Web Page.
This kid is a media pioneer who unlike the sports "journalists" has credibility. Even if you are not a Patriots fan do yourself a favor and watch his report from media day at the Super Bowl. Portnoy's a Boston original. We get to … [Read more...]
International trade policy vs. parking-space-saver policy
Did you ever notice the parallel between parking-space-saver policy (those chairs and orange traffic cones people use as space savers after a snowstorm) and international free trade policy? Free trade: Theoretically, free trade opens up … [Read more...]
2015 Blizzard: More Evidence Climate Change Intensifying Winter Storms
It's not your imagination: Giant snowstorms really are hitting Massachusetts more often than they used to. Here's an example: The 1993 "Storm of the Century" delivered 20.1" of snow to Worcester. Incredibly, that storm no longer even … [Read more...]
State body proposes to screw employee health care because it won’t balance a budget fairly
Stop me if you've heard this one before. The government makes promises to those willing to accept pay cuts to work for it. The state doesn't provide the funding to meet those promises, and then declares that those silly enough to believe … [Read more...]
Tomorrow’s Speaker-for-Life Maneuver: Advocacy Materials
The Globe confirms that at tomorrow's House session, at which the rules for the 2015-2016 session will be debated, Speaker Robert DeLeo is planning to ask members to abolish the eight-year term limit on the Speakership that the current … [Read more...]
Compensation of provider executives in MA reaches $100 million
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than 600 executives employed by corporate human service providers in Massachusetts received some $100 million per year in salaries and other compensation, according to our updated survey of the … [Read more...]
Boston’s Matt O’Malley on This and That
A relentless and sincere activist Boston City Councilor, Matt O’Malley keeps his eyes on many prizes. He reaches for and works for them, but never despairs when he can’t grasp one. He has represented District 6 — West Roxbury, most of … [Read more...]
The Partners Debacle
AG Maura Healey has stepped up to the plate on the Partners's merger with SSH and Hallmark Health. She has told Judge Sanders that this is a bad deal for the citizens of the Commonwealth. Further if the Judge agrees she will go after … [Read more...]
Hot Take On Balls, Chapter the Final
It's a snow day, so we have time for this. dave-from-hvad has heroically chimed on #deflategate already, so I'll just add this: I think we're owed an apology. By a lot of people. Don't get me wrong -- we shouldn't worry about … [Read more...]
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