Scot Lehigh was bitching and moaning about Mayor walsh today like a true soft handed elitist because all the snow hasn't been removed yet. (Really, between you and I he's just one of many local "journalists" who wish him to fail and are … [Read more...]
Archives for February 10, 2015
Remembering Brian Murphy, a Cambridge Public Servant
Brian Murphy was a former Cambridge City Councilor, former Deputy Secretary of State for Transportation, and the current Assistant City Manager for Cambridge who suddenly passed away last week at the young age of 50. He left behind his wife … [Read more...]
MBTA GM Beverly Scott fights back
Holy smokes. Beverly Scott sounds like my internal conversation. This is good: The Scrum | Politics and Media from Boston to the Beltway| "Lord Jesus!": 10 Takeaways From Beverly Scott's Epic MBTA News Conference. She says the … [Read more...]
Compare Charlie Baker to Marty Walsh During Snowgate, Shall We?
The working class kid v. the privileged one. (Talk about making it easy to use this tired cliché.) What does Marty do? Not point fingers, get to work, and tell the people what's going on. What does Charlie do? Whine and whine and use … [Read more...]
Thoughts on taxes on Beacon Hill and beyond
In 1998, voters approved a ballot measure proposing to cut the income tax from 5.95 to 5 percent. The Massachusetts Legislature froze the tax cut in 2002, to 5.3%, but by then a tax cut was in place that would reduce revenue by about $1.5 … [Read more...]