Amberpaw recently wrote a post pleading for more funding for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, our state's public defender organization. But based on my experience going through the system, I think CPCS needs to get its act … [Read more...]
Archives for January 11, 2016
Most of the mainstream media skipped class last week on privatization and the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It's amazing how little real understanding the mainstream media has of the issue of privatization and of legislative responses to it such as the Pacheco Law. You only have to read this Boston Globe … [Read more...]
Baker Administration announces $50 million in budget cuts
On Friday, the Baker Administration announced $50 million in cuts to the state budget. Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore's letter to the Legislature announcing the cuts is here. The link to specific budget cuts by … [Read more...]
Wonk Post: Yearly averages of US Party Identification
From Gallup: ...the percentage of U.S. adults identifying as Democrats is now at the lowest point in the past 27 years, down from the prior low of 30% in 2014. Gallup's shift from in-person to telephone interviewing in 1988 complicates the … [Read more...]
Why Doesn’t The Globe Tell Us How Smelly The Mass Gaming Commission Is? – Who Needs Who More, WGBH or The Boston Globe? – Congrats to Dave Portnoy
The Massachusetts Gambling Commission is one big law school course on legal ineptness, negligence, misfeasance, malfeasance, ethical violations and lots more. The Attorney General just called it out for having lunch meetings (at taxpayer … [Read more...]