The Vice President has announced the passing of his son Beau (aka Joseph R. III) due to brain cancer. The former Delaware AG was planning to run for Governor in 2016. This is unfortunately not the VP's first child to predecease him. He … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
Risky Business: The Olympics Have a 100% Chance of Going Over Budget
in the Games the budget is more like a fictitious minimum that is consistently overspent. --Flyvbjerg & Stewart There's one question to ask when it comes to hosting the Olympics in 2024: are they worth it? To address this question, … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren nails it again
The video speaks for itself (there is an embed tag above, but I lack the necessary privileges for the BMG software to include it). From the email many of us got from Senator Warren this afternoon. Note to editors: it would be … [Read more...]
… and no, TIF bonds are not magical free money
As you no doubt have heard by now, Boston 2024's proposal to use a financing device known as "tax increment financing" or TIF bonds to help build an Olympic stadium has generated a good deal of controversy. For the most part, the … [Read more...]
Dear Boston 2024: You don’t have until June 30
The increasingly-beleaguered folks at Boston 2024, unable to comment on today's Globe story on the latest revelations because, hilariously, they were traveling from Switzerland, have previously explained that, not to worry, they will … [Read more...]
‘Real Lives’ contract with private firm raises questions
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) As part of a push toward so-called self-directed services for the developmentally disabled, the state has established a payment system for those services that has exclusively benefited a Boston-based … [Read more...]
The Biggest Boston 2024 debacle yet: Taxpayers on the hook for 66% of opening day stadium
Click here for a quick WCVB video, or here for all the sordid details at the Boston Business Journal. In case anyone's bad at math, 66% of an Opening Day stadium would cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. For example, London … [Read more...]
Red State Legislature Repeals Death Penalty
Kudos to the Nebraska Republican legislators who overrode their Governor's own veto and made Nebraska the first conservative state to voluntarily abolish the death penalty via legislative enactment. Though it formally considers itself … [Read more...]
Democrats too far to the left?
A provocative NYT opinion piece today by former George W. Bush speechwriter and Romney staffer Peter Wehner (in other words, a member of one of the least popular presidential administrations in U.S. history, and a losing national campaign, … [Read more...]
Comment of the day: A history lesson on AIM and energy
Maybe our captains of industry don't have all the answers when it comes to our energy future. From trickle-up: Oh the irony This is just a historical footnote, but back in the 80s the business lobbies and AIM in particular were all … [Read more...]
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