First, to acknowledge Doug Rubin's objection to my use of "Coakley moment" to describe Marty Walsh's out-of-touch statement on the T. Martha's obviously paid a high price for the last few years, and I don't do this website to be cruel to … [Read more...]
Marty Walsh’s Coakley moment
And on such a day ... #MBTA #RedLine: Shuttle buses btwn Park St & Ashmont. Braintree branch service is running btwn Braintree & JFK/UMass https://t.co/LlyGZqgQLZ pic.twitter.com/zqMY0w8BZb — MBTA (@MBTA) September 22, … [Read more...]
MA stands to lose $5 BILLION+ from Graham-Cassidy
If you didn't catch WBUR's Bob Oakes' interview with health care legislative veteran John McDonough this morning, highly recommended, especially if you like feeling angry and anxious. The bill would absolutely devastate the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Legacy of Long Island homeless in #bospoli
I don't live in Boston, though obviously like everyone else in the area I'm affected by decisions made by the mayor and city council. I won't be taking a side in the mayoral race; but the preliminary election is nigh upon us, September … [Read more...]
DACA and MA’s response
I'll piggyback on TedF's commentary below, since Ted frames the issue exactly as I would. There's a legal issue, and a moral one, and we've got to find a way to reconcile the two. The more immorally the law is implemented, the stronger and … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: Hear no lawsuit, see no lawsuit
WBUR is still owning the Ramirez/MBTA story: Turns out that the T's Fiscal Management and Control Board seems not to have been informed about Ramirez's shall-we-say dicey history at Global Power Equipment Group. Nor did they seem to have a … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: “a little fire on the tracks”
In case you missed it, WBUR's team of Chakrabarti and McNerney have even yet still another chapter in the fascinating story of Luis Ramirez -- or more properly, of the people who hired him for the MBTA. The head-hunting firm that found … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: It gets worse
Meghna Chakrabarti and Kathleen McNerney reported last week about the rather sketchy "turnaround" record of Luis Ramirez, Charlie Baker's and Stephanie Pollack's choice for T chief. It gets worse, a lot worse: His former company, Global … [Read more...]
Boston comes through again — can we *follow* through?
Sadly, due to a longstanding travel commitment, I couldn't make yesterday's massive counter-demonstration to what turned out to be a handful of racists. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who was there, for your courage and commitment. From … [Read more...]
MBTA: Well, that’s one kind of turnaround
Governor Baker and Transport Secretary Pollack have named some rando from Texas as new MBTA chief. Luis Ramirez is described thusly: Luis Ramirez is currently a consultant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area specializing in business turnarounds. … [Read more...]
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