Just eight months after Willard embarrassed himself by not knowing how much the T costs ("[A]sked at a news conference yesterday about the price of a token, Romney stumbled. 'A buck,' he gamely responded. That was the correct price -- in … [Read more...]
A note from Scott Ferson
Scott Ferson, Lt. Gov. candidate Tim Murray's spokesman, sent an email this morning in response to this post and comments, as well as some posts over at MassChange. Here is Mr. Ferson's email, in full.I find myself the subject of some … [Read more...]
Cape Wind is for the birds
Audubon Society says Cape Wind will not julienne birds:The group had previously raised questions about potential bird deaths, but Jack Clarke, advocacy director of Mass Audubon, said extensive studies it conducted in the last four years … [Read more...]
Reilly endorsed by 15 Mayors
this endorsement for Reilly which includes Mennino, and Cohen from lilly liberal Newton, is very significent. Kudos to Cohen for showing some stones for a change. I am interested to see the comments from this blog considering the extreme … [Read more...]
Why Gabrieli Shouldn’t Run
I submitted the following to the Boston Globe on March 28:To the Editor:Chris Gabrieli is likely to announce shortly that he will seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. While I have a lot of respect for Mr. Gabrieli and the work he … [Read more...]
Time covers global warming
Well, the mainstream media is catching on to global warming ... finally. First Scott Pelley's terrific work at 60 Minutes, letting NASA scientist Jim Hansen speak freely, finally; now Time Magazine says on the cover: "Global Warming: Be … [Read more...]
Dennis Sullivan will run against Galluccio for Senate
As we noted earlier, Somerville Alderman Dennis Sullivan has announced his intention to run for Jarrett Barrios's Senate seat, but existing news reports were unclear as to whether he was running as a Democrat, Republican, or independent.So … [Read more...]
Immigrants on the move-are the Dems standing up with them?
So depending on which media reports you believe, somewhere from 2500 to 7000 immigrant activists and allies rallied on Boston Common yesterday. They were opposing the draconian immigration bill passed by the House and being considered … [Read more...]