Well it looks like Travaglini has given up on any chance of reforming the Massachusetts health care system. Today's Globe confirms that Trav has decided to throw in the towel as he plans to "scale down significantly the comprehensive … [Read more...]
Health Care: Well, so much for all that.
Health care reform is dead, long live health care reform.Hope for sweeping healthcare reform to extend coverage to all or most of the state's uninsured is all but dead, according to Senate President Robert E. Travaglini.Travaglini will … [Read more...]
Ambassador Arnall …
Not to beat a dead horse, but Think Progress both has the Roland Arnall confirmation hearing with a quick bit about Ameriquest, Arnall's tie to the Bush Campaign/Administration, and just how important the issue of subprime and predatory … [Read more...]
I spoke to Stephen DiNatale by phone yesterday…
Steve is making a bid for the State Rep. seat representing the Third Worcester (you'll need PDF if you're viewing the map) district, vacated by none other than -- yep, you guessed it -- Emile Goguen.I predict that he will win both the … [Read more...]
Herald: Galluccio was busted for drunk driving in 1984, later pardoned
From today's Herald:Cambridge City Councilor Anthony Galluccio..., 38, was just 17 when he was busted in Cambridge for OUI and put on probation for a year. Then in 1985, he got a three-month suspended jail sentence, another year of … [Read more...]
Driver of car hit by Galluccio says that Galluccio was drunk, tried to leave scene of accident
If you watched Channel 5's story on the four-car accident caused by Cambridge City Councillor and state Senate candidate Anthony Galluccio two months ago, you heard occupants of the three other cars - lawyer Ed Prisby, cab driver William … [Read more...]
Patrick, Reilly mix it up on Cape Wind
AP has posted an article provocatively entitled "Patrick calls Romney, Healey, Reilly 'gang-of-three' on Cape Wind."The issue is the amendment that would effectively kill the Cape Wind project and that Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) is trying to … [Read more...]
DFA Cambridge Questions Galluccio
Shai Sachs reports: "What happened in December, Anthony? That was the question Sam Seidel asked Anthony Galluccio at yesterday's Progressive Democrats of Cambridge meeting, regarding an allegation that he was driving drunk at the time of an … [Read more...]