Now this is cool ... er, warm: Mt. Wachusett Community College has reduced its heating costs and CO2 output by switching to wood chips and other biomass fuels:Instead of shelling out nearly a half million dollars for electricheat, the … [Read more...]
Open Document, Insert Foot II: Electric Boogaloo
Globe reports that the Romney administration is investigating Peter Quinn, director of the Informational Technology Division, for not getting permission to go to some out-of-state conferences:Romney administration officials are … [Read more...]
Great! So we’re in agreement then!
U.S. to draw down troop levels:President Bush will give a major speech Wednesday at the U.S. NavalAcademy in which aides say he is expected to proclaim the improvedreadiness of Iraqi troops, which he has identified as the key conditionfor … [Read more...]
Polling: Employers should pay their share
How the heck did I miss this? At the end of the State House News Service's email bulletin was this gem:The notion of raising taxes on businesses who can afford to providehealth coverage, but don't, earned overwhelming support: 66 to … [Read more...]
The real earthquake in Israeli politics: Peretz, not Sharon
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon left the right wing Likud Party, which he founded in 1973, to form a new centrist political party and call new elections this March. A lot of bloggers and the American press have been talking about … [Read more...]
Open Document, Insert Foot
Could the legislature smother the move to open source document formats before it begins? Sharp Tools worries that's the case, citing a friend who was at the legislative hearing:Microsoft had sent a local Beacon Hill professional lobbyist, … [Read more...]
Shorter Dick Cheney:
"We're fools but not liars."Ha ha, I know, I know... they're both. … [Read more...]
Another Trio of Special Elections
1st Bristol - Foxboro and half of Mansfield & NortonState Rep. Michael Coppola, R-Foxboro, died of cancer earlier this year. His widow, Ginny Coppola, has been recruited to run to replace him. She has some state house experience, having … [Read more...]