…without some kind of scorecard.
Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the bigfoot trade group representing the interests of employers and business on Beacon Hill, has issued its 2009-2010 legislative scorecard. The scorecard tracks eight votes on AIM’s priorities in the House of Representatives and nine votes in the Senate.
It’s worth a look. Not that I agree with AIM’s positions or even its descriptions of the issues. And, picking another nit, the scorecard reflects the Legislature’s practice of late of recording roll-call votes that are unanimous, or nearly so (which largely explains why the lowest score is a 38).
But in this era of radio silence from the media on the inner workings of the Legislature, it’s one of the very few compilations of votes that the compilers are willing to make public. So points to AIM for transparency. Maybe BMG should become a compiler, too.
