It seems every Baker COVID-19 update has me on the edge of my seat these days: will he or won’t he shut down non-essential construction? Here's today's news from Tim Logan of The Boston Globe... Looks good, right? Hmmmm... how does Baker … [Read more...]
HOT: Standing up for constituents. NOT: Silence.
I have a confession to make: I need Senator Warren, badly. I’d be happy with Sen. Markey, but I NEED Sen. Warren. Let me back up. June 30th, the MassDEP Presiding Officer Jane Rothchild had just handed down her ruling on the side of … [Read more...]
Shut up about the Weymouth compressor already, willya?
Honestly, why should anyone outside of the Fore River Basin care about the compressor getting built? You might live 15, 25, 35 miles away from it and you’d never know the compressor existed. You’d never have to drive over the Fore River … [Read more...]
Theater of the AbsurDEP
[Editor's note: I was at the Weymouth Compressor appeal hearing this morning; it was truly a catalogue of absurdity. Nothing makes sense. Gov. Baker has fallen back on process arguments for standing by and watching this very unpopular … [Read more...]