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Play Romney foreign policy bingo tonight

October 22, 2012 By conor Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: User Tagged With: debate, foreign-policy, mitt-romney

Redrawing the Massachusetts State Senate

April 29, 2011 By conor 7 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, MerrimackMan (MM) over at RMG posted some ideas for the redistricting committee to consider when redrawing the State Senate lines this year. Β  I had already been hard at work on drawing my own maps, and since they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: census, Mike Moran, redistricting, stan-rosenberg, state-senate

Shouldn’t Boston have to share the 2 1/2 pain?

May 25, 2010 By conor 19 Comments

In my own hometown of Brockton we had three overrides on the ballot in '08 (all three failed), and then had to lay off more than 400 teachers last week.  Sadly, we don't have hundreds of thousands hidden away in other accounts, let … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, boston-phoenix, budget, menino, prop-2-1/2, taxes

Eileen Donoghue picks up endorsements already in race to replace Panagiotakos

March 30, 2010 By conor 1 Comment

(Cross-posted from MassBeacon.com) Former Lowell Mayor and City Councilor Eileen Donoghue snagged three endorsements today from Lowell politicos in her quest to replace State Senator Steve Panagiotakos. Her nascent campaign was endorsed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1st-middlesex, eileen-donoghue, state-senate

Steve Grossman, Democratic candidate for Treasurer, joins the Sacred Codcast

March 25, 2010 By conor Leave a Comment

Tune in to the Sacred Codcast tomorrow when my guests will include State Rep. Richard Ross, a candidate for State Senate; State Rep. Karyn Polito, a Republican candidate for Treasurer, and State Reps. Matt Patrick and Tom Stanley, who are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, sacred-codcast, steve-grossman, treasurer

What happens if Delahunt retires? (Crossposted from MassBeacon.com)

February 15, 2010 By conor 23 Comments

The Globe mentions Senate President Therese Murray as a potential candidate, and I could definitely see her making the jump.  She represents a good chunk of the district, has served in the State Senate for nearly 20 years, and her time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-congressional, bill-delahunt, democratic-field, joe-kennedy-iii, mike-bellotti, robert-oleary, therese-murray

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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β€œUtter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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