Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (whose decisions apply in both NH and MA) declared that a New Hampshire statute criminalizing "ballot selfies" - that is, taking a photograph of a marked ballot and then sharing the … [Read more...]
Trouble brewing at EOEEA?
There have been three not-great stories for the Baker administration recently, all coming out of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA): Two top officials of the Department of Conservation and Recreation were … [Read more...]
Judge allows body camera pilot program to proceed; Globe publishes misleading editorial
In a 19-page decision, Superior Court Justice Douglas Wilkins ruled today that the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department may institute a pilot program in which he will order 100 officers to wear body cameras, rejecting the police … [Read more...]
Today is primary day!
Don't forget to vote! This is your primary day open thread. Let us know what you're seeing out there. UPDATE: Unofficial reports on Twitter and elsewhere are saying that Pat Jehlen has easily won her primary against Leland Cheung. … [Read more...]
I Miss the People’s Pledge
There's been much discussion here and elsewhere - and appropriately so - about the roughly $100,000 that Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) has dumped into Leland Cheung's effort to unseat Pat Jehlen in the state Senate. DFER's money … [Read more...]
What is Democrats for Education Reform really after?
Pretty much anything about charter schools - or education in any form, really - is absent from these pro-Cheung flyers (both of which arrived in my mailbox today) sent out by Democrats for Education Reform. Curiouser and curiouser... … [Read more...]
Where, exactly, does Leland Cheung stand on Super PAC money?
About ten days ago, I received the following email from Leland Cheung's campaign: Friends and Supporters, I was shocked to wake up this morning and find that nearly $20,000 in anonymous Super PAC money had been spent to attack our … [Read more...]
Photos I like from the DNC
I took a ton of photographs at the DNC - too many to include in a post. Here's a more or less random sampler of photos I like. I'll post a link to a bigger collection when I get them uploaded. Hope you enjoy - and please let me know if … [Read more...]
My quickie DNC interviews
Over the four days I was at the DNC, I asked some of the people I bumped into why they were there, in roughly 30 seconds. Here are the folks I talked to, along with what they told me. … [Read more...]
Scenes from the DNC, from our photographer (part 2)
Here are more scenes taken by our photographer, Glenn Kulbako. These are all inside the hall at the Wells Fargo Center. You can click the images for a larger view. … [Read more...]