In an hour-long hearing this morning before SJC Justice Francis Spina, lawyers for the Governor, Turnpike Authority chairman Matthew Amorello, and Authority board members Connaughton, Trimarco, and Pagliuca squared off on two issues: … [Read more...]
Romney could kill minimum wage increase
Because of the peculiarities of the legislative calendar, Governor Romney's decision last week to return the minimum wage bill with an amendment, instead of outright vetoing it, gives him the opportunity to kill the bill completely.Here's … [Read more...]
Dukakis: “David’s not crazy after all!”
Well, not in so many words. But you may recall that a few months ago, when the illegal immigration debate was particularly hot around here, I floated raising the minimum wage - and then really enforcing it - as a way of stemming … [Read more...]
No campaign finance $$ for LG, Secretary of State primaries
A fascinating tidbit from Kim Atkins at the Herald. Apparently, all of the available money for the primaries in the public campaign finance account is going to Tom Reilly and Deval Patrick (about $400K each), with not even a nickel … [Read more...]
The Fix. Episode 2: Where We Stand (continued)
Last time we took a look at the number of contested primaries that are coming up in September. Pretty unimpressive. Today, a look at the choices voters will have - or not - in November.For the statewide races, the picture is … [Read more...]
How many more must die in Boston?
And no, I'm not talking about Milena del Valle's tragic death in the Big Dig tunnel. I'm talking about the murder of Analicia Perry, who had stopped by the shrine where her brother was murdered four years ago last Saturday, only to be … [Read more...]
NECN video is up
... so if you want to watch me desperately trying to get a few words in edgewise against much more practiced TV personalities, here it is. Gotta say, that TV stuff is a lot harder than it looks. Kudos to Keller, Braude, and the … [Read more...]
David on NECN with Braude, Keller and Dahl tonight
I'll be appearing on Jim Braude's "NewsNight" show on NECN at 7 pm tonight. The other guests are Channel 4's Jon Keller and the Globe's political editor David Dahl.We'll be talking about the issues of the day, and also about blogging … [Read more...]
Storrow Drive stupidity continues
Kudos to Mac Daniel, the Globe's excellent "Starts & Stops" reporter, who today once again takes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to task for its inane propensity to close one lane of Storrow Drive for parking when there … [Read more...]
The Fix. Episode 1: Where We Stand
Herewith the first in a series of posts on what our democracy looks like here in Massachusetts, and some ideas on how to fix the things that seem not to be working. The idea is to work toward a package of proposed reforms called, … [Read more...]
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