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Geoff Diehl’s MAGA moment

October 26, 2018 By drikeo 2 Comments

News broke earlier today about the arrest of the MAGA bomber and then pictures of his van went viral. Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone then skewered Republican Senate candidate (and MAGA fanboy) Geoff Diehl. This is same Geoff Diehl who was … [Read more...]

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Something’s rotten in Everett

February 5, 2018 By drikeo 5 Comments

Just saw that Everett schools are about lay off 110 people, 58 of them teachers. They've got a $7M shortfall. The linked news report blames it on the state aid formula for disadvantaged students. While I know there's severe problems with … [Read more...]

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Curtatone on the folly of neglecting the MBTA

February 13, 2015 By drikeo 76 Comments

In Common Wealth Magazine, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone made the case for why the MBTA matters to all of Massachusetts. Nice to see a political leader come out and say it. He put it in fairly stark terms: Greater Boston represents the … [Read more...]

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Working families

November 5, 2014 By drikeo 7 Comments

Martha Coakley can now be placed on the scrapheap of Democrats who wore out the phrase "working families" while running unsuccessfully for Governor in Massachusetts. She joins Scott Harshbarger, Shannon O'Brien, Tom Birmingham and Tom … [Read more...]

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Eileen McNamara Eviscerates Charlie Baker

October 8, 2014 By drikeo 63 Comments

On the WBUR site today she hit Baker with the op-ed equivalent of a top rope piledriver, detailing his terrible record of protecting children and lessening the overwhelming caseloads of DSS social workers. To be honest, my memory banks were … [Read more...]

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The liberal case against expanding the bottle bill

September 23, 2014 By drikeo 86 Comments

Back in the '90s when the bottle bill expansion was being considered, I was all for it. However, my graying hair serves as a reminder this isn't the '90s anymore. As a staunch liberal, I find myself unable to support Question 2 on the … [Read more...]

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Hey, we opened a new T station

September 3, 2014 By drikeo Leave a Comment

I think Team Blue hasn't quite made enough noise about the new T station in Assembly Square. It's fairly huge deal. The last time the state opened a new MBTA rail station it was 1987 and Mike Dukakis was the governor. It's not a coincidence … [Read more...]

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Ride home tonight via an inland route, with a stop @sweetgreen. The improvements to cycling infrastructure on Tremont and around the Boston Common and Public Garden vs. what was there a year ago are incredible. Bravo to @BostonBTD + groups like @bostonbikeunion! (1 of 2) #bospoli

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"Downing sees evidence of inequities every time he drops his son off at daycare -I know that (he) will get more opportunities than many kids in his classroom b/c ... of different racial background, different ethnic background ... That's wrong" https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/03/04/ben-downing-gubernatorial-race-candicacy-baker #mapoli

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When Scott Brown won in January 2010, Alan Khazei told us, “you can’t read too much into it. It’s a special election!”

Bad result but good to keep in mind.

Stephanie Murray@stephanie_murr

Looks like JEFF TURCO wins the race to replace former House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk District. JUAN PABLO JARAMILLO comes in second by just under 300 votes.

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3 Mar

Yikes.

Adam Bass@AdamBassWCCS

The idea of a Pro Life Trump supporter winning Suffolk 19 is not out of the ordinary. Winthrop is particular is much more right leaning that Revere. And Revere got severely out voted. When Capobianco had his story, that left you with two progressives. #mapoli

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Jo_ComerfordJo Comerford@Jo_Comerford·
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.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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