Let's bring Governor Patrick's, Speaker DeLeo's and Senate President Murray's predatory gambling bill out from behind the closed-doors of the "power brokers" on Beacon Hill, where a horrific precedent has been staged, out into the light of … [Read more...]
The Big Hustle
It is pretty evident that the process is political and the white guy with the biggest influence amongst his state legislative peers wins. But, just for a moment let's consider what might be a scenario that may not initially look so … [Read more...]
Contract on America – the sequel
And one of the big guys trying to muscle casinos into the Commonwealth is none other than Newt's key funder, Sheldon Adelson The key funder is right-wing casino kingpin Sheldon Adelson, who has pumped over $3 million into the organization … [Read more...]
Status-quotocrats block transparency and progress
It's all about the rules...."the rule of law" and the ubiquitous, "law of the land" are phrases that define our democracy. Democrats on Beacon Hill had an opportunity to lead the way to better government last week as both the House and … [Read more...]
Petro’s Out! With Update (1930 hrs 11/24/2010)
What steps do you think need to be taken next? How can grassroots apply pressure to keep this issue in the public eye and demand accountability? Do legislators realize that even their allies are disgusted with this behavior? Don't Speaker … [Read more...]
A slot barn by another name is still a slot barn
The deliberate ignorance and rationalization of the negative impacts by legislative leadership who refused to calculate or even attempt to calculate costs, is the evidence of elected officials perverted by the false promises and gimmicks of … [Read more...]
Legislative Errata
At 8:40pm State House News Service reported that the six conferees for the tainted special interest gambling bill filed legislative errata to correct several (8-9 pages) of the errors someone managed to catch. Does this remind you of … [Read more...]
Tea Bagger Rejects Brown
Check out the Right Condition on the candidate. What does this say about the candidate, the Mass GOP, teabaggers? … [Read more...]
Coakley shakes it up, finally!
http://media.masslive.com/brea... My favorite spar, "Just so I'm clear, so we get a simple answer, you would let the top 2 percent keep the tax cuts they got during the Bush-Cheney administration?" Coakley said to Brown. "That's a yes or … [Read more...]
UMass US Senate Candidates Forum
Health Care Pags- Public Option component of cost reduction. Admin costs need to be reduced through centralized data. Brown - goes after Capuano (who sweated the week out in DC fighting not talking about health care reform - my … [Read more...]
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