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Deval’s Vision of Hope for Education

August 8, 2006 By joeltpatterson

It's fair to say that after our recreational governors, many schools in Massachusetts need help.  Some buildings need repair or replacement, many children need early education and full-day kindergarten, and our public higher education … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, education, governor, union, vote-9.19.2006

Frank Phillips Again Selectively Filtering the Facts

August 7, 2006 By joeltpatterson

In an interview, Patrick argued that he took his progressive values into the corporations where he worked, and implemented significant changes, such as reforming lending practices at Ameriquest, pushing Texaco to quit an industry advocacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ameriquest, coca-cola, coke, deval-patrick, frank-phillips, globe, media

Globe Filters Truth

August 3, 2006 By joeltpatterson

The person quoted is Wendy Murphy.Wendy Murphy, a professor at the New England School of Law and a strong advocate for using litigation to advance women's equality, said Patrick's joining the Fly Club opens a fair inquiry into "his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, globe, media-bias, reilly, wendy-murphy

Jeff Jacoby, GOP Waterboy At Your Service!

July 19, 2006 By joeltpatterson

The Big Dig is indeed a monument to O'Neill. It captures perfectly the costly big-government sloppiness for which he was the poster child. Only in the public sector, where market discipline is nonexistent and financial losses are the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, jacoby, jeff-jacoby, massachusetts, tip-oneill

“This Is A Beautiful, Democratic Republic.”

July 4, 2006 By joeltpatterson

Perfect Evidence, an episode of This American Life, contains the story of four Chicago teenagers wrongfully convicted for murder.  After 15 years in prison, DNA evidence set them free and convicted the real killers.    Omar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitutional-rights, courts, july4

$15 million = 150 extra cops for Boston’s tough neighborhoods

June 9, 2006 By joeltpatterson

Or 150 extra teachers to provide smaller classrooms and more personal attention to students who are behind grade level.Or 150 extra nurses to provide health care.Or 150 social workers to help sort out the problems of children who suffer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: antigabrieli, gabrieli-wealth-inequity-patrick-complainers, propatrick

New Kind of Politics

June 3, 2006 By joeltpatterson

Deval used his speech to explain how his campaign had given every delegate an envelope.  When I opened mine, I found a list of registered voters who live on my block.  He's encouraging us to talk to our neighbors about politics … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick-grassroots-convention-change, vote-9.19.2006

Reilly’s Robots! Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!

June 1, 2006 By joeltpatterson

Just got a robo-call from the Reilly campaign, (with a Caller ID block), telling me Reilly NEEDS my vote because there will only be one ballot.  It played up Deval's delegate count as the reason.But my vote is locked for Deval on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: reilly-deval-patrick-delegates

I’ve Found Out Who Supports Gabrieli!

May 17, 2006 By joeltpatterson

...ROBOTS!  The Robots have manned the phones to spread Gabrieli's message.  Today I got the call, and it was literally a wake-up call (it woke me up just as I started a much-needed nap).  There was no reasoning with this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: high-tech-gabrieli

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