Just picked this up over at Talking Points Memo - saying my main man Mike is wary of voting yes for the Senate bill because he's afraid it can't get fixed.  Gives some sound reasons but still I think he has to keep the eye on the … [Read more...]

Recently, I caught this blurb over at Mass Beacon.  In it, Bump offers her support for Terry Murray and Karen Spilka's bill to consolidate economic development agencies and funding.  Pretty standard stuff, but it was what she said … [Read more...]

Words matter...sometimes more of em' works better Reform is of course such an overused term it means little to people.  It's used for everything and anything - in part to gloss over budget cuts or other unpopular changes or to suggest … [Read more...]

Tax Incentives: All Carrot And No Stick Commonwealth to spend $1.7B on luring, retaining businesses By Matthew L. Brown Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer 01/18/10 The state is set to put $1.7 billion on tax incentives for economic … [Read more...]

Governor Patrick has again proposed removing the sales tax exemption on candy and soda in this year's budget.  It will raise an estimated $52m of which a portion will be dedicated to health and wellness programs to fight childhood … [Read more...]

President Obama, I've been with you throughout on the health care roller-coster.  Even as many fellow liberals pilloried your willingness to compromise to get a bill done, I thought it was your pragmatism in letting Congress get it … [Read more...]

Deval Patrick was a breath of fresh air three years ago but in recent decades we have had very few new and unique voices enter the political fray.  And once Patrick got to Beacon Hill he became attached to all that happened there - … [Read more...]

I am looking forward to seeing Martha Coakley sworn in as our State's new U.S. Senator later this month.  One of the issues she has rightfully been outspoken about is the need to hold "the big banks and scam artists that got us into … [Read more...]

The health bill is quite an achievement.  While I know it awaits conference, it will, in a form likely similar to the Senate bill, become law early next year.  Many fellow liberals see it as a giveaway to insurers and fatally … [Read more...]