No time to write up a full post this morning, so here are some links to get you started on the topic of the day. In case you missed it, Speaker DeLeo proposed two resort casinos and four racinos or slot parlors in his Chamber of … [Read more...]
Memo to Charlie Baker: don’t whine or sulk when reporters ask you questions.
You were the Secretary of Administration and Finance -- the state's top financial officer, and one of the two or three most powerful people in state government after the Gov and Lt. Gov! You were one of 50? Your approval meant … [Read more...]
Slick Willard is back: can you count the flip-flops?
The guy is really unbelievable. On the same day, W. Mitt Romney both praises and criticizes President Obama's approach to Afghanistan. ThinkProgress has an excellent round-up which I am going to steal. Fair use police, come … [Read more...]
By the way, that whole ACORN/pimp thing? Total hoax. The media and Congress got suckered.
There are lots of ways to read BMG!
This is just an FYI for folks who might not be aware that there are several ways to read BMG other than sitting down at a computer and typing www.bluemassgroup.com into the browser. If you like to read your favorite blogs on the go, there … [Read more...]
Two more stories of deeply questionable benefits
Today's Globe story on municipal health plans is a must-read. It's quite long, but the short version is that cities and towns across the state are paying millions for guaranteed-for-life health benefits, even for middle-aged folks … [Read more...]
How does this happen, anyway?
From today's must-read Globe story on municipal health care costs: A six-month review by the Globe found that municipal health plans, which cover employees, retirees, and elected officials, provide benefit levels largely unheard of in the … [Read more...]
Reconciliation, the “nuclear option,” and reality
Back when Republicans had the majority and Trent Lott ran the Senate, Republicans were more than happy to use the reconciliation process to pass their agenda. You see, they acted like a majority party with conviction for their ideology, and … [Read more...]
“He’s my cousin, OK?”
[Probation] is ostensibly a division of the trial court but, thanks to the Legislature, operates with unusual independence.... In 1993, five years before [Probation Commissioner John] O'Brien was appointed, the Legislature eliminated the … [Read more...]
Brown apparently thinks his election was not consistent with “representative leadership.” What??
Scott Brown, as you will recall, was elected by a margin of roughly 52-47. He didn't get close to 60% of the vote, but in our majority-rules system, 52% was enough to put him in the Senate. And yet, apparently Senator Brown (or, at … [Read more...]
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