Interesting development.Reversing his previous position, House majority leader John H. Rogers is refusing to turn over records explaining what services his campaign committee received for the $196,000 it paid over two years to a consulting … [Read more...]
Globe announces new metro columnists
Eileen McNamara took a buyout package, and Brian McGrory has been kicked upstairs named deputy managing editor for local news, all of which opened up two metro columnist slots. The lucky winners:Kevin Cullen, a Boston native who has … [Read more...]
The Bloomberg factor
As everyone knows by now, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has officially left the Republican party and has declared himself an independent. Bloomberg was a lifelong Democrat before determining (correctly) that the best way for him to win … [Read more...]
Democracy for America backs Jamie Eldridge for MA-05
Democracy for America has just announced that they will back Jamie Eldridge in the race to replace retiring US Representative Marty Meehan in the MA-05 race. From DFA's press release:DFA chair, Jim Dean says the endorsement was made … [Read more...]
Another Obama misstep. What’s going on over there?
He backed the lousy coal-to-liquid bill, until he didn't. His campaign's general counsel thinks Scooter Libby should be pardoned. And now Barack Obama's campaign has been embarrassed yet again, this time by an unseemly … [Read more...]
So, anything in the news today?
Today's papers and other newsie sources are chock full o' marriage news. Here's some of what I found interesting.The most important story, really, is where the votes came from, and why. Kris Mineau's nonsense notwithstanding, it … [Read more...]
In other news, Scooter Libby is going to prison
Judge Walton just denied Scooter Libby's request to remain free on bond pending appeal. It will apparently take the Bureau of Prisons six weeks or so to process him. He will then have to report to prison to begin serving his … [Read more...]
A glorious victory
45 members voted "yes." 151 voted "no." And with that, a mean-spirited constitutional amendment that would have helped no one, and hurt a lot of people, suffered a well-deserved death. And it did so without parliamentary … [Read more...]
… and they’re voting! Holy Toledo!
The clerk is calling the Senate roll now. A House machine vote will follow.Brown, Panagiatakos, Moore, and Hedlund are the only "yes" votes I heard [update: Creedon also voted "yes"]. DiMasi has now started the roll-call, and … [Read more...]
ConCon is starting
The legislators are assembling in the House chamber for today's ConCon. The link to the live webcast is here:housetv.hou.state.ma.usSo far, the webcast is holding together much better than last time. Keep your fingers crossed. … [Read more...]
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