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This is a tad creepy, no?

August 17, 2006 By David

From State House News:Hidden in smoke alarms were six cameras located in fourth-floor Transportation Building hallways, wired to a monitor in the office of a top aide to recently ousted [Mass. Turnpike] chairman Matthew Amorello.... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, turnpike

Why the health care individual mandate still sucks

August 17, 2006 By David

The truth is coming out about the new health care bill - and some of it ain't pretty.The state may have to exclude nearly 5,000 people from the program next year, and more than 37,000 by 2009, depending on how many people enroll and how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts

Unions meet with OCPF on Killer Coke

August 17, 2006 By David

Officials from the unions that complained to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance about Killer Coke's efforts to derail Deval Patrick's gubernatorial campaign met yesterday with the director and general counsel of OCPF to discuss … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coke, governor, massachusetts, patrick, vote-9.19.2006

A funny Globe headline. (Funny funny, or funny strange? You tell me.)

August 17, 2006 By David

In today's Globe we find this headline:Kerry's spouse nets $5.8m in stock salesHas Teresa cashed in some of the Heinz fortune in anticipation of her husband's next presidential bid?Nope - here's what the story is actually about:As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, media

Patrick TV ads on DPTV tomorrow at 2:30; regular TV Friday

August 16, 2006 By David

The Deval Patrick campaign has announced that they are hitting the airwaves starting Friday.  Patrick's first TV ad will appear first on Deval Patrick TV on Thursday at 2:30 pm, and then on broadcast and cable stations starting Friday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, massachusetts, media, patrick, vote-9.19.2006

Mass. AFL-CIO: Killer Coke doesn’t speak for us

August 16, 2006 By David

The Massachusetts AFL-CIO, the state's largest labor organization, has released a strongly-worded statement condemning the tactics of Ray Rogers, Corporate Campaign, Inc., and the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, in their efforts to link Deval … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coke, governor, massachusetts, patrick, vote-9.19.2006

Capka FINALLY recuses himself from CA/Tastrophe probe

August 16, 2006 By David

AP reports that Richard Capka, the former executive director of the Mass. Turnpike Authority and now the head of the Federal Highway Administration, has at long last agreed to recuse himself from FHWA's investigation of the CA/Tastrophe.As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, ca/tastrophe, massachusetts

Patrick campaign unveils spiffy new multimedia web site

August 15, 2006 By David

This is really pretty cool.  The Patrick campaign has collected a whole bunch of video from speeches, issue statements, messages to supporters, and other sources, on a new website that it calls "Deval Patrick TV" (the URL is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, massachusetts, patrick, vote-9.19.2006

Reilly: Killer whaa…?

August 15, 2006 By David

Tom Reilly says he had no idea what his staff was up to when they were setting up Mr. Killer Coke with PR consultants, media contacts, and otherwise trying to make sure Killer Coke's anti-Deval Patrick project received as much exposure as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coke, governor, massachusetts, patrick, reilly, vote-9.19.2006

“It’s fair to question Healey’s political spine — or lack thereof”

August 13, 2006 By David

That's from Joan Vennochi's column this morning, in which she is generally trying to be nice to Kerry Healey in light of her widely-reported refusal to answer questionnaires from NARAL, NOW, and Planned Parenthood regarding her commitment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, healey, massachusetts

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