The same Globe editorial board decided to endorse conservative state legislator candidates like Chris Spadafora, whose primary contribution to our political discourse has been to host a fundraiser at which comedian Lenny Clarke was recorded … [Read more...]
Globe Reveals Mary ‘ZZZZZZZZZ’ Connaughton Asleep at the Switch While Lottery CFO
Worse still for poor Mary Z, this story of incompetence follows last week's revelation of the key role she played as Chief Compliance Office at the Treasury in losing $16 million after she dumped the only experienced qualified vendor in … [Read more...]
Connaughton’s Sweetheart Deal with Mitt Romney
It is illegal for any individual or group to subsidize a candidate when they are running because it would exceed the individual contribution limit allowed. Even odder is that last year, when Mary was NOT working "18-7" for her run for … [Read more...]
What will a Deval victory say about the power of conservative talk radio in Boston?
Never asked a tough question, never probed for biases or competence, every campaign stop by these traveling evangelicals is filled with tales of passionate conservative jihadists, all committed to the destruction of Deval and Pelosi; … [Read more...]
Just when you thought Bill Hudak couldn’t get crazier
I'm not going to belabor the point here. We alredy knew Bill Hudak is a conspiracy nut and birther who has defaced an image of the president to look like Osama bin Laden. But now it seems he's just regular, run-of-the-mill, … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker, If That’s Not Offensive, What is?
We are through the looking glass here, people. At some point a sense of shame needs to come back into the political process. Charlie Baker, look yourself in the mirror and try to ask yourself what other Hudak tropes you won't … [Read more...]
Creem talking the talk AND walking the walk on Campaign Finance Reform
When I lived in Newton, this was the kind of thing that made me love being represented by Senator Creem. This April, she filed a bill that would require disclosure 6 months prior to an election and every month thereafter- keeping … [Read more...]
Bernstein injects a little reality into Creem-Rudnick race
Moreover, when David Bernstein of the Boston Phoenix offered Rudick the opportunity to explain a single instance in the 12 years of Creem's Senate career where she had been specifically corrupted by the 'toxic culture on Beacon Hill' … [Read more...]