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The Pipeline and the Greenhouse

March 17, 2008 By Trickle up

Govern Patrick's class-III casinos are sometimes pitched as a greenhouse--redirecting into Massachusetts a flow of gambling dollars that is otherwise spent in Connecticut. Horrors! But casinos are a pipeline, not a greenhouse, designed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, economic-development, finance, multiplier-effect

Hidden agenda surfaces in the Globe, part 2

March 1, 2008 By Trickle up

The headline was matched by the lede, another finger-pointing gotcha: HANGING ROCK, Ohio - Senator Hillary Clinton, who has accused rival Barack Obama of sending misleading mailers to voters about her healthcare plan, misstated his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bias, clinton, globe, media, obama, press

Hidden agenda surfaces in the Globe, part one

February 29, 2008 By Trickle up

The tax cutters! "Seniors are our first line of defense against overrides," said Barbara Anderson of Citizens for Limited Taxation. "Senior citizens are defeating these overrides, and they are trying to give them a reason not to vote." I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cities, clt, drowninabathtub, property-tax, seniors, taxation, taxes, towns

The Credentials Card

February 7, 2008 By Trickle up

In the unlikely case that neither Clinton nor Obama win an outright majority through the primary process, the party leaders will broker the nomination (though almost certainly before the convention). I say "unlikely" because, with only two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: convention, credentials, delegation, floor-fight, florida, michigan

His Expediency Speaks

December 6, 2007 By Trickle up

His remarks here. Seems to me a net plus for him on the road to the VP nomination. Or whatever. Let the spinning begin. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, latter-day-saints, mormonism, presidential-campaign, religion, republican, romney

Insult to Injury: What the Legislature Does to Cities and Towns

October 31, 2007 By Trickle up

In his "municipal meltdown" diary last week, Charlie quotes a Commonwealth piece extensively about the fiscal crisis facing cities and towns. One line from Commonwealth really pushed my stupid button:When the leader of the Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, cities, finance, legislature, local-government, massachusetts, towns

Is Boston getting serious about bicycles?

October 13, 2007 By Trickle up

Is this for real? It's a promising start. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bicycles, cycling, streets, traffic, transit

What is populism?

October 3, 2007 By Trickle up

This wide-ranging discussion tossed around the P word freely, with some interesting comments but no agreement (though nobody seems to like Bob Shrum.)Populism is like democracy was 150 years ago. It's scary, embarrassing, has bad breath, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democracy, media, national, politics, populism, pundits, strategy, tactics

What a dumb Globe story

September 2, 2007 By Trickle up

Subtract the irrelevant nonsense and get a starker story:(No words added or moved, only subtracted.)Property tax bills soar as services fallResidential property taxes rose an average of $161 in cities and towns across the state in the past … [Read more...]

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Everybody Wins!

June 14, 2007 By Trickle up

Kris Mineau, Ray Flynn and the rest get to continue to do their ugly pathetic thing--be the righteous victims of wickedness, cheated again by legislative shenanigans or corruption or the just plain horrible tyranny of the majority (in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aftermath, community, equality, hooray!, liberty, marriage

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