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The Gotcha Shuffle: Patrick Gets Got

February 21, 2007 By yellow-dog

The Globe columnists continue to pile on.Today it's Jeff Jacoby, a day late and a dollar short. Yesterday, it was Brian McGrory looking down from Mount Olympus and handing out his sage advice. Last week it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe;-cadillac, massachusetts

The MTA’s White House Tactics

February 6, 2007 By yellow-dog

The plan was a non-starter. An election ploy. The Commonwealth could ill afford the cut in revenue, but the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority lacked the authority to make this happen. Aside from Democrats, non-partisans, and some Republican … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: mta;-romney;-independent-authorities

Matt Amorello of the Twilight Zone

February 1, 2007 By yellow-dog

Last summer Turnpike Authority officials said Amorello had changed the agency's sick leave policy on July 5 -- five days before a tunnel collapse killed 38-year-old Milena Del Valle of Jamaica Plain. But Carlisle said yesterday that a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ethics;-conflict-of-interest;-amorello

Patrick’s Governance: A Gloss on the Globe’s

January 28, 2007 By yellow-dog

How much will the pay increases cost? About $80,000, which even with a tight budget, is chump change. Giving lawmakers more money may be grist for the Howie Carr's for the world, but if it reigns in our public authorities and boards, it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick;-quasi-independent-agencies

Man Bites Dog: Patrick, Promises & the Globe

January 23, 2007 By yellow-dog

While Patrick has indeed been swinging a little wildly in the last couple of weeks with promises, his honesty on the campaign trail, particularly compared to rivals Kerry Healey and Tom Reilly, was noteworthy.As campaigners, both lied about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts

Anti-Equality Forces

January 3, 2007 By yellow-dog

Do anti-equality forces have a point about having played by the rules in working for a constitutional amendment? Half of one. Petitions and the ballot intiative process should be taken seriously, but individual rights should be given more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: marriage-equality;-gay-marriage;-rights, massachusetts

Power Struggle: Patrick vs. Travaglini

December 16, 2006 By yellow-dog

I gave Senate President Robert Travaglini too much credit and Deval Patrick too little yesterday morning concerning comments made by Travaglini yesterday. In trying to take a balanced approach to my man Deval, I may have short-changed him. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, patrick;-travaglini;

The Closed Fists in the Battle for Open Source

December 9, 2006 By yellow-dog

A Crusade BeginsBrian Burke's lobbying recieved scant attention from in depth in the trade journals of the IT industry. Few were surprised at the lengths to which Microsoft would go to get its way, but after Burke's brand of hardball, even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts

The Closed Fists in the Battle for Open Source

December 9, 2006 By yellow-dog

A Crusade BeginsBrian Burke's lobbying recieved scant attention from in depth in the trade journals of the IT industry. Few were surprised at the lengths to which Microsoft would go to get its way, but after Burke's brand of hardball, even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts

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