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...]
The MTA’s White House Tactics
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...]
Matt Amorello of the Twilight Zone
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...]
Patrick’s Governance: A Gloss on the Globe’s
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...]
Man Bites Dog: Patrick, Promises & the Globe
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...]
Anti-Equality Forces
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...]
Power Struggle: Patrick vs. Travaglini
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...]
The Closed Fists in the Battle for Open Source
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...]
The Closed Fists in the Battle for Open Source
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...]
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