Boston is the 26th-wealthiest city on the entire planet, according to a Brookings Institution report, yet it is declaring it can't afford to invest in its future. The city is slashing its school budget, laying off hundreds of teachers and … [Read more...]
Consultants, Contractors Won’t Let Their Boston Olympics Dreams Die
Bringing the Olympics to Boston has been talked about my entire life, but despite decades of discussion, there's still little to no public groundswell of support for the idea. So why does the legislature still have a committee … [Read more...]
Pat’s Towing – Marty Walsh please reform Boston’s towing policies.
Our car was towed by Pat's Towing over Christmas. We were charged at a rate of $35 a day for storage in Somerville.You can park in downtown Boston’s best buildings for less than $35 a day. Somerville Parking Gargagesare $7.00-14.00 per … [Read more...]
Progressives, Let’s Give Michelle Wu Some Slack
Michelle Wu has been taking some heat for her decision to support Bill Linehan to lead the Boston City Council. Linehan is not a favorite in progressive circles, but that's exactly why I think Michelle made the right decision. Now, Wu, one … [Read more...]
Sen. Eldridge Talks Dark Money
One of Left Ahead's favorite guests, MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge joined us to talk campaign-finance reform, specifically disclosure of contributions. He’s as appalled as we about the Citizens United decision. He is a leader in nibbling … [Read more...]
Marty Walsh – a union man
Public sector unions are the destroying cities and schools. We live in an age of driverless cars and yet the unions demand we have drivers on the MBTA subways. Howie Carr had a good piece this week discussing retirement age at 50 at the … [Read more...]
How to Win In Boston: Race, Class, or Being Michelle Wu
Boston's 2013 municipal election was extraordinary not just as the first open Mayoral race in twenty years or the free-wheeling preliminaries, but because Marty Walsh and Michelle Wu secured victory with very unorthodox neighborhood … [Read more...]
Connolly and the Koch brothers use the same “research” firm?
Connolly and the Koch brothers use the same "research" firm? Yes, it's true. Very interesting to this educator that the Connolly vendor mentioned in the Boston Globe article is Braun Research. As stated in the Globe article, Braun … [Read more...]
Connolly on the Boston Mayoral Final Push
Click the player below for 17 minutes of Boston mayoral candidate John Connolly speaking of the last 15 years to the voting. Weeks in the making, I was pleased to have the other shoe today, the second of the two finalists in next month’s … [Read more...]
Resilience and Climate Change
Recently, I've noticed there has been a shift from talking about mitigation to adaptation to resilience when dealing with climate change. From my perspective, this is not a bad development as resilience focuses on practical preparedness for … [Read more...]
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