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MA Should Follow Boston and Maine, Divest from Fossil Fuels

November 22, 2021 By Luke Johnson

Today, Michelle Wu signed a measure into law for the first time as mayor of Boston. The measure is to divest city funds from the fossil fuel industry. This is an astronomical move for a city like Boston and will create the groundwork for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, Featured, Subscriptions, User Tagged With: charlie-baker, Fossil Fuels, governor, Mayor Wu, Michelle Wu

Who can challenge Charlie Baker in ’22?

February 19, 2021 By NorthShoreGrandma

This excellent opinion piece by Somerville mayor Joe Curtatone reminded me that there had been some discussion on this site of Curtatone as a possible Democratic candidate for governor. Until this week, I'd been thinking that Charlie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #magov, Ben Downing, charlie-baker, joe-curtatone, somerville

“Breaking our will” — or finding it?

February 17, 2021 By Charley on the MTA

Gov. Baker essentially pushed out his undersecretary for Climate Affairs, David Ismay, over some comments he made to a group of Vermont community leaders working on climate change. In talking about the inherent difficulties in changing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, David Ismay, global-warming, Mass Fiscal Alliance

Will Beacon Hill become Downing Street?

February 9, 2021 By Charley on the MTA

As noted below, former State Senator Ben Downing is running for Governor. I think I saw this coming, and I'm pretty pleased that he's taking the plunge. I hope other rank-and-file Democrats can allow themselves to get interested and even a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: 2022, Ben Downing, charlie-baker, ma-gov

Why won’t Charlie Baker sign the climate bill?

January 13, 2021 By Charley on the MTA

UPDATE: Speaker Mariano and Senate President Spilka have indicated that if Baker vetoes, or pocket-vetoes the bill, they're just going to refile it -- and presumably pass it with a veto-proof majority. In other words, Baker might as well … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, climate, real-estate, stretch code

Gov. Baker skewed the Health Impact Assessment for the Weymouth gas compressor

September 15, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

In response to residents of the South Shore complaining about the proposed Enbridge gas compressor, in 2018 Gov. Baker threw them a bone: A Health Impact Assessment, to be finished before the permitting process in January 2019. In a weird … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, clean-air-act, gas, massdep, natural-gas, weymouth

Right Now: Rent and mortgage relief; take care of gig workers

April 6, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

Wednesday was the first of the month. Rent was due. Unemployment claims for Massachusetts were 329,000 over the last two weeks. That's ... 4.8% of the entire population of Massachusetts, and 9% of the workforce, newly out of a job, right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: arts, charlie-baker, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, foreclosures, gig workers, Kevin Honan, Mike Connolly, mortgage relief, rent freeze, renters, unemployment-benefits

Our own Berlin Airlift: Patriots Plane defies Trump’s effective blockade

April 3, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

In a tale of logistical wizardry, persistence, and sheer physical endurance, Massachusetts is being whisked some 1.4 million N95 masks on the New England Patriots' plane. 300,000 some masks will go to New York. Bob Kraft is paying for some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: Bob Kraft, charlie-baker, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, N95, patriots, trump

You knew this wasn’t right: Trump *and Baker’s MassDPH* are botching the response

March 12, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

I had hoped, maybe somewhere in the denial/bargaining stage of processing the coronavirus testing debacle, that at least our state officials were on top of the situation, and at least giving us reliable information. The evidence before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: Catch-22, CDC, charlie-baker, coronavirus, COVID-19, Kafka, MassDPH, mgh, Monica Bharel, pandemic preparedness

Weymouth compressor: MassDEP’s Chewbacca Kafka Humpty-Dumpty Up-Is-Down Catch-22

January 19, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

Added: Nice story and interview by CBS-4 with Alice Arena of FRRACS, one of the compressor station resistance leaders: They're down to this: Physical blockades of the gas compressor construction site in Weymouth. Nine folks from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: charlie-baker, climate, FRRACS, gas, massdep, nocompressor, pollution, weymouth, Weymouth compressor

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📛Breaking- Multiple homes on fire at Minot Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts--Patriot Ledger 35 min ago #mapoli #breakingnews #mepolitics #massachusetts

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Which #BostonMA #OfficeBuildings are joining in? And how many could #TurnOffTheLights every night? Let's see how dark can we go & how many #stars we can see in our #cities. #RestoreNature #DarkSkies #SaveEnergy #ClimateCrisis @CindyCreem @SeanGarballeyMA @RepSimonCataldo #MAPoli

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It's tomorrow! Iconic landmarks around the world, including our own @UNGeneva Palais des Nations, will switch off lights on #EarthHour.

Join the movement and switch off all lights 💡at 8:30 p.m. your local time to #connect2earth 🌎

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never heard of this joker before "former intern for Ted Sarandis" if @_ChrisCurtis was an intern for meathead #TedSarandis that's all ya gotta know What is it with these bald racists, #Massarotti and #ChrisCurtis ? Self-loathing due to lack of hair? #Mapoli @WEEI @GregHillWEEI

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Princeton over Arizona was my lock of the week.

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notoriousvog Notorious VOG @notoriousvog ·
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Like I've been saying for awhile folks, @massdems are not as Blue and not as woke as profess to be. The goal in MA is getting elected period. That also goes for Black and electeds. Once elected they IGNORE will of voters.🙄🤦🏽‍♂️ #BOSpoli #MApoli

chip goines @chipgoines

.@MassGovernor backtracks on making her office open to FOIA requests.
Now MA House Speaker @RonMariano is denying the State Auditor access to audit the legislature,
So much for @massdems & transparency! #mapoli https://twitter.com/mattpstout/status/1639302749731926016

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carcarll Mom needs coffee (Lisa Green) @carcarll ·
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Coulda bet a year's salary on it. She was the least transparent candidate imaginable—no debates, no questionnaires, nobody even knew where she lived. Why would she govern any differently? I wrote in my grandmother in the general. The Dem establishment in MA is hopeless. #mapoli

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.@MassGovernor backtracks on making her office open to FOIA requests.
Now MA House Speaker @RonMariano is denying the State Auditor access to audit the legislature,
So much for @massdems & transparency! #mapoli https://twitter.com/mattpstout/status/1639302749731926016

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