Ross is a politician but not cowardly or overly slick. Among other ideas, he included:Home rule: A vestige of class warfare that cripples the city. Boston should be able to govern itself. Term limits:Mayor Tom Menino has been fine, … [Read more...]
New video of gun owners endorsing one gun a month
View a new video with Mass. gun owners championing the Governor's one-gun-a-month policy. See the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... It's a groundbreaking, important step toward moving the debate beyond the extreme, … [Read more...]
Setting the record straight on Sen. Creem and this week’s Judiciary Committee vote
Please allow me to correct an earlier post regarding Tuesday's vote in the Judiciary Committee on Governor Patrick's crime bill, An Act to Reduce Firearm Violence, H. 4102. I am Nancy Robinson, quoted in the Globe story on the committee's … [Read more...]
McCrea Pitches Himself for Mayor
Conventional wisdom has Menino walking away with the primary and election. He certainly has the bank account and foot soldiers. Contenders McCrea, Sam Yoon and Michael Flaherty each thinks he has a shot. Kevin intends to give it his … [Read more...]
Boston Got Madoff’d
Did anyone catch this little tidbit from Boston.com? Apparently the "Deputy Collector's office", to whom I would periodically refer taxpayers when I was working at Assessing, may have been run by a complete crook who stole $2.7 million from … [Read more...]
How to cut costs without costing anything
It's time to get creative in finding ways to cut expenditures. One obvious place that doesn't seem to have been looked at is the criminal code. Property crimes are divided into misdemeanors and felonies primarily by dollar … [Read more...]
Rep. Fagan on Cutting Victim Services
Rep. James Fagan, who once squealed with delight at the chance to cross-examine a child victim of sexual abuse (http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2008/06/ma-rep-james-fagan-d-taunton-on.html), is back at his bully pulpit again, this … [Read more...]
Isn’t that convenient
Ed Brayton has a post up about the 'missing' white house email. Quoting the Washington Post: A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge yesterday that the Bush administration will meet its legal requirement to transfer e-mails … [Read more...]
Charley is right – torture on the basis of mere accusation is a lot like the Salem Witch Trials
The term "witch hunt" comes from the Salem Witch Trials by the Court of Oyer and Terminer. What many may not know is that one of the judges on that court, Judge Samuel Sewall, publicly repented of sending 30 men and women to be hung, two of … [Read more...]
Onset Crime Watch — Good Civic Partnership
And in SouthCoast Today "It really is the essence of a community project," Town Administrator John McAuliffe said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. Mr. McAuliffe had identified the building as a possible site for the partnership. … [Read more...]
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