What makes this an even harder pill to swallow is that Patrick is turning his back on a promise he made during his campaign. We will have in-state tuition for undocumented aliens when I am governor.Deval Patrick - WBZTV (4 April … [Read more...]
Trailing the Readiness Project
Looks like the Governor has started trailing some of what the initial phase of the Readiness Project is likely to encompass. I think he's going about this well. He's bringing together stakeholders to develop a shared vision of … [Read more...]
Stepping up the pace, Gov. Patrick nominates three to judgeships
Here is the link to the press release: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=go... For more information: Contact: Kyle Sullivan Cyndi Roy Becky Deusser (617) 725-4025 The fact that Governor Patrick recognized the need to … [Read more...]
Our Official National (& state) Day of Religious Supremacism
The Interfaith Alliance, Jews on First!, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, (and probably others) are calling them out on this discriminatory, Christian nationalist vanity project that comes with the Congressionally … [Read more...]
Governor’s Chief Legal Counsel writes to Mass Lawyer’s Weekly – and AmberPaw comments
First, the courts are the major protection of liberty, and of the rights of minorities of all varieties against the tyranny of the majority. Without an independent judiciary, same sex marriage would not be the law in our State, for … [Read more...]
Another Moment of Disillusionment wih Governor Patrick
I know many of us have been frustrated with some of Governor Patrick's decisions since he took office. Putting curtains aside, he has faced opposition from the Speaker and in general I have given him a lot of leeway. But it was … [Read more...]
Memo to Doug Rubin II: Great work on economy so far, but don’t sleep on the local finance crisis
That said - I think a major risk going forward for the Governor is the local fiscal crisis (at least a perceived crisis and which could deepen as the economy softens) and the reality of ever increasing property taxes and/or cuts in local … [Read more...]
I’ve been robopolled!
A machine from WBZ-TV phoned me this evening and asked me a minute's worth of questions for a story to run soon, keyed apparently to Gov. Patrick's big speech on the economy. The questions and my answers, apart from demographics: Do … [Read more...]
Enough! 4 reasons to stop blaming and start working
1. Close media scrutiny forces public policymakers to either stop engaging in improper activities, or at least to be discreet about it. It's a good thing for public policymakers to think about how voters would perceive their private … [Read more...]
Memo to Doug Rubin: Translating Poetry into Prose
Do more analysis and visioning. Before an initiative is proposed the groundwork has to be laid - a strong rationale for action has to be set out. Too often, without sufficient groundwork, the Governor has lurched into the issue … [Read more...]
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