Cross Posted from the Gladys Kravitz blog … [Read more...]
Deval Tries Another Door
Criss-posted at Marry in Massachusetts. I confess that a good part of me likes the President Lyndon Johnson persona instead. In the U.S. Senate, then as VP and prez, he was a fearsome and sometimes brutal politician. From the 1964 Civil … [Read more...]
Patrick Bypasses Campaign Funding Rules
And the reason? Liz Morningstar, executive director of the Deval Patrick Committee, in a statement released by the campaign, did not respond to questions about the apparent circumvention of the state's $500 limit on individual campaign … [Read more...]
More bad news for casino proponents
2. House Speaker Sal DiMasi disses Patrick big-time in today's Globe, telling reporter Matt Viser that he's endorsing Hillary Clinton for president because Barack Obama is too inexperienced - just like Patrick. "I think Massachusetts will … [Read more...]
Deval — what happened to “more than one bottom line?”
AHT, a coalition of over 160 groups around the state including such mainstream organizations as the League of Women Voters, the Massachusetts Public Health Association, and the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition, has proposed … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick Pledges Increase for MA Universal Pre-K Program
Referencing his wife Diane Patrick, who worked as an early educator in New York, Governor Patrick said that she has helped teach him "about the lifelong impact of quality early education in the lives of young people." Governor Patrick … [Read more...]
Demand change, don’t wait for the corner office to do it for you
I ran across this column today in the Lowell Sun. I just thought it would be of interest to BMG readers and encourage any comments. … [Read more...]
May I have my $63.42 back, please?
I wrote this letter to the governor just a moment ago and I thought I would share it with all of you in my moment of frustration. ----- Dear Governor Patrick, This morning I plopped down $151 of my hard earned dollars for a zone 2 commuter … [Read more...]
H4141: Patrick Vetoes $300,000 for Homeless Shelters
Does anyone know why Governor Patrick objected to the portions of H4141 that provided funding to two homeless shelters in Taunton and Fitchburg? According to this week's Beacon Hill Roll Call (in the Reading Advocate), "the governor said … [Read more...]
Today’s Casino Hearing
Let's take for example our good Governor. Despite the fact that even Lynne's beginning to question if the Governor is getting too cozy with special interests and certain corporations (just listen in to our conversation on LeftAhead, we hit … [Read more...]
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