Over at AllAfrica.com, columnist Kunle Somorin reveals shocking new details about the origins of Blue Mass Group. These amazing revelations have not been previously published! I hope that Halims Agoda and Farouk Lawan may not find … [Read more...]
Supreme Court decision seems likely to allow DiMasi prosecution to go forward
The Supreme Court today narrowed, but did not invalidate, the federal "honest services" law that has been used to prosecute many people charged with public or private corruption, including former House Speaker Sal DiMasi. The essence … [Read more...]
Wrong Arm of the Law Focus of D. Kennedy’s column in UK Guardian
Dan Kennedy from Media Nation and a BMG blogger has a very interesting opinion column in Britain's The Guardian this weekend. … [Read more...]
At no time did Speaker DeLeo communicate with…
"At no time did Speaker DeLeo communicate with Sal DiMasi, James Holzman, Richard Vitale, Reps. Rodrigues or Petrolati on the ticket broker bill,'' says Seth Gitell, spokesman for Speaker DeLeo. Only a few months into office, and DeLeo's … [Read more...]
Beyond ethics reform
The editorial offers a few suggestions: - Put legislative redistricting in the hands of an independent commission. - Put decisions about legislators' perks - office assignments, parking spaces, etc. - in the hands of an independent … [Read more...]
Together we can?
Ryan found it in his email box first. Here's a joint statement from the Gov, Sen. Prez Murray, and Speaker DeLeo: “The news of yesterday’s indictments and the nature of the charges are deeply disturbing. All … [Read more...]
What to do
Public financing. I know a lot of progressives see this as the holy grail. I've never been a huge fan, but regardless, we can't afford it right now. The money simply is not there, so there's not really much point in … [Read more...]
How do we reform the Office of the Speaker?
It's pretty obvious that the power held by the Speaker of the Massachusetts House: is a corrupting force; and leads to actions that are detrimental to the Commonwealth. Knowing very little about how things work inside the State House, … [Read more...]
The stench behind the stench
The betrayal of public trust evidenced by the DiMasi mess has another stinky dimension. DiMasi and his partners in corruption have been charged with pocketing thousands of dollars in their pay to play scheme. As if this … [Read more...]
Thoughts on the DiMasi indictment
Well, we knew that his hands weren't exactly clean, and that he was too close to some folks that were pretty plainly trying to buy some influence. And we knew there was something fishy with the Cognos deal.This is what I wrote back in … [Read more...]
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