(Uh...how many diaries do I get a day? LOL) In celebrating the win for the puppies (ie, the passing of Question 3!), I have paused to ask myself several times if this is the end to this matter, or if there's another fight a-brewin'. After … [Read more...]
Globe recommends “no” on all three ballot questions
Question 1: Question 1 would starve state government of 40 percent of its revenue - more than $12 billion - and give the biggest breaks to the richest taxpayers. It would pressure communities to make up for lost revenue, almost surely by … [Read more...]
Ooh! Ooh! A poll!
It's practically meaningless at this very early stage, but still, one has to note the following results on the ballot questions from a just-released Suffolk poll (via Politicker). Question: yes -- no -- undecided 1 (repeal income tax): … [Read more...]
SJC upholds AG’s certification of dog racing ballot question
After the Attorney General certified the question for the ballot, George Carney, the owner of the Raynham-Taunton dog track, sued. Carney argued that the question concerns only local matters (because dog racing exists in only two … [Read more...]
Nine more dogs were seriously injured in May at MA dogtracks
This just in (press release, no link): According to state reports completed by racetrack veterinarians, nine greyhounds suffered broken legs at Massachusetts dog tracks during the month of May, bringing to 820 the total number of dogs … [Read more...]
Questions on dog racing, income tax, and pot appear headed to the ballot
AP: Backers of ballot questions that would end Massachusetts' income tax, ban greyhound racing and ease marijuana laws say they have enough signatures to make the November ballot. All three groups already turned in an initial batch of … [Read more...]
Dog track owner apparently makes up job numbers
Today's Globe reports that George Carney, the owner of the Raynham Park dog racing track, has filed suit to keep the proposed ballot question that would ban dog racing off the 2008 ballot. (BMG has endorsed the passage of the … [Read more...]
Support the proposed ballot question to ban dog racing
In light of this post from a few weeks ago, BMG's endorsement of the proposed ban on greyhound racing (in the form of a ballot question on the 2008 ballot) won't come as a shock. But since the signature gathering is now in full swing, … [Read more...]
Would you treat your dog this way?
Other Issues* In the Spring of 2005 nineteen dogs at Wonderland Greyhound Park died from a mystery illness that was later proven to be a form of horse flu that had never before jumped species.* To reduce costs, dogs at these tracks are … [Read more...]