One of Left Ahead's favorite guests, MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge joined us to talk campaign-finance reform, specifically disclosure of contributions. He’s as appalled as we about the Citizens United decision. He is a leader in nibbling … [Read more...]
Ethics and Transparency Plank of Democratic Platform Draft a Disgrace
Compared to the rest of the platform there is very little substance to the Ethics and Transparency Plank of Democratic Platform Draft ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY Massachusetts Democrats believe that public officials should be held to the … [Read more...]
Eldridge’s Two-Level Attack on Citizens United
MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge did not throw up his hands last year when the SCOTUS passed Citizens United by five to four. He proposed commonwealth and federal fixes to unlimited, undisclosed campaign and advertising contributions under … [Read more...]
Video Illustration of How Culture of Corruption Is Maintained
The recent State Senate debate about the amendment proposing to establish a 5 year “cooling off period” before any legislator could go to work for the proposed casinos has been the biggest news-maker of the process thus far and the first … [Read more...]
Thank you, Senators Eldridge and Chang Diaz for the courage to talk about taxation in public
Today's Boston Globe contains an Op Ed written jointly by Senator Eldridge and Senator Chang-Diaz. Their courage and straight talk makes me proud to be a democrat. Among other things, they point out that a 1% increase in the personal … [Read more...]
Stop pending cuts to the already bare bones Disabled Persons Protection Commission [DPPC] –
Quote from yesterday's rally at the State House on behalf of the disabled: COFAR President David J. Hart presided, pointing to two budget cuts under $200,000 each that affected hundreds or thousands of disabled people, one to the … [Read more...]
Jamie Eldridge is in Denver??
Curious thing about the convention: It gathers more of the major Massachusetts Democrats in one place than just about any event in Massachusetts -- including the Mass Dems convention. We ran into State Rep. and State Senate candidate Jamie … [Read more...]
Jen Benson Endorsed by Rep. Jamie Eldridge
Eldridge announced his "full-hearted endorsement" in front of a full house at a political forum hosted by the Boxborough Democratic Town Committee on Monday, June 9. The event was co-sponsored by the six Democratic town committees in the … [Read more...]
My campaign for State Senate
Hello to the BMG community, I want you to be among the first to know that I am announcing today I am running for the Middlesex-Worcester Senate seat after last week's announcement by Senator Pam Resor that she will not be running for … [Read more...]
MA-05 candidates clash on experience
Dick Howe's got a rundown of the final debate between the MA-05 candidates. Eileen Donoghue is making a run at Niki Tsongas' experience -- portraying herself as a seasoned public servant and Tsongas as, well, a political wife who didn't … [Read more...]
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