Latest poll:SHN POLL: PATRICK THE FRONT RUNNER, VOTERS AGREE WITH GOV ON NEEDLE SALESBy Craig SandlerSTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICESTATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 10, 2006â¦..Deval Patrick has become the clear front runner for the Democratic … [Read more...]
Tom, where’s the $500 mill?
One of Tom Reilly's favorite "moderate" riffs is that if the personal income tax were rolled back to 5.0%, the next governor would still have $500 million to play with. And of course, Healey, Mihos -- and to an even vaguer extent Gabrieli … [Read more...]
Dem muckety-mucks want a clean fight — wherefore raillery?
MassDems chair Phil Johnston, Mike Dukakis, Cam Kerry and former State Sen. candidate Katherine Clark have signed on as referees for the 15-round primary fight this summer:``I believe the party has a real responsibility to do what it can to … [Read more...]
Healey hires Red October Productions
OCPF shows that Kerry Healey paid $32,442 on 6/23 to Red October Productions, a Republican media outfit. Here's their portfolio of previous work, including spots for President Bush and Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL). Generally pretty soft-focus, … [Read more...]
Romney announces vetoes and signs budget; returns Turnpike section for amendment
Governor Romney has announced his vetoes for the FY 2007 budget (pdf), and has signed the rest of it into law. He vetoed about $573 million in spending, and also vetoed the legislature's decision to transfer $550 million from the … [Read more...]
Tom Reilly’s tough spot: who will he represent in the Turnpike dust-up?
By the way, for the curious, here is the budget outside section at the heart of this issue:SECTION 117. Notwithstanding chapter 81A of the General Laws or any other general or special to the contrary, the term of the member of the … [Read more...]
Patrick backs Romney over legislature in Ruane, Amorello dust-ups
In an interview to be aired on Jim Braude's NewsNight show on NECN tonight, Deval Patrick said that Mitt Romney was right to reject the legislature's effort to belatedly create a pension for the widow of former legislator Michael Ruane, and … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick, meet Brian Schweitzer
Much has been said 'round here on the subject of whether Deval Patrick's opposition to the voter-approved rollback of the income tax to 5.0% will prove to be an albatross around his neck. My view: the income tax rollback is a big, … [Read more...]
Fourth of July parades
So my wife and I walked in two parades over the holiday with Chris Gabrieli: Randolph on Monday night, and Chelmsford on Tuesday morning. Chris also walked in Norwood Tuesday evening, but we were ready for some family time by then (and that … [Read more...]
Talk about trying to have it both ways!
Kim Atkins at the Herald noticed that Christy Mihos has rolled out a whole slew of his positions on various hot-button issues (with little or no elaboration on his reasons for taking those positions). Here are a couple of … [Read more...]
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