As you'll recall, the legislature recently passed a bill entitling the widow of the late Rep. Michael Ruane to a state pension that she otherwise would not have received. Mr. Ruane was not eligible to participate in the state pension … [Read more...]
“Liveblogging” the DemGuv debate
Sahl: Exclude certain hospitals since they're expensive?Gab: Use community health centers and hospitals.[No discussion of bulk-purchasing of drugs. Tough one, and needs to be done.]Question on education from Keough(?)Reilly: Improve public … [Read more...]
MA-Gov: Grace Ross appearance at UMass Amherst
The biggest issue is the size and composition of the state budget. She says that people will willingly pay more taxes for more services, but their current anger at paying the same taxes for fewer services is perfectly justified -- the … [Read more...]
Immigration and Stem Cell Research – Related issues!
The voting public may not be ready to recognize distinctions among "good" immigrants who obtain paperwork, or fall within quotas, or escape certain types of persecution or come here with other acceptable motives and procedures, as we all … [Read more...]
Health care and education debate tonight on WBUR
Tonight at 8pm on WBUR, the Dem Gov. candidates will debate on health care and education. I'm going to try to liveblog it. It'll go an hour -- thank goodness they're not going to try to shoehorn these complex issues into a half-hour … [Read more...]
Immigration: views from the columnists, and advice from a conservative
A good example is the income tax rollback. Voters voted for it. Yet you continually agitate against it. Your policy reasons may all be valid and logical and righteous. But, still, the voters voted against it. … [Read more...]
Zogby: Dems crush Healey; Patrick with biggest lead
Can this be right? Zogby's nifty flash site at the Wall Street Journal shows all three Dems romping over Healey:Patrick: 55.7%Healey: 33.7%Gabrieli: 52.1%Healey: 32.5%Reilly: 49.4%Healey: 33.7%Entertainment purposes only, blah blah blah. … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick’s plan on housing
Timed for Citizen's Housing and Planning Association's (CHAPA) gubernatorial candidates' housing forum going on right now at Faneuil Hall, the Patrick campaign is releasing its housing plan. We've received a copy, which you can look at here … [Read more...]
No AFL-CIO endorsement in DemGov primary
The Globe blog is reporting that the state AFL-CIO has decided not to endorse any of the three Democratic candidates for Governor:The decision not to endorse follows two cycles in which the 400,000-member organization anointed Democrats in … [Read more...]
Debate tonight: Nothing new
Kimberly Atkins has the right idea: If you've seen any of the other "debates" on CBS4 or WB56, you probably don't need to see tonight's on Greater Boston, unless you wanna get totally hammahed.I'll say this: Tom Reilly is a talking points … [Read more...]
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