That he chose to opt out of the state funding is one thing, that he picked an arbitrary amount foreshadows a Gabriele governorship. Even if he wins the nomination, I will have a hard time voting for a candidate who puts no thought into an … [Read more...]
Reilly’s Independence, Gabrieli’s Politics As Usual
At the end of last week, I wrote a post about how Tom Reilly, and then Deval Patrick, took a stand against the Legislature as it attempted to create a special pension for former State Representative Michael Ruane. The circumstances … [Read more...]
Pushing the candidates on MCAS
My question to all three Democratic gubenatorial candidates (and their supporters) is this: What will you do to push back against the trend? Can we count on you to move towards minimizing the negative impacts of MCAS, and to help … [Read more...]
Another teachers’ union for Patrick
The American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts (until recently known as the Mass. Federation of Teachers) has voted to endorse Deval Patrick for Governor. This endorsement follows yesterday's announcement by the Boston Teachers' … [Read more...]
The danger of Deval’s high dudgeon
So Deval Patrick's video chastising Chris Gabrieli hit the news yesterday. The video is obviously a little contrived -- hey, do those busy volunteer worker bees behind him realize he's filming an ad? Neato! Don't they know they're on TV? No … [Read more...]
Gabs radio ads – listener reviews?
I listen to Sox on WEEI and Gabs has a pretty big ad buy there. Gabs tells that he doesn't have gimmicks but really wants to govern - won't use the job as a launching pad for higher office. Specific proposals:1. multiyear … [Read more...]
Mid-week backblog
'Round the horn we go ...Remember that pesky personal mandate? Greater Boston Interfaith Organization has been doing some listening sessions with not-so-wealthy folks who are likely to be hit with the "buy health insurance or else" part of … [Read more...]
Christy Mihos’ Announcement on Campaign Spending?
Seems like Christy's missing a great opportunity for some free PR. Also, I've been peeking at ChristyVison Cam and I'm wondering, since Christy is watching Governor Romney working in the corner office "so closely", why doesn't … [Read more...]
Never too early …
A quick search of MA Office of Campaign and Political Finance expenditure database reveals that Kerry Healey has paid The Stevens and Schriefer Group for "consulting", but one would assume they'll do some ads for her. You may know them from … [Read more...]
Offshore polling?
WARNING: Anecdotal, hearsay, allegedly allegedly allegedly ...Is this for real?When the phone rang today and it was a survey about current events (read, for this, "pre-election polling in Massachusetts"), I said, "Sure."The survey was … [Read more...]
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