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...]
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...]
BMG exclusive! The July 4th parade in Beverly
Thanks to our statewide network of secret operatives, BMG is pleased to present some highlights from the July 4th "Horribles" parade in Kerry Healey's hometown of Beverly Farms. Looks like the locals weren't exactly out in force for … [Read more...]
Polls — we’re late to the party
Channel 7/Suffolk poll out yesterday. sco, as always, has the slice-'n'-dice.Among Dems, Patrick's in the lead:Deval Patrick 31%Tom Reilly 25%Chris Gabrieli 22%Undecided 21%And check out the cool tracking graph from Suffolk.Tom Reilly said … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Isn’t the primary really about beating Kerry Healey?
We have the luxury of three great candidates, any of whom would make a better governor than Healey. (Heck, a rock would make a better governor than her, even a really dumb rock, like bedrock or something). All three have … [Read more...]
Senate passes income tax rollback; not fast enough for Healey
As part of its FY 2007 budget, the Senate has passed a rollback of the income tax to 5% - to take effect only if local aid is restored to where it was in 2002, adjusted for inflation. But, according to the Globe, that's not good … [Read more...]
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