[News from the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Speaker DiMasi, posted by David Guarino, the Speaker's communications director ...]The House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation designed to simplify … [Read more...]
House passes GIC bill and gives Deval a win.
Today the House overwhelmingly approved the so called GIC bill, a part of the Gov?s Municipal Partnership by a near unanimous vote.The bill originally filed by Watertown Rep. Rachel Kaprielian, would allow municipalities to enroll workers … [Read more...]
Vermont Senate votes for impeachment
Sure, it's a symbolic gesture, but I think it's not totally meaningless: The Vermont Senate yesterday voted to call for the impeachment of the President. VT's US Congressional delegation (Welch, Leahy and Sanders) demurred:"Before we talk … [Read more...]
The dog’s breakfast budget
Globe op-edders say House budget is bizness as usual:The governor fared badly on his attempt to consolidate budget items so that state managers could spend limited funds more effectively. The committee kept scores of earmarked items for the … [Read more...]
11th Norfolk Debate Analysis
Doug Obey made a few points that I think are just factually incorrect, so I will tackle him first. He claimed several times that the Legislature has a Constitutional duty to allow the people to vote on the amendment defining … [Read more...]
Optimism!
Ok, so we're taking on DiMasi today, and we're looking at new Senate Prez Terry Murray with something of a jaundiced eye ... but progressives have good reason to be quite optimistic about several things. As the Globe points out again today, … [Read more...]
Another one bites the dust
Previous updates on the 11th Norfolk race have generated little discussion, but I thought I would keep all you sports fans updated anyway. That, plus, today's paper has proved one of my predictions right. In that post I said … [Read more...]
11th Norfolk Wrinkle Ironed Out
I said in a previous post that I thought the major party candidates would both be from the smaller town of Westwood, leaving a major opening for a Dedham independent. Then, the man I suspected would be the winner on the Democratic … [Read more...]
New Wrinkle in the 11th Norfold – updated
Using the Dedham Town Clerk's excellent website I have learned that said Town Clerk's brother, James Munchbach, has pulled papers to run as an independent. This completely changes the dynamic since my last handicapping.The Clerk, … [Read more...]
11th Norfolk Race Update
On the GOP side failed Senate candidate Doug Obey is facing Bill McKinney, a former MDC Commissioner under Romney and an unsuccessful candidate for this very seat in the past. As frugal as he is tall, McKinney once made national … [Read more...]