In this age of high-tech elections, with strong passions on all sides, it's essential that you know that the optical scan voting machine that counts your ballot works right every time. They have to be reprogrammed with a new memory … [Read more...]
We the People Endorse Bill Keating
Detroit unemployment hits 28.9% – and Michigan still requires ZERO financial disclosure
Detroit unemployment means that nearly 3 in 10 in Detroit need a job. Pause for a moment, and imagine what local life would be like if nearly 3 in 10 needed a job in Boston, or Lowell, or Springfield. It may be that part of the … [Read more...]
Robert Lappin – a hero for our time
http://www.bostonherald.com/bu... Many union retirement funds were totally depleted by having invested with Madoff, leading to "more 60 year old roofers and carpenters" who will not be able to retire soon - if … [Read more...]
The Perfect Speaker
I am not naming names, but listing qualities [sorry to disappoint]. Here, is a list of the qualities that my favorite Representatives do have, and which I would personally prefer in a Speaker: 1. Proven integrity over the long haul, … [Read more...]
The Bird Flu Accident that Didn’t Happen in Austin, Texas
cross-posted from the excellent Seachange Bulletinthanks, sandy!The Bird Flu Accident that Didn't Happen in Austin, Texas gee, what were all those dead birds doing in Austin a few days ago? i sure as heck hope that folks down there … [Read more...]
I’m shocked! Guess who: He helped quash efforts in the State House to control pharmaceutical prices
...Finneran's guilty plea stems from his time in the Legislature. In a 2003 lawsuit over a plan to redraw voting districts, he testified that he had never seen the plan before it was released publicly; in 2005 he was indicted on three … [Read more...]
3 Health Care Working Group Meetings of Patrick Transition Team
Meeting info from a colleague who is Chair, Health Care Committee, Mass. League of Women Voters (BTW for years the League has been a staunch supporter of Single Payer Universal Coverge reform)Health Care Working Group public meetings:1. … [Read more...]
DailyKos entry on CleanMoneyElections, CA Prop 89. Are we in MA in the game?
Political corruption is on the rise Donations are comin' in super-size Californians need a little bit of love But we can't get in to the "Big Boys Club" A handheld camera shows the kind of enthusiastic crowds of … [Read more...]