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All 3 MA Dems for Treasurer Have Big Plans

August 19, 2014 By massmarrier 16 Comments

The MA Treasurer/Receiver General race has glories and worries. On the Dem side, three solid candidates want to replace Steve Grossman as he stepped aside to run for Governor.  All  three spoke with Left Ahead on the past three successive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign, Conroy, election, election 2014, finegold, goldberg, grossman, left-ahead, massachusetts, pension fund, schools, treasurer

Talk to me right-winger

April 29, 2014 By massmarrier 12 Comments

  Ed. Ed. Ed, and some more Ed. Broom the vanity and ego aside to get to a vignette from MSNBC's The Ed Show. There, the former right-wing talker but a left-wing talker for the past 16 years, Ed (of course) Schultz did his usual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, Ed Schdultz, elite hick, Elizabeth Warren, gop, karyn-polito, left-ahead, Mark Fisher, massachusetts, massresistance, Nassour, republicans, William Lind

Indy McCormick Goes for Gov.

February 25, 2014 By massmarrier 2 Comments

Following a recent post here linking to chats with three Dem candidates for MA governor, a comment asked about the independents. The first Left Ahead did was today with Jeff McCormick. Click below to hear the half hour with him. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign, election, election 2014, governor, independent, left-ahead, massachusetts, McCormick, Rappaport Center, suffolk-university

Sen. Eldridge Talks Dark Money

November 26, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

One of Left Ahead's favorite guests, MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge joined us to talk campaign-finance reform, specifically disclosure of contributions. He’s as appalled as we about the Citizens United decision. He is a leader in nibbling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, campaign-finance, citizens-united, clean-elections, eldridge, election-reform, elections, left-ahead, massachusetts, s.321, senate

Connolly on the Boston Mayoral Final Push

October 21, 2013 By massmarrier 79 Comments

Click the player below for 17 minutes of Boston mayoral candidate John Connolly speaking of the last 15 years to the voting. Weeks in the making, I was pleased to have the other shoe today, the second of the two finalists in next month’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Bosotn, boston, campaign, connolly, election, left-ahead, mayor, walsh

Boston Mayoral-Hopeful Shows

July 25, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Word to wonks... I've been enjoying David Bernstein's Boston City Council candidate interviews. Then I realized I haven't been posting here on Left Ahead's versions with mayoral ones. Click the links below to run half hour mp3 files from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bernstein, boston, campaign, Consalvo, election, left-ahead, mayor, menino, ross, Walczak, walsh

MassEquality Nowhere Near Done

April 16, 2013 By massmarrier 2 Comments

No, we're not all set here in Massachusetts on LGBTQ issues, including marriage equality. A decade after Goodridge, MassEquality's Executive Director, Kara Suffredini, is still working a set of big bills. She came on over at Left Ahead … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, lbgt, left-ahead, LGBTQ, marriage-equality, massachusetts, massequality, obama, public accommodations, same-sex-marriage, seniors, suffredini, youth

Barrett Throws Challenges for 3rd Middlesex Senate

April 18, 2012 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Mike Barrett wants back in the MA General Court. He intends to get there taking over what was Sen. Susan Fargo's seat and Carol Amick's before that. Nearly two decades ago, he was first in the House and then in the Senate when he lived in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 3rd-middlesex, barney-frank, carol-amick, economy, health-care, left-ahead, ma-sen, mara-dolan, mike-barrett, susan-fargo, technology

Marriage-Equality Crusader Upbeat

March 12, 2012 By massmarrier 17 Comments

One marriage-equality crusader tired of liberals' ain't-it-awful chant joined us today on Left Ahead. The Rev. John Buehrens was the first straight on Freedom to Marry's board and has served on it for nine years. He is relentlessly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Buehrens, democrats, freedom-to-marry, gay-marriage, left-ahead, marriage-equality, maryland, republicans, same-sex-marriage

Boston’s Pressley: No Footnote

October 27, 2011 By massmarrier 4 Comments

Boston's Nov. 8th election is supposed to be a big test for the Latino and the black woman at-large Councilors. All four at-large incumbents are running.  First termers Felix Arroyo and Ayanna Pressley face challenges from three others, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ayanna-pressley, boston, city-council, election, left-ahead

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