Second in an occasional series of posts on candidates challenging Democratic incumbents in the legislature.Deirdre Healy, a lawyer, long-time environmentalist, and long-time Worcester resident, is challenging incumbent Senator Harriette … [Read more...]
Matt Mulvey Interview on BNN TV – Important State Senate Race!
Matt did a great job on BNN, and I thought I would share this video -- given all the construction management & contracting problems in the State House with virtually no in-House expertise, it is time we had someone like Matt in … [Read more...]
The pull of Sal-n-Trav (quantitative..sorta)
DisclosureI support Reilly, and also like Gabrieli. However, I tried to be rigorous in scoring the candidates, and did not play with the ratings upon seeing the results. This is all first draft.SummaryFrom the conclusion … [Read more...]
Call for submissions — Promote Your Favorite Reform Candidate
Jay has tweaked us (I think) for supporting the idea that a Democratic governor would be an even more effective check on our hacky (Democratic) legislature than the 16-year string of ineffectual, résumé-pimping Republicans. (You tweak me -- … [Read more...]
The anti-Incumbents: Leah O’Leary takes on John Rogers
First in an occasional series of posts on candidates challenging Democratic incumbents in the legislature.As we've already discussed, there are very very few Democrats trying to dislodge incumbent Democrats in the legislature this … [Read more...]
Sonia Chang-Diaz: Calling for a “high standard”
In light of the recent murder of Analicia Perry, who was killed on the same spot as her brother some four years earlier, David asked, What is it going to take for city and state to react to public safety crisis? Chang-Diaz related the … [Read more...]
ActBMG: The Editors of Blue Mass. Group endorse these candidates in the September 19 primary
For Governor: Deval PatrickRead the endorsementVolunteerContributeFor Lieutenant Governor:Bob has endorsed Andrea SilbertCharley and David are as yet undecidedFor Secretary of State: John BonifazRead the endorsementContributeHelp out in … [Read more...]
Home Care Home Run
Doesnt it seem that every time we turn on the TV or pick up The Globe that one politician or another is involved in some form of selfishness or similar lunacy? From the Bush administration sinking our foreign policy ship to our own … [Read more...]
Throw the bums out?
John Daley's thrown down the gauntlet for a Throw The Bums Out movement against the Democratic legislature, in the wake of the failure by the entire MA political establishment to responsibly handle the Big Dig over the last 20 years or … [Read more...]
Senate, House steamrolling Romney vetoes
The override votes are coming fast and furious - and one-sided. The biggest news so far is that the legislature unanimously (152-0, 38-0) overrode Romney's veto of the bill hiking the minimum wage to $8 in two steps. Even the … [Read more...]