Came home this Saturday around noon and found this on my answering machine: This is crossroads GPS with a message about Professor Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth Warren spiced up her resume with misconceptions, exaggerations, and … [Read more...]
The Cambridge, MA Solar Tool
You can now estimate with great detail the solar electric potential of any roof in Cambridge, MA by just typing in an address on a webpage, the Cambridge Solar Tool (http://cambridgema.gov/solar). For instance, the double triple decker … [Read more...]
Eating the City and Town: Todmorden and Beyond
http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2012S/Blank/PamWarhurst_2012S-320k.mp4 A few months ago, some people in Cambridge, MA were inspired by the example of Todmorden in the UK between Leeds and Manchester, a town that decided to grow as much … [Read more...]
Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal
The Fisherville Mill Canal on the Blackstone River in Grafton, MA has been contaminated for decades by #6 fuel oil in its waters. John Todd Ecological Design (http://toddecological.com/) with the participation of the town of Grafton, USEPA, … [Read more...]
Essex County Sheriff’s Fundraising Questioned
Republican Sheriff Frank Cousins is defending his fundraising from employees, their families as well as contractors/vendors utilized by the Sheriff's Department. Cousins is quite the slippery character and top notch with how he's spinning … [Read more...]
A quixotic stab at truth
Originally, I was looking forward to this post, as I figured it would allow me the opportunity to make fun of people who honestly believe that the terror attacks were orchestrated by secret lizard people controlling the simple mind of … [Read more...]
Spoiling the wingnut narrative: Fidelity’s job action had nothing to do with MA’s business climate
If you listen to our friends on the other side of the aisle, you'd think that (a) Massachusetts is a terrible place to do business, and (b) Fidelity's decision to move 1,100 jobs from Marlborough to Rhode Island is because of (a). We … [Read more...]
A reality check on compensation for public employees
A more elaborate comparison (p. 10), which controlled for age, gender, race, and region, found that Massachusetts workers whose highest educational achievement was a high school diploma did very slightly (1.6%) better in the public sector, … [Read more...]
Deval: Setti Warren and Alan Khazei “in for sure” for MA-Sen in 2012 [updated 2x]
A fascinating nugget in the National Journal (HT Bernstein - emphasis mine): Though Patrick said he had not been actively recruiting challengers for Brown, he told [National Journal] he has spoken with four potential candidates - City Year … [Read more...]
Globe echoes BMG’s call to abolish the Governor’s Council
In the wake of the Governor's Council's appallingly close 4-3 vote to approve Fernande R.V. Duffly to the SJC, featuring reasons for voting "no" that I described as ranging "from barely plausible to laughable," I called for the Council's … [Read more...]
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