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Another Message from Crossroads GPS

October 20, 2012 By gmoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Crossroads GPS, elections, Elizabeth Warren, ma, robocalls

The Cambridge, MA Solar Tool

October 7, 2012 By gmoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, ma, mit, PV, solar

Eating the City and Town: Todmorden and Beyond

September 5, 2012 By gmoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, cambridge, food, gardening, ma, systems, Todmorden, urban environment

Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal

August 7, 2012 By gmoke

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bioremediation, canals, ecological design, ecology, energy, environment, john-todd, ma, New Alchemy Institute, water

Essex County Sheriff’s Fundraising Questioned

February 17, 2012 By witchcitydem1

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, democrats, election, essex-county, ma, media, politics, random, republican, sheriff frank cousins, wbz

A quixotic stab at truth

September 11, 2011 By bostonbastard

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, ma, massachusetts, national, politics

Spoiling the wingnut narrative: Fidelity’s job action had nothing to do with MA’s business climate

March 24, 2011 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma, patrick

A reality check on compensation for public employees

March 7, 2011 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma

Deval: Setti Warren and Alan Khazei “in for sure” for MA-Sen in 2012 [updated 2x]

February 28, 2011 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012, brown, ma, patrick

Globe echoes BMG’s call to abolish the Governor’s Council

February 4, 2011 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, globe, governors-council, ma

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