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Property tax crisis looming

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Today's Globe has a must-read article on the dozens of upcoming Prop. 2-1/2 override votes whose sole purpose is to crank up local property taxes because local governments have no other way to pay for schools, teachers, and cops.Across the … [Read more...]

Warming to Senate President Murray

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I have to say that I love this story about the infamous Faneuil Hall signing ceremony for the health care bill.[Senator Therese] Murray had privately fumed over Governor Mitt Romney's elaborate ceremony, as did other Democratic legislative … [Read more...]

Still not getting it

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We BMGers are fans of the political reporting at the Phoenix, despite our occasional disagreements.  So I found these comments  over at David S. Bernstein's "Talking Politics" blog to be, well, surprising and disappointing … [Read more...]

Noteworthy in Sunday’s Globe

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A very interesting article by Scott Helman on the Arlington Group, a shadowy coalition of extreme right-wing organizations, including, of course, Focus on the Family (James Dobson) and the Family Research Council (Tony Perkins).  If … [Read more...]

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