Long-time Boston City Councillor James Kelly died this morning of cancer at the age of 66.Kelly was an extremely controversial figure, as is evident even from the obituaries now running in various media outlets. The Globe plays up … [Read more...]
Civic engagement gets off to a running start
Governor Patrick has just announced that he is going to adopt one of the Civic Engagement working group's key recommendations: the creation of Commonwealth Corps, a 1,000-member corps of full-time and part-time community service … [Read more...]
Power to the people: give Governor Patrick control over the “independent” authorities
The best opinion that US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has ever written garnered exactly one vote -- his own. It is his dissent in Morrison v. Olson, the case challenging the constitutionality of the independent counsel statute on … [Read more...]
Some images from yesterday
From today's NY Times, some great images of some of yesterday's great events.Here's Deval Patrick delivering his inaugural address ...... and here are some of the folks who were watching.And elsewhere in the United States, how about this … [Read more...]
IN NewsWeekly Person of the Year: Grace Ross
Grace RossPerson of the Year: Grace Rossby Thomas E. KilduffDecember 28, 2006On Friday, December 1, Green/Rainbow party candidate whisked into a Beacon Hill cafí, clad in a blue ensemble and wrapped in one of her signature scarves. Her life … [Read more...]
“Let’s reach for that”
INAUGURAL ADDRESS ofGOVERNOR DEVAL L. PATRICKSTATE HOUSEBOSTONJANUARY 4, 2007Mr. President and Members of the Senate;Mr. Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives; Lieutenant Governor and Members of the Governor's Council and the … [Read more...]
Editorial: Hypocrisy on Beacon Hill
Thus, in a move that went all but unnoticed - the reporters and TV crews had apparently all left the building after the marriage amendment advanced - the health care amendment was killed. The amendment, which would establish a general state … [Read more...]
Buh-bye
Mitt has left the building. And not a moment too soon.The Globe has posted some photos and impressions. … [Read more...]
An excellent letter to Rep. Donato
A reader who lives in Malden passed along an excellent letter he sent to his state representative, Hall of Shame member Paul Donato (D-Medford), and gave me permission to publish it. Here it is.January 3, 2007Hon. Paul J. DonatoRoom … [Read more...]
ConCon hall of shame
From the excellent tallies prepared by SK-Jim, here is the list of legislators who did everything wrong yesterday: voted YES on the anti-marriage amendment, and voted NO on discharging the health care amendment from committee, thereby both … [Read more...]
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