Don't forget: this Sunday, May 21, starting at 2pm, the local lefty blogosphere is co-sponsoring a forum featuring all four Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor. This is a big deal for the blogosphere 'round these parts, … [Read more...]
Flooding and vetoes
From Sen. Majority Leader Fred Berry's site, an article from the Salem Evening News - September 20, 2004: PEABODY â Gov. Mitt Romney declared a state of emergency and lobbied the White House for federal disaster aid when a massive storm … [Read more...]
Globe Survey of MA Business Execs: Support for Healthcare Law, Housing Concerns, Reilly Wins
Not surprisingly, housing costs top the list of economic challenges, but its margin of victory over the business tax burden is interesting. (Editor's Opinion: Of course, if the question were framed as a quid pro quo, a new business … [Read more...]
MA Stands Out In Defense Bill Vote
I follow the voting records of our Congressional delegation, roll call by roll call, looking for the anomalies. Often, we have votes on mostly partisan lines, with all or most of the Massachusetts delegation voting with the … [Read more...]
Globe reporter confirms that Dawn Arnall never donated to “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth”
The Globe's political editor, David Dahl, has written up a blog post confirming what I wrote a couple of weeks back: it doesn't look like Ameriquest's Dawn Arnall ever contributed anything to the ironically-named "Swift Boat Veterans for … [Read more...]
Patrick resigns from Ameriquest board
So reports WBUR. AP story here.Does this end the story, or does it stay alive? I'd guess that Tom Reilly isn't going to stop talking about it -- he sent out a press release immediately hammering at Patrick: One of the major differences … [Read more...]
If Reilly likes Patrick’s campaign philosophy so much, maybe he should just support Deval…
About a week ago, the "call to convention" newspaper went public with an ad from Deval Patrick featuring the message, "What we've got, money can't buy."Then, in a piece in yesterday's Globe, we saw this comment from Reilly spokesman Corey … [Read more...]
New Working Families Party has first organizational meeting
About 50 organizers gathered on Sat. May 13 for the first meeting of a new Working Families organization. There was good turnout from labor (CWA, IBT, SEIU, UFCW, UAW, MTA, IBEW, and IUOE), community groups (Mass Senior Action, ACORN, City … [Read more...]
Why folks are leaving
Make sure you don't miss the front page report from the Globe today about why folks are leaving the state; the Globe actually did a poll. The reasons are not at all surprising: Jobs and housing costs. Go figure.The other thing that jumps … [Read more...]
One Year of Left in Lowell
Happy blogiversary to Lynne and Left in Lowell. Lynne was one of our earlier commenters, and started up a year ago yesterday. And now she's turned it into a group blog, with Mimi and K-R-S (not the rapper, presumably) on board.From what … [Read more...]
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