A Plan to Stop a Silent Killer By Senator Edward J. Markey Heroin and prescription drug addiction is an equal-opportunity destroyer of lives and families across Massachusetts are struggling with the recent scourge of overdoses that … [Read more...]
MA Taskforce Report Tells Schoolkids: Inform, Conform, and Trust the Police
Cross-posted at Digital Fourth Following on from the Sandy Hook school shooting, the "Massachusetts Task Force on School Safety and Security" released a report in July. As you'd expect from a report written with plenty of police … [Read more...]
Falchuk the Eveready Candidate
Founder of MA's United Independent Party, Evan Falchuk remains optimistic but not blind. He knows polls have him in low single digits for the governor's race, but has two clear goals. Sure he wants to win the top spot on Nov. 4, but he also … [Read more...]
Koch Influence on Higher Ed: Letter to New Suffolk University President
President Smith, As a proud alumna of Suffolk University, I’d first like to say: welcome to our University! New leadership means a fresh start and I'm excited to see what opportunities your presidency will present for the Suffolk … [Read more...]
Baker, Coakley Complete Near Sweep of Gateway Cities in Primary
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 http://www.massinc.org/INCSpot/Baker-Coakley-Complete-Near-Sweep-of-Gateway-Cities-in-Primary.aspx Mimicking much of the rest of the Commonwealth, Gateway Cities voted resoundingly to send Democrat … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Voters…LISTEN UP!
Let me admit up front I just don’t get it. In fact, until this whole charter school “ed reform” mess, I have come to realize that I have walked through most of my life oblivious to what has been going on politically. Forty years ago … [Read more...]
Leading Voters to Smear the Ovals
Yes, I'm politically involved. Yes, I'm a pinko. Yes, I am wide-eyed about voting...everyone voting. In a weak defense, I note that I'm a warden at a Boston polling place (18-16 for you left-brained types). In that sense, elections are … [Read more...]
All 3 MA Dems for Treasurer Have Big Plans
The MA Treasurer/Receiver General race has glories and worries. On the Dem side, three solid candidates want to replace Steve Grossman as he stepped aside to run for Governor. All three spoke with Left Ahead on the past three successive … [Read more...]
Governor candidates on transportation and smart growth
Transportation for Massachusetts and the MA Smart Growth Alliance asked the Democratic, Republican and Independent candidates for governor to respond to ten questions. The questions were submitted in late May, and received in June/July. … [Read more...]
Here is the 2nd Reason why the Disclosure Bill Rocks. (You know the first).
As all you readers of Blue Mass Group know, anonymous big money in politics is a major problem. Luckily, today or tomorrow, if all goes well, the Legislature will finalize a bill to clamp down on anonymous SuperPac spending. That's good … [Read more...]
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