I don't have any real favorites coming into the race for Speaker. I view them both as somewhat of a step back from the progressive stewardship of Sal DiMasi - the person who got us near-universal health care, marriage equality and … [Read more...]
Fixing the ethics mess
Pam Wilmot of Common Cause just sent out the following: Politicians in Massachusetts are being indicted at an alarming rate. This sad state of affairs comes with one silver lining: an opportunity to change politics as usual. To that … [Read more...]
Where are the Women in the House? No Time to Hide.
The women of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Speaker Wannabee Issue (only): They are now 40 in number heading into the new session. That's 25% of the House. Forty is enough to keep anyone from being Speaker of the … [Read more...]
Leadership roller-derby in the House
Well, this certainly does not sound pretty. Sal DiMasi's had a tough couple of months. It's definitely been a bad week, with stories coming out of unseemly (if not outright illegal) lobbying, and killing legislation in order to … [Read more...]
“Speculation over DiMasi’s future”??
From sco: What the heck is this about?As speculation mounts over DiMasi's future, Rogers has been laying the groundwork for what many on Beacon Hill believe will be a succession fight. His major rival is Representative Ronald Mariano, a … [Read more...]
Rep. Rogers clams up on “consulting” fees; hires a lawyer
Interesting development.Reversing his previous position, House majority leader John H. Rogers is refusing to turn over records explaining what services his campaign committee received for the $196,000 it paid over two years to a consulting … [Read more...]
Killer Coke and the anti-corporate riff: Is it the real thing?
We're a little slow to react, but Frank Phillips in the Globe yesterday repeated much of what the Herald's Kim Atkins reported Thursday: that the Office of Campaign and Political Finance is looking into Killer Coke's expenditures and … [Read more...]