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Unnacceptable Behaivor for Democrats

January 24, 2009 By Ryan

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, deleo, dimasi, house, massachusetts, rogers, speaker, state-house

Fixing the ethics mess

November 25, 2008 By justinian

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dimasi, ethics, massachusetts, rogers, state-house, turner, wilkerson

Where are the Women in the House? No Time to Hide.

November 14, 2008 By hlpeary

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, dimasi, house-speaker, rogers

Leadership roller-derby in the House

May 3, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, dimasi, house, legislature, ma-house, massachusetts, petrolati, rogers

“Speculation over DiMasi’s future”??

June 20, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dimasi, mariano, massachusetts, rogers, steak

Rep. Rogers clams up on “consulting” fees; hires a lawyer

June 20, 2007 By David

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: legislature, ma, rogers

Killer Coke and the anti-corporate riff: Is it the real thing?

August 19, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coke, patrick, reilly, rogers, vote-9.19.2006

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