Here are some quick hits on recent events that I haven't had a chance to bloviate about at length.The Herald reported yesterday that AG/Gov candidate Tom Reilly signed a confidentiality agreement with Big Dig contractor Bechtel Parsons … [Read more...]
Surprise! Romney dismantles State House operation, beefs up campaign
The Herald called it a little over a week ago: Julie Teer, at present Romney's State House spokesperson, will leave her state-funded job and move to Romney's CommonwealthPAC that is serving as his presidential campaign operation. Teer … [Read more...]
Herald gets it right on adoptions
No one in Boston does 500-point headlines like the Herald. Today, they used that technique to brilliant effect:Good question. Waddaya say, bishops?The Herald's editorial page chimed in with this good piece, entitled "No need to … [Read more...]
Bishops vs. kids
MassMarrier beat me to it: he says just about everything that needs to be said about Catholic Charities' announcement that, rather than abide by the state law barring discrimination against gay couples in adoptions, they will stop handling … [Read more...]
What if the “sensible center” isn’t sensible?
Regarding the possible health care compromise, Scot Lehigh asks, "Can the sensible center hold onto a delicate deal?" He's referring, of course, to the $295 per-employee per-year assessment compromise recently struck between DiMasi and … [Read more...]
Our Guv: Double-pump no-look jujitsu weasel on health care
Are you at all surprised? Recently we learned that Our Guv is concerned about the $295-per-employee assessment in the House/Senate compromise. Said he might veto the bill.This is a broken record: We taxpayers are paying $213 million for the … [Read more...]
Two health care stories in the Globe
And neither really deal with the current DiMasi-Trav compromise, such as it is:*Eileen McNamara wonders how the working poor will fare under the eventual bill. These would be the folks most helped by an honest-to-God Medicaid expansion, … [Read more...]
Herald sheds tears for non-insuring businesses
Very ... somber ... indeed ...(cue Barber's Adagio)In a stare-down with House Speaker Sal DiMasi, the business community was the first to blink. Sadly their members could be paying the price for decades. You call a measly 295 bucks a year … [Read more...]
Health Care “Endgame”?
The Globe seems a little more optimistic this morning; John McDonough is very upbeat about the possibility of a deal; Steve Bailey says "Reports of the demise of healthcare reform on Beacon Hill are premature." Glad to hear it.It would seem … [Read more...]
Three bloggers, three views on health care mandates
One of the interesting and productive things about doing a multi-person blog is the disagreements. Bob, David and I have been public about our disagreements over, say, <a … [Read more...]