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Sense vs. Nonsense in Debt Ceiling Debate

July 22, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

As the potential defaulting on our national debt looms ever larger and comes ever closer, there is a rising chorus of responsible conservatives who are speaking up so as to drown out the radicals on the far right who think that default is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Cap and Balance, Cut, Debt Ceiling Debate, Gang of Six, grover-norquist, Jack Lew, john-boehner, Kent Conrad, Lamar Alexander, Mike Lee, Office of Management and Budget, spending, tea-party, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Stimulus funds net Wayland Teachers a $1250 lump sum payment

March 9, 2011 By bradmarston 47 Comments

As you can see from the table below, Wayland got $244,512. They have 195 teachers as measured by Full Time Equivalents (FTE's).   The link to the actual Mass.gov spreadsheet is here. The tab is aid436 and the cell is Cell 329:BE. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brad-marston, public-unions, spending, stimulus, taxes, teacher-unions

How fed $$ are killing library branches in Boston

April 10, 2010 By seascraper 3 Comments

They will shut the branch libraries so they don't have to lend out as many books. They cannot operate by using part of the huge amount of tax money the city collects to pay for the libraries, depending on the state for that. Because the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-public-library, money, spending, taxes, the-federal-governments-skewed-priorities

New DCF Protocol Is this research lacking? Opinions please? Guess cost

September 22, 2009 By dcf1234567 4 Comments

Link to research:  CLICK LINK BELOW http://www.nccd-crc.org/crc/pu... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dcf, dss, massachusetts, protocol, research, spending

Somebody else’s money

May 28, 2008 By Trickle up 7 Comments

Apparently, the convenient fiction that the cities and towns are responsible for their own fiscal plight makes it easy for the Masters of Beacon Hill to play this kind of shell game. But as one mayor points out "It's a tremendous gesture, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cities, massachusetts, pensions, spending, towns

An Expensive Series of Tubes

August 2, 2007 By matt-in-boston Leave a Comment

Cross posted at: http://mattomalley.b...The so-called netroots have been particularly useful for my brand of politics, slightly center/more so left-leaning. After years of being out-gunned and out-maneuvered by our better organized GOP … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-08, hrc, internet, obama, spending

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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β€œUtter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

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