According to the State House News Service today's thunderstorms poured into the Great Hall at the State House today and created waterfalls running down the great marble stairs. Then, car sized sections of I-93 fell out twice this week. What … [Read more...]
Jerry Wasserman for State Representative
For 11 years, I've been a Needham Selectman, and before that I served 9 years on the School Committee. I'm proud of my record and my accomplishments during that time: * Creating the Senior Circuit Tax Breaker, which provides … [Read more...]
H4560: Time Has Come to Elevate State Colleges
Salem State College is already a university in all but official title offering more than enough degree programs and post graduate degree programs. Salem State graduates and even more thousands of … [Read more...]
Replacing Brown with a Progressive Dem… in the State House
On the show, we obviously hit on health care policy, but we also breached many subjects to make sure he's not just a one-issue candidate. He talked about state house transparency, suggesting open meeting laws would cure a lot of problems. … [Read more...]
Casino Hearing’s Video Diary
The Morning Press Conference The day started off with a Press Conference from United to Stop Slots in Massachusetts. The Speakers: Senator Tucker; Representative Sciortino; StopPredatoryGambling's Les Bernal; BMG's Bmass, Bob Massie; … [Read more...]
A step toward 2 votes!
The provision to keep the seat in the same party's hands was amended: The original legislation would have required the governor's appointee, who would serve until a Jan. 19 special election, to be of the same political party as the person … [Read more...]
The Myth of Charlie Baker
Living in Swampscott all my life, including the period in which Charlie Baker moved into town and started (though quickly stopped) being involved in town politics, I've grown to know a little bit about Charlie Baker, both the myth and the … [Read more...]
Monday’s Casino Hearing — and Clyde Barrow’s “Pseudo Facts”
Emphasis mine (with the exception of the italicized "one" - that's his). It is widely recognized in the policy process literature that academic policy research is only one input into the policymaking process and, therefore, it is only one … [Read more...]
What Would You Do? What WILL You Do?
"Listen, this stuff is the best. It's cool. It's a rush. It's fun. And besides," the man says, lowering his voice into a sincere tone, "do you how many poor people benefit from this? Not just in the US, but all over the world. I mean they … [Read more...]
No Ethics Without Electoral Reform
Lots of talk on the Speakah's reform proposals. Lots of people applauded the Governor's reform proposals. I wasn't one of them, because it was mostly making already-illegal things more illegal. None of those ideas are bad, but if … [Read more...]