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Why is ActBlue supporting a regressive cause like marijuana prohibition?

April 20, 2016 By SamTracy 47 Comments

Unnoticed in the flurry of press last week around the formation by Governor Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo of a committee opposing the marijuana ballot initiative was the company selected for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: actblue, baker, Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, deleo, fundraising, marijuana, marijuana legalization, walsh

Not so fast, Olympics boosters

January 20, 2015 By massmarrier 36 Comments

It’s not showtime yet, but auditions are underway for the big stage of the 2024 Summer Games here in our wee burg of Boston. Somehow Boston edged our the U.S. competition to become the USOC pick. Now of course, it will go up against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, infrastructure, IOC, Leibowitz, mayor, NoBostonOlympics, olympics, Olympics 2024, public-funding, referendum, USOC, walsh

Connolly on the Boston Mayoral Final Push

October 21, 2013 By massmarrier 79 Comments

Click the player below for 17 minutes of Boston mayoral candidate John Connolly speaking of the last 15 years to the voting. Weeks in the making, I was pleased to have the other shoe today, the second of the two finalists in next month’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Bosotn, boston, campaign, connolly, election, left-ahead, mayor, walsh

Boston Mayor Would-Be Platforms

August 2, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

A platform-specific annotated subset of the campaign sites of the dozen running to be Boston's Mayor follows. The last post on the topic was likely too dense. Of course, this is a cross-post from Marry in Massachusetts. Yesterday, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arroyo, Barros, boston, Clemons, conley, connolly, Consalvo, election, Golar Richie, mayor, preliminary, ross, Walcak, walsh, website, Wyatt, yancey

12 Boston Mayor Websites, So-So

August 1, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

After looking at the campaign websites for the dozen candidates for the Boston mayoralty, I was stunned by their mediocrity...and worse. In this cross-post from Marry in Massachusetts, I combined my subjective judgments with verifiable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arroyo, Barros, boston, Clemons, conley, connolly, Consalvo, election, Golar Richie, mayor, preliminary, ross, Walcak, walsh, website, Wyatt, yancey

Boston Mayoral-Hopeful Shows

July 25, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Word to wonks... I've been enjoying David Bernstein's Boston City Council candidate interviews. Then I realized I haven't been posting here on Left Ahead's versions with mayoral ones. Click the links below to run half hour mp3 files from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bernstein, boston, campaign, Consalvo, election, left-ahead, mayor, menino, ross, Walczak, walsh

MA Dem Chair’s Calls to Action

January 20, 2010 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

We had a full team of three commenting and questioning. For his part, Walsh ranged from specific predictions of two state senate seat pickups this year to how to move progressives into open and contested slots.He didn’t dwell on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coakley, democratic, election, governor, massachusetts, party, senate, walsh

Dem Convention Rejects Bland

June 7, 2009 By massmarrier 6 Comments

The convention was there funnelled into the more painful procedure of per-plank amendments plus resolutions. In the end, this may have worked OK or better. There was a vote to reject casino slots, after all. Of course, that could have been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: convention, democratic-party, massachusetts, massmarrier, platform, ryan-adams, springfield, walsh

Marian Walsh: “never mind”

March 31, 2009 By David 66 Comments

UPDATE: See Doug Rubin's comment below. Globe: [S]tate Senator Marian Walsh announced today she will not accept a $120,000-a-year position at a state authority, saying the public outrage over her appointment has created a "tsunami" that has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma, patrick, walsh

Big Dig Review Board: The next step

August 4, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 4 Comments

sco has a must-read post (as are all of his posts) in support of Sen. Marian Walsh's (D-West Roxbury) proposal of an independent expert review board with subpoena power for the Big Dig, modeled on the Ward Commission,  an expert panel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, ca/tastrophe, governor, massachusetts, romney, walsh

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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The Republican candidate for Lt Gov. is anti-vax. She was a state rep. for nine months once and she won't say Biden won and Trump lost. She actually says she doesn't know who won because there are states still doing audits #MaPoli

Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl

"My Body, My Choice" is no longer polling well with Democrats because of its association with the anti-vax movement

Fascinating read from @RachelHBluth on how vaccine opponents co-opted the abortion rallying cry https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/04/1109367458/my-body-my-choice-vaccines

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nfib_ma NFIB Massachusetts @nfib_ma ·
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Pass-thru #smallbiz owners, who spent a lifetime building their biz, will unfairly face higher taxes under an income tax surtax. That means when they sell the biz, their retirement nest egg will be much less than they planned facing a 9% tax. #mapoli https://bit.ly/3Rgg13A

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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True story #MaPoli #NHpolitics #WIunion #WIpolitics

John Nichols @NicholsUprising

Boris Johnson is quitting as prime minister because the British Conservative Party is holding a dangerous and dysfunctional party leader to account — something the American Republican Party has steadfastly refused to do.

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openletterbot Open Letters @openletterbot ·
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🖋 Sign “POTUS rescind the nomination of anti-choice judge Chad Meredith!” and I’ll deliver a copy to your officials: https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=835740314006511618&text=sign%20PDVDWZ

📨 No. 1,664 is from Elaine to @POTUS #MA08 #MApoli #MApols

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chipgoines chip goines @chipgoines ·
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So much for @CharlieBakerMA's reputation as "Mr. Fix-It". #mapoli

Jesse Mermell @jessemermell

Not a good look when @massgovernor’s administration can’t get their stories straight about how many times the #MBTA derails. The Gov. cannot continue to be Teflon when it comes to the disastrous state of the T. 2 terms in, the management failure is his. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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mapublichealth MAPublicHealthAssoc @mapublichealth ·
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Municipal leaders from across #MA's 15 RTA service areas call for the passage of the #RTAAdvancement bill to improve the lives of residents beyond the reach of the MBTA & to help meet #MA climate change goals. Full letter here: https://bit.ly/SWMSupportLetter #mapoli #regionalequity

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