let someone mention "illegal immigrants," and your principles' [...]
let someone mention "illegal immigrants," and your principles' [...]
Today, Diane Patrick, the Commonwealth's First Lady, announced that she will endorse Mike Capuano for U.S. Senate.
Mrs. Patrick will formally endorse Congressman Capuano tomorrow at his 50th "Open Mike" conversation with voters at the Dedham Community Theater, 580 High Street, at 10:30am.
... A partner at [...]
Defending Net Neutrality
A Pagliuca for Senate Report
Preserving the internet as an open resource for free speech, innovation, and job creation
Since its creation, the internet has been a transformational force [...]
Dan Hill, a 36-year-old Charlestown [...]
Candidate -- $ Raised -- $ on hand
Coakley -- $1.9 million -- $1.9 million
Capuano -- $1.8 million -- $1.1 million
[...]
Martha supports the Senate bill. She believes it represents great progress toward assuring quality, affordable health coverage for all Americans; and she is [...]
COAKLEY, CAPUANO, KHAZEI AND PAGLIUCA TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSORTIUM DEBATE AT NECN STUDIOS ON WEDNESDAY, DEC 2
BOSTON GLOBE, WBUR, WGBH-TV AND NECN CO-SPONSOR FINAL TELEVISED DEBATE BEFORE SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION PRIMARY
NEWTON, MA - The four Democratic candidates contending for the late Senator Ted Kennedy's Senate seat will debate for one [...]
The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell last month for the first time in more than two years, plunging nearly a half-percentage point as employers trimmed payrolls by just 900 jobs, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported today. The state jobless rate dropped to 8.9 percent in [...]
There is an abortion restriction, but early reports indicate that it's not as bad as Stupitts.
The Senate version would require at least' [...]
So sez DeLeo. His letter to the House membership (and released publicly) is below. The tone is remarkably positive. I'm impressed by both chambers' willingness to take on CORI, which must be a tough (but correct and necessary) vote for a lot of members.
November 18, 2009
Dear Colleague:
As you know, [...]
The Boston Globe estimated that 300 people filled State House hearing room A1 for the 11/17/09 hearing on anti-bullying legislation. That estimate sounds about right: it was standing room only. A large number of the seats were filled by students from the Rashi School, [...]
As you may have heard, we just passed CORI reform in the Senate as part of the crime bill, a momentous, innovative step toward a criminal system that works to return productive citizens convicted of a crime to a contributory life. I am proud of the work my fellow [...]
Several things seem to be happening:
* Harry Reid meeting with moderate Senate Democrats
* The Congressional Budget [...]
[Crossposted from ONE Massachusetts by Harmony Blakeway]
As our community leaders and advocates look through the dramatic cuts being made to all manner of state structures and programs, we thought it would be good to look at one of our many success stories. This is just one example of [...]
David and I sat down with Steve Grossman for about an hour this afternoon. Grossman, the former DNC chair, 2002 gubernatorial candidate and chairman of Howard Dean's 2004 campaign, has in the meantime returned to the family business in Somerville, where we met him. (David will have video later.) [...]
The podcast [...]
Faced with declining revenues, cuts to local aid and rising costs, many Massachusetts towns are increasing hotel and meals taxes as well as overriding Proposition 2 1/2 to raise property taxes.
In Rockland, residents voted 2-1 in favor of a Proposition 2 1/2 override to build an [...]
First up: Budget Cuts will Imperil State's Poor:
The state estimates that the children of 9,100 families with parents so severely disabled that they qualify [...]
Yesterday, I announced my candidacy for State Representative in the Fourth Suffolk District, including all of South Boston and the Upham's Corner and Harbor Point neighborhoods of Dorchester. The Democratic Primary will be in September of 2010 with the General Election in November of 2010.
I look [...]
When he first heard a plea to protect circus elephants around 2001, Sen. Robert Hedlund, a Weymouth Republican, said he thought it was a "crazy type of left-wing" effort.
But Hedlund, at a Monday press conference, said he found himself captivated by [...]
Cambridge police gave state Senator Anthony Galluccio a ride home early the morning of Oct. 4 when a gas station attendant called 911 and said he feared the lawmaker was "too intoxicated to drive," according to a police report made public today. Thirteen hours [...]
One [...]
I am a freshman at Harvard University, where, despite the presence of enormous individual student ambition and drive, it's pretty much impossible to incite enthusiasm from any large-ish group about anything besides' [...]
Second, however, I do have a serious question about this. As we all know, the Hyde' [...]
US Senate candidate Stephen Pagliuca intensified pressure yesterday on Democratic rivals Martha Coakley and Michael E. Capuano to drop their opposition to any final national health care bill that contains a provision limiting federal funding for abortion.
"They will scuttle this bill on" [...]
12:19 AM - I've arrived home after watching the Patriots, and found some hummus in the fridge, but I'm concerned I have too much pita bread compared to how much hummus I have left. This could be a problem.
12:20 AM - Checking to see if anyone has commented on [...]
Well, Coakley laid all that to rest. Her latest in the Globe is [...]
"It's been reported that outspoken anti-immigration anchor Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN. Yeah. True story, yeah. He'll be replaced by a guy named Juan, who will do the same job for $5 an hour." -Conan O'Brien
"CBS News is reporting that President Obama has decided to send 40,000 more" [...]
It's time to hang up the gloves. State Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci will not seek re-election next year, ending a five-decade career at the State House in which the former champion boxer rose from legislative page to heading up one of' [...]
On Monday, the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development will hear Senate Bill 1870, An Act Relating to the Treatment of Elephants.
We can see your raised eyebrows and hear your snickers through the computer screen. "Is this really needed?" you're likely' [...]
13-year-old suffers nerve damage and limited mobility in right arm.
We need to keep this in the news to ensure Galluccio won't get a special court deal.
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WHAT: GALLUCCIO [...]
Favorability ratings for the candidates (from the Suffolk poll (PDF)).
Candidate: Fav/Unfav/Undecided/Never heard of
Capuano: 38/18/28/16 -- net +20
Coakley: 57/21/15/7 -- net +36
Khazei: 11/9/29/51 -- net +2
Pagliuca: 35/18/30/17 -- net' [...]
Today I [...]
Today, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that she will endorse Congressman Mike Capuano in his candidacy to replace Edward Kennedy as the next Senator from Massachusetts.
Speaker Pelosi will formally endorse Congressman Mike Capuano in Boston on Friday, November 13th. A press conference will be held at the [...]
My take-away: Alan Khazei won.
Khazei was the one who was most consistently able to articulate a clear [...]
Just a few days ago on WTKK, Coakley said she would not vote to advance the bill:
Eagan: If you were Senator Martha Coakley today, would you have
[...]
It's awfully hard to track down straight numbers about private insurance coverage of abortion. A 2001 Guttmacher study presents the following:
The average cost of an abortion was under $400, and 74% of abortions are paid for by the patient. Thirteen percent more by Medicaid.
These numbers aren't nearly as bad [...]
It Is The Soldier by Charles M. Province, US [...]
The plan Alan Khazei described Tuesday here on BMG to bring jobs to Massachusetts and the nation wouldn't even make it to the Hiring' [...]
A campaign press release I received' [...]
As some of you might know, I released my plan to create more than 100,000 new jobs in Massachusetts this week. Also this week, as I'm sure all of you know, unemployment rates continued their hike in October, reaching 10.2 percent. I feel it is significant to mention this' [...]
Seriously, though, this is a great chance for a Democratic pickup. One well-known Dem has already more or less announced. Who else is likely to be in the game?
' [...]
U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley says she wouldn't have voted for the health care bill that passed the House over the weekend because of an amendment restricting' [...]
WGBH announced today that Greater Boston will broadcast a Democratic Senatorial Forum on Monday, November 23 from 7-8pm. Moderated by Emily Rooney, the Forum will feature all four candidates vying for the party's nomination: Congressman Mike Capuano, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Alan Khazei, and Steve Pagliuca. The' [...]
I jotted a few notes below and will search for video.
Health Care
Pags- Public Option component of cost [...]
Here is how the article characterized their positions:
Capuano: Supports. Large social costs must be figured into financial equation"adults should be able to do pretty much what" [...]
So, on to [...]
Hat tip to esteemed commenter huh who alerted me to regressive effort MassNews. "Not so much an online newspaper as a cry for help" huh suggests.
In an email reported here to the Commissioner of [...]
If you haven't yet read the astonishing story of Sergeant Kimberly Munley, read it now. Munley, if you hadn't heard, is the police officer who, upon learning that there was shooting going on at Fort Hood, more or less ran directly toward it, risking her life (she was [...] Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) can be counted on as a "yes" in this weekend's expected vote on the House Democrats' health care bill, announcing his support in a press release.
"This legislation will reform the insurance industry and provide increased access to affordable healthcare'" [...]
"President Obama said that his economic plan has saved or created one million new jobs. Well, one million and two if you count the new jobs he's created for governors of Virginia and New Jersey." -Jay Leno
"One year ago today, ladies and gentlemen, Barack Obama was elected president" [...]
Here it is: Can you recite the preamble? And, unlike David's quiz, looking is OK - if you cannot recite it from memory, suppose you were' [...]
[Posted on behalf of The Fernald League for the Retarded, Inc.]
The state Public Records Division in the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin has denied our appeal seeking records on the administration's plans to renovate the Wrentham Developmental Center.
Let me explain why we think this denial is both a very poor [...]
Pagliuca's comments on Tuesday drew ire from some http://www.bluemassgroup.com/d...
But Will Kaizer, from the campaign, helped dig: [...]
I am humbled by the overwhelming show of support I received. I'm grateful to those who chose' [...]
Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investor Services and Standard & Poor's all affirmed [...]
"With Baker, I know what I'm getting"
Yes, there's a campaign slogan for troubled times...
Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican
by: Peter Porcupine @ Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 11:46:11 AM EST
I didn't say it was a good thing
If I head into a proctology exam, I know what [...]
Overview
In a climate where incumbents were losing or [...]
But' [...]
Turnout Highlight: The overall turnout was 111K voters. This is 39% of active voters and 31% of all voters (active + inactive). This is a 29K increase (36%) over the 2009 Primary, and a 14K increase (14%) over the 2005 General.
Mayor's Race Highlight: Menino beats Flaherty [...]
At this link is where you can find D'Alessandro's report on the pretty desperate safety and financial situation of the MBTA, reported on by the Globe this am.
More later.
Update: NECN's got the in-person statements from D'Alessandro and the Governor. Gov: "For to long, we have" [...]
