Sep
6
And They Turn the 3/4 Pole
September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Governor’s race, with Labor Day upon us, is beginning to really take off. Charlie Baker is up on the air with a new ad, and is in today’s Herald complaining that a new Deval Patrick mail piece is a “personal attack”.
“When you don’t have anything to talk about of your own accord, that’s [...]
Sep
4
Tim Cahill Slugs with Howie Carr
September 4, 2010 | 3 Comments
Howie Carr has been beating up on Tim Cahill pretty good as of late, continually pointing out that Cahill’s presence in the race could help Governor Deval Patrick. Howie has read the numbers, and he knows that Cahill splitting the right of center vote has enabled the Governor to continually hold on to a small [...]
Sep
4
Rasmussen: Governor Race Tightens
September 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Massachusetts Governor’s race has begun to heat up and tighten, with a new Rasmussen survey showing Governor Deval Patrick leading by five points over Charlie Baker. The survey shows Patrick at 39%, Baker at 34%, and Tim Cahill at 18%. Those numbers reflect the last few surveys, which have consistently shown Governor Patrick with [...]
Aug
27
Sarah Palin Kicks Around Scott Brown
August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Former Governor Sarah Palin had some choice words for Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown on Fox News yesterday, saying that in places like Alaska folks wouldn’t put up with the “antics” of Scott Brown. Also seemed to agree that Brown has been supportive of the “Reid-Pelosi” (or was it Pelosi-Reid?)agenda! Palin is basking in the apparent [...]
Aug
26
Education Dollars to Methuen
August 26, 2010 | 4 Comments
Governor Patrick’s education announcement. Methuen will receive $1.8 million in education funding from this federal grant.
NEW BEDFORD - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - Governor Deval Patrick today allocated $204 million from the federal Education Jobs Fund to school districts across the Commonwealth, bringing state support for public schools to its highest level in history. [...]
Aug
25
Cahill and Baker Hit the Airwaves
August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tim Cahill and Charlie Baker hit the airwaves with new ads in advance of Labor Day, with Baker touting his ability to fix things that are broken, and Cahill talking about his success with the new school building system. Both hit on the pledge to work on job creation. Governor Patrick is not yet on [...]
Aug
23
Michael Widmer on Municipal Health Care and Pensions
August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Michael Widmer has written a letter to all Legislators and candidates for the Legislature calling on them to support changes in health care and pension law that would allow municipalities to save over $100 million a year by granting plan design authority to localities. I have submitted Home [...]
Aug
18
MassInc Gubernatorial Debate
August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
MassInc had a Governor’s Debate last week featuring all of the candidates for Governor, including Tim Cahill and Dr. Jill Stein. I am posting this and have to admit I have not yet watched it, so I must reserve my comments for later. Today’s Globe called for the inclusion of Stein and Cahill in future [...]
Aug
18
Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate Part Two
August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The second round of video clips from the MassInc Massachusetts Governor’s Debate.
Aug
10
Release Federal Money ASAP
August 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
The President spoke on the $26 billion bill just passed by Congress to send additional money to state and local governments. I know that we will get some debate on the merits of the bill here (it is a rare bill that is actually paid for) but I would like to emphasize that the Commonwealth [...]