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Comment on: Massachusetts congressional delegation fights to retain $250m for hospitals - Nation - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Massachusetts congressional delegation fights to retain $250m for hospitals - Nation - The Boston Globe
Rep. Neal thinks that Massachusettshas some special entitlement to take all of the $250 Million, as opposed to other (read non-New England) states. Massachusetts hospitals are the "crown jewels" of more »
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Comment on: Mayorâs grand plans for main library miss bigger picture - Letters - The Boston Globe
Excellent letter! When was cosmetic change to the facade of the Johnson Building ever a pressing public need--as distinguished from payback to contractors who have contributed to the Mayor's campaign more »
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Comment on: Cambridge is diverse, but itâs not utopia - Letters - The Boston Globe
This letter is, in my view, right on the mark. Cambridge is a college town and resembles other college towns in its significant quota of residents who narcissistically trumpet their enlightenment and more »
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Comment on: Unfunded transist system strands city development - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I'd add Washington D. C., Philadelphia, and Portland, Oregon, and possibly St Louis to the list of cities with efficient public transit. And in a few years Dallas, Denver, Baltimore, and even Los Ang more »
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Comment on: Unfunded transist system strands city development - Opinion - The Boston Globe
It's hard to imagine Medford, or for that matter Somerville, which will have the vast bulk of construction being "turned upside down." All of the extension will be built in yards and trenches already more »
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Comment on: Boston arrests for drunken-driving decline - Metro - The Boston Globe
I would agree with those who say that the lack of OUI stops by police was a matter of tight budgets and staffing shortages if we did not require the dispatching and stationing of an officer every time more »
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Comment on: Cambridge officialâs salary another sign of rampant income disparity - Letters - The Boston Globe
Some questions here: 1. Have you compared rents and real estate prices in Cambridge with those of Boston and Medford? 2. Could it be that assessed property valuations are significantly higher than th more »
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I agree! The last fare hike for the senior T pass was 40%, from $20 to $28. For those with a decent income that has some cost of living upward adjustment, this is not a big issue, but for elderly pe more »
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Comment on: Romneyâs nod to wealthy few is what had voters shaking their heads - Letters - The Boston Globe
It's a spoof, but I'd recommend following this link to The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/video/romney-blames-loss-on-successfully-communicating-h,31541/
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Comment on: Attack on MBTA bus driver highlights needs for more protections - Editorials - The Boston Globe
It boggles the mind that a bus (or buses) without security cameras is/are allocated to a bus route that traverses one of the highest crime areas in the city. I know that there is a financial question more »
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Comment on: Downtown Crossing pushcarts to leave soon - Business - The Boston Globe
"Among the changes Lathrop envisions for pushcarts is a more diverse mix, including artists, as well as higher-quality carts like those at Faneuil Hall and Copley Place. She noted that several vendors more »
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I see that the Globe has bought into the false equivalence so popular with the Inside-the-Beltway set. Not only is there a significance between the way the Republicans and the Democrats negotiate--th more »
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Comment on: Governor Deval Patrickâs surprise travel ban wins praise, criticism - Metro - The Boston Globe
To the commenter who claimed that Gov. Patrick has no way of knowing what ius safe town by town, city by city, I have a reply. First, he does indeed have the ability to get a reasonably good picture more »
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Comment on: Patrickâs pick is eminently qualified - Letters - The Boston Globe
It's a smart decision. As the editorial states, the position is an interim one of perhaps five months. In a body like the U.S. Senate, seniority is a major determinant of influence ("clout"). One ca more »
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Comment on: City, MBTA have made improved transit times a priority - Letters - The Boston Globe
I hope that this is true, and I hope that some street-level Green Line branches--the Boston College branch, with its frequent eternal stoplights comes to mind--will be included. However, if there is more »
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Comment on: Hagelâs warnings on Iraq War were echoed â by millions - Letters - The Boston Globe
I suppose that by "few people" the editorial meant "few people who count," "people who count" being a group including elected representatives, mainstream inside-the-Beltway pundits, political consulta more »
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Comment on: MBTA to run late-night weekend service under Patrick transportation proposal - Metro - The Boston Globe
Although I am, in general, a supporter of extending the public transportation network in general and rail in particular, I'm afraid that I must agree with anziman here. The price tag and the ridershi more »
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Comment on: MBTA threatens to cancel $190m deal for rail cars - Metro - The Boston Globe
These are excellent questions. Let me add two more, the first of which is rhetorical. First, has the T learned from its earlier contractual disasters--e.g. the Breda Green Line cars and the electron more »
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Comment on: Longer contract for commuter rail could ease systemâs many woes - Editorials - The Boston Globe
This is a very long comment to a very strange editorial. First, I fail to follow the logic of this editorial: The MBTA, the agency that failed to hold the MBCR accountable by failing to collect millio more »
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Comment on: Idea to have cyclists, pedestrians share sidewalks is a nonstarter - Letters - The Boston Globe
I agree that pedestrians and bicyclists sharing the sidewalk is a bad idea and speak from experience: On Commonwealth Avenue, around the Boston University West Campus to Packard's Corner, pedestrians more »
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Comment on: Campus clash pits religious liberty against discrimination claims - Metro - The Boston Globe
Since this is a voluntary group, whose membership is not obligatory for maintaining one's status as a Tufts student or faculty/staff member at Tufts, and the activities of the group do not violate th more »
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Comment on: Fresh Faces of Democracy in Wisconsin - Opinion - The Boston Globe
It's always a pleasure to read reports from another former Milwaukeean about what is happening in inner-city neighborhoods there, especially with something as uplifting (for me!) as in this DZJ column more »
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Comment on: Benghazi attack: State Department erred, but GOP posturing wonât help - Editorials - The Boston Globe
Sorry--a correction: Slurs and innuendos poison--not "poisons"--the public debate!
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Comment on: Benghazi attack: State Department erred, but GOP posturing wonât help - Editorials - The Boston Globe
Sorry to be a pedant and to correct you, but the Fisker--not Fiske--is based in Anaheim, California, and takes its name from the Danish immigrant, Henrik Fisker. Fisker and his partner, Bernard Koe more »
Please excuse the typos above. I thought, incorrectly, that I had fixed all of them!