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Comment on: 'Minuteman in talks with superintendent over salary and pension changes'
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Comment on: 'Planned makeover of Trapelo Road/Belmont Street corridor in Belmont and Watertown draws plaudits, concern'
hmm. 4 lanes are unable to accommodate rush hour traffic, so the solution is to . . . reduce it by half? The backups at the lights will block drivers attempting to enter from side roads. This will cau more »
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Comment on: Casino bill is deeply flawed; rank and file should kill it - The Boston Globe
Rank and file reject a bill leadership supports? Is the Globe serious? Prove it by quickly telling us the last one or two times that happened. Has to be from our lifetimes - no going back to the micro more »
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Comment on: 'AG certifies majority of ’
Since dead people tend to vote for Democrats, Martha approved the assited suicide initiative, but not the voter ID one. more »
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Comment on: 'Call to halt Pledge of Allegiance in Brookline schools goes to Town Meeting'
The "progressive" is correct that the Pledge has no educational value. Now let's talk about all the social issues progressives promote discussion of in the public schools. Do they have educational val more »
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Comment on: State money in small banks - The Boston Globe
I had very low expectations of Grossman, who I considered just another Democrat hack. But he's been a pleasant surprise thus far. Same for [gulp!] Suzanne Bump. Maybe they're finally listening? more »
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Comment on: 'Massachusetts electoral districts being redrawn'
â. . . they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.â (Job 4:8)." more »
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Comment on: Former senator Tolman wonât run against Scott Brown from Political Intelligence
Warren's a good guy, but this wasn't the right race for him. The attacks here are just vicious and uncalled for. more »
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Comment on: Somerville%20board%20OKs%20switch%20to%20state%20insurance%20plan
Wow - a local political body willing to stand up to their unions and do what's right for the taxpayers. Good for them!
Hopefully other MA communities will take note. more » -
Comment on: 'Communities see savings in health law'
Some communities are led by people who are so in the tank to their local unions that they won't do this even though it's obviously in their community's best interest. Stay tuned. . . more »
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Comment on: 'Patrick backs in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants'
My daughter just got back from orientation at UMass Amherst. She was told she would likely not get housing on campus, and may not be able to major in the field she wants because of a lack of space in more »
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Comment on: 'New Hampshire’
Capital is mobile, and there's nothing you can do about it. It will flow to wherever it will find its greatest return. Might as well be a law of physics. You can't legislate water to run up hill and y more »
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Comment on: 'Firefighter offered fake training card, former Lexington fire chief testifies'
Don't forget the Board of Selectmen, homeboi. Ultimate responsibility lies with them, and they appear to have been MIA this whole scandal. more »
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Comment on: 'Mass. Legislature seeks to ease local aid crunch with $30.6b budget'
"Senator Steven A. Tolman, another union ally, called the measure an injustice and said it would drive teachers and other municipal union workers into bankruptcy. âWe canât feel good about that,â more »
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Comment on: 'Firefighter offered fake training card, former Lexington fire chief testifies'
Anybody who has any sense of ethics whatsoever knows that not reporting illegal or unethical behavior in others is itself illegal/unethical. And this was not just a rumor - he was a first-person witne more »
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SMCR: The reason someone would want the job in Lexington is that it is prestigious, pays extremely well, and the only people who can fire you, the School Committee, are in your back pocket. Do you nee more »
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Comment on: 'Schools’
These type of "wired" procurements happen all the time. There are all these laws designed designed to ensure fair and open competition. The buying agencies make a mockery of them by writing RFPs with more »
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Comment on: 'Patrick testifies DiMasi lobbied hard for Cognos deal'
The Globe revealed this corruption in spring 2008. Yet in January 2009, DiMasi easily won re-election as speaker. What does this say about all the reps who voted for him? more »
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Comment on: 'Witness cites DiMasi pressure in Cognos deal'
How could all this not have been known to legislators when they last voted DiMasi Speaker? Isn't their supporting a corrupt politician a form of corruption itself? more »
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Comment on: 'Ex-associate testifies he split checks from Cognos with DiMasi'
Many current reps supported DiMasi for speaker even after it was obvious he was dirty. Why is nobody calling them on it? more »
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Comment on: 'GOP targets League’
Try going to a League sponsored candidates night and submitting a tough question to a liberal candidate. Right into the round file. Only the creampuffs get served up. I've been going to these for year more »
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Comment on: 'Brown hits back at League of Women Voters'
In conservative circles, they're known as the "League of Woman Vultures." Not because they are women, because they pretend to be nonpartisan when they are in fact highly partisan. If you're going to b more »
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Comment on: By combining local funds, state could create thousands of jobs - The Boston Globe
The CPA skews a community's capital priorities. Instead of projects chasing money, you end up with money chasing projects. So you have this bizarre situation where desperately needed projects go beggi more »
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Comment on: 'A taxing situation'
$189 million divided by .0625 = $3.024 BILLION. Does the DOR really think Mass residents are making over $3 billion in online purchases? more »
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Comment on: 'DeLeo’
Do people realize that this is about *municipal* unions and not state unions? Why is it the GIC is good enough for state employees but a slap in the face of the locals? Are the locals better than the more »
This is the least of it, people. He's ramming through a multimillion dollar renovation of the school without having the unanimous consent of the member districts, as the law requires. This pension sca more »