You have to admire the teachers unions, I guess, for their ability to say such transparently hypocritical things with a straight face. The unions say they don’t like charter schools because they are allegedly not subject to “rigorous accountability standards.”
Ohhh, yes, rigorous accountability. That’s what the union is all about. It opposes merit pay for [...]
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Sen. Ted Kennedy’s office made a big deal of the fact he was meeting this morning with President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Michael Mukasey.
Then when the meeting was over came this:
The role of Attorney General has never been more important in this country, and the Judiciary Committee—and the entire Senate—has an obligation to [...]
Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi has reason to be worried.
Considered a heavy favorite in his race with City Councilor Kathleen Corey Rahme at the start of the election season, Manzi has been beset by a series of unfavorable stories, many of them involving his police department. Indeed, one got the distinct impression from the conversation he [...]
There was this from 5th District congressional candidate Nike Tsongas’ campaign office this morning:
Early this morning Niki Tsongas learned that her beloved sister Suzanne Sauvage passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at her home in New York. Niki will be suspending her personal campaign activities until further notice. Campaign Spokesperson Katie Elbert made [...]
Personal privacy? Not when there’s money to be had
Posted in Taylor Armerding on Sep 20th, 2007 Comments
I’m listening, but I’m not hearing much outrage from Democrats about a Big Brother proposal that is way worse than the Bush administration wanting to listen to international phone calls from suspected terrorists. Yeah, I’ve seen the anti-Bush bumper sticker suggesting that we give our Constitution to various other countries “since we’re not using it.” [...]
I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton condemn “the politics of personal destruction.” So I was shocked - absolutely shocked, when she refused to condemn the recent advertisement by MoveOn.org that called Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of the multi-national force in the Iraq war, [...]
This just in: The Niki Tsongas campaign announced this afternoon that former President Bill Clinton will make an appearance on behalf of the 5th District congressional candidate during a Sunday, Sept. 30 rally at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Wonder if Republican Jim Ogonowski has any plans to bring either of the George Bushes to the district.
Incumbent mayors throughout the North of Boston region had to be happy with the results of Tuesday’s preliminary elections.
Elected chief executives in Haverhill, Newburyport, Amesbury, and Beverly all scored convincing wins in their respective preliminary elections.
The mayors of Methuen and Peabody have lone opponents they will face in the Nov. 6 election, while those in [...]
Republican Jim Ogonowski is out with an apology — and a shot at his Democratic opponent.
Responding to Niki Tsongas’ demand that he repudiate comments made by Republican leader David Boehner regarding the “small price” Americans are paying to achieve its goals in Iraq, Ogonowski did just that Tuesday.
In a letter to the Ohio congressman, Ogonowski [...]
Give Democrat Niki Tsongas credit for not taking the 5th District race for granted, despite the fact most consider her a heavy favorite in next month’s election to succeed former congressman Marty Meehan.
The Tsongas machine has not let up with the drumbeat of publicity begun many months ago when she first announced her candidacy for [...]
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