There have been a couple of new developments in the story of the Portland, Maine, School Committee’s allowing a middle school health clinic to hand out birth control pills to students without parental notification.
In response to public outrage over this scandal, the committee will consider allowing parents to consent to their children’s use of the [...]
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Casino proponents, including Gov. Deval Patrick, are not going to like the report issued this morning by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation which raises serious questions about the revenue potential legal gaming holds for the state.
The MTF analysis states the governor’s estimates regarding the amount of money the state can expect to receive from new resort [...]
This week’s sign of the apocalypse comes from Portland, Maine, where the school board just voted to allow a middle school to give birth control pills to students without notifying their parents.
Middle-schoolers are generally 11-13 years old.
Portland’s King Middle School has an independently operated health clinic that provides services like immunizations and check-ups to students. [...]
Christmas carols and campaign jingles
Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Oct 18th, 2007 Comments
With the Republican caucuses in Iowa now scheduled for Jan. 3, speculation is increasing that New Hampshire might seek a jump on everyone by scheduling its first-in-the-nation primary for December.
Secretary of State William Gardner has yet to announce his intentions, but Republicans and Democrats, including Gov. John Lynch, have said they will abide by his [...]
Forget the issues - vote your gender!
Posted in 5th District race, Taylor Armerding on Oct 12th, 2007 Comments
Where is the outrage?
I’ve been reading, in stories and letters to the editor, that “we need a woman in Congress,” and that’s why Niki Tsongas should get your vote on Tuesday to replace Marty Meehan in the Fifth District.
And why do we need a woman? It can’t be because of a need for any real [...]
Not that it’s been all smooth sailing for Niki Tsongas.
This morning (Friday), the Democratic candidate moved quickly to distance herself from comments supporter Chet Atkins made to the Associated Press implying that Republican Jim Ogonowski’s stand on immigration was motivated by racism and would not have been supported by his brother, John, who was the [...]
The Tsongas camp may be counting the hours until Jim Ogonowski states whether he would vote to override President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP expansion bill, but many 5th District voters are no doubt counting the days — now down to four — until the campaign for Marty Meehan’s seat is over.
If she wins Tuesday, [...]
Conservatives were excited about the entry of Fred Thompson into the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Heck, I was excited, too.
Here was a viable alternative to Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. Thompson doesn’t have a record of waffling on conservative principles as Romney does. He doesn’t have the liberal stand on social issues that [...]
I’m shocked. Outraged. Disturbed. Deflated. Disillusioned. Yes, all of those emotions wash over me as I read about the Methuen man who is the alleged mastermind behind a sports betting operation in Massachusetts and New Hampshire that was doing about $1 million a week in business.
Yeah, there’s some drug charges in there too, but what’s [...]
Andover state Rep. Barry Finegold describes him as “the greatest president of my generation,” and Democratic congressional candidate Niki Tsongas is hoping others in the 5th District feel the same way about former President Bill Clinton.
Republican Jim Ogonowski’s camp termed Clinton’s appearance on Tsongas’ behalf Sunday night an act of desperation by a candidate who [...]
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