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Ethical clouds? What ethical clouds?

Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Jan 28th, 2009 Comments

If you had any lingering doubts about the Statehouse being a palace of delusion, listen to some of your elected representatives defend their vote for Sal DiMasi as House Speaker, just three weeks before he resigned under an ethical cloud that grows blacker by the day. Read about it here.
Rep. John Keenan, D-Salem: “I don’t [...]

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Unhappy with a vote? Take a day off

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Taylor Armerding on Dec 9th, 2008 Comments

That’s a great idea that the gay marriage jihadists have. It’s not enough, in the wake of the democratic referendum in California to preserve traditional marriage, for them to harass and threaten the Mormon church or hurl insults at African Americans that would get anybody else branded as McCarthyite. The next big protest is for [...]

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Bonus babies - at your expense

Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Dec 3rd, 2008 Comments

My apologies for the complete absence of posts on this blog for the past month. My advance New Year’s resolution is to visit it much more often. And thanks to you who have stopped by, weighed in and debated with one another. There is not much better than a good argument that sticks to the [...]

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Can’t debate - I’m working too hard

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Taylor Armerding on Jul 29th, 2008 Comments

Gee, glad to see how intensely concerned our junior U.S. Senator John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, is about doing his job in the Senate.
With just eight weeks to go before the state Democratic primary election, Kerry’s opponent, Gloucester attorney Edward O’Reilly, is trying to get the senator to agree to a series of debates | 23 in [...]

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DeVille’s tax break for the wealthy

Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Jun 18th, 2008 Comments

Question: When is a tax break for the wealthy not a tax break for the wealthy?
Answer: When a Democrat calls it an “economic stimulus plan.”
Of course, it’s still a tax break for the wealthy - calling it by another name doesn’t change the reality - but most Democrats are loathe to give even the slightest [...]

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Level for me, but not for thee

Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Apr 15th, 2008 Comments

Gov. Deval Patrick, in yet another example of political courage, has allowed a bill to become law that would hit employers with triple damages if they lose wage disputes with workers. The governor didn’t sign it, saying he had “concerns” that it could be “unfairly punitive.” But those alleged concerns didn’t prompt him to veto [...]

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Just say it - it’s all about the money

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Municipal meltdown, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Apr 4th, 2008 Comments

I don’t blame cops for wanting to make more money. Heck, I want to make more money.
But I do blame them for constantly cloaking their desire for more money by pretending to be altruistic. Their frenzied efforts to protect their monopoly on road details, as the Legislature considers transportation reforms that would take some of [...]

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Lottery’s latest: Home Keno parlors

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008 Comments

Opinions are decidedly mixed over whether Massachusetts should allow casino gambling. But a new program put forward by the Massachusetts Lottery Commission could turn every pharmacy and convenience store into a gaming outlet.
It’s called “Keno-to-go” and would greatly expand the number of locations at which one can buy Keno tickets. These outlets had been resricted [...]

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Another pol caught in St. Pat’s briar patch

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Uncategorized on Mar 18th, 2008 Comments

Those annual St. Patrick’s Day roasts can be dangerous affairs for Bay State politicians who, nevertheless, seem to relish the opportunity they provide to tell bad jokes and sing off key.
For years legislative leaders used to poke fun at the taxpayers for allowing them to play fast and loose with their money. But they’ve found [...]

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Arm-twisting at the Statehouse? Shocking!

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Taylor Armerding on Mar 14th, 2008 Comments

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s surrogates are starting to sound like Capt. Renault in “Casablanca” who was “shocked, shocked to find gambling going on,” in a gambling room of Rick’s Cafe Americain - just as an employee handed him his winnings.
The governor’s aides are professing shock and outrage to hear that poor, helpless, rank-and-file state representatives [...]

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