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Judicial insulation

Posted in State issues, Taylor Armerding on Dec 6th, 2007 Comments

The predictable pushback is well under way in behalf of Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman, of Andover, who famously removed a $50,000 bail placed on Daniel Tavares, who had served 16 years in prison for murdering his mother but was now facing more recent charges of assaulting prison guards. Tavares promptly fled to Washington state [...]

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Together you can … pay more

Posted in State issues, Taylor Armerding on Nov 15th, 2007 Comments

I’m shocked - shocked - to hear the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick, not yet a year into its promised “Together We Can” utopia for all of us, already making noises about raising taxes. Just like I’d be shocked to find gambling going on in those casinos the governor wants to build in order to [...]

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Labor Day’s vacation daze

Posted in State issues, Taylor Armerding on Nov 6th, 2007 Comments

I’ve got a simple solution for hard-pressed New Hampshire school administrators who are trying to figure out how in the world they’re going to squeeze 180 days of instruction into a year without starting classes before Labor Day: How about a fewer vacations during the school year?
The administrators are complaining about a bill filed by [...]

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Sucker’s bet?

Posted in Nelson Benton, State issues on Oct 25th, 2007 Comments

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 [...]

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