Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Apr 15th, 2008 View 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 [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Municipal meltdown, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Apr 4th, 2008 View 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 [...]
Posted in Local politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Mar 13th, 2008 View Comments
Supposedly, there are systems in place to make sure that when state or local government provides a service, it hires the best contractor to do the job. You know, if they find one who can build roads and bridges that last twice as long as the average for the same price as everybody else, they [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Municipal meltdown, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Feb 20th, 2008 View Comments
George Orwell may be gone, but his prophetic vision lives on, in our continued quest to name things in ways that will obscure their real intent. You know, if you want to let union advocates intimidate workers by forcing them to “vote” for or against a union in front of them, instead of the privacy [...]
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 [...]
Posted in State issues, Taylor Armerding on Nov 15th, 2007 View 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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