The Boston Globe reported today–to nobody’s surprise–that Boston Mayor Tom Menino will be seeking an unprecedented fifth term to head New England’s largest city. His plans for reelection have been rather overt, despite constant refusals to declare his candidacy or not. In the meantime, the
Tuesday, Vermont became the first state in the country to legalize Same-sex marriage by legislative action. The Vermont House of Representative overrode Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto, passing the legislation. The state joins Massachusetts and Connecticut, where the marriages are now legal, and by the time
The passage of Question 2 is in many ways one of the greatest victories in the history of drug reform in the United States. Say what you will about Massachusetts’ leftward political bent, but the results from last November would have been reproduced in all
There has been a lot of buzz in the media and in political circles about Massachusetts’ abysmally low rate of contested Legislative races last year. Only 35 of 200 races were contested, the lowest rate of all the states that held legislative races here. The
Although other revenue options remain in the background, the most tax that has generated the most buzz and discord more than any of the others is Gov. Patrick’s plan to raise the gas tax 19 cents on the gallon. The result would be over 40
February was a bad month on so many levels. Transportation funding and miscellaneous taxes have set passions ablaze. Libraries and Public Works face drastic cuts in the City of Homes. The economy, well, what can one say? And WMassP&I has not been here for you.
Governor Deval Patrick released his budget yesterday and its stark realities and grim prospects sent shivers across the Commonwealth. Luckily on the same day, he also released his mid year cuts, which although intense, are workable. In other words we can wait until fiscal year
The US Senate Gets the Rod…Amid a corruption scandal in which embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell President-Elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, Blagojovich, who remains, for the moment, selected former IL Attorney General Roland Burris. Democrats on the Hill fumed that Blagojevich
From the Staff of WMassP&I: I apologize for the most recent hiatus. Illness kept me away from blogging and made my time particularly agonizing. Alas one casualty of this was not just two week of no updates (this blog has gone longer than that), but
This year’s Christmas message will be fairly short. The City and the Nation face a daunting future. With our economy in convulsions and our city’s path forward undetermined, it will take great deal more than what has been passing as the solution the past couple