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Education Reform in Lawrence
A terrific new story in Commonwealth Magazine focused on the state receivership of the Lawrence Public Schools. Why receivership for Lawrence? How about some stats? Already low achievement scores fell even further, with three-quarters of the district’s schools experiencing declines … Continue reading
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VP Debate Thoughts
I had an opportunity to watch the Vice Presidential debate last night, and I although I was impressed with both candidates I gave the edge to Vice President Joseph Biden. In terms of accomplishing goals I think both candidates likely … Continue reading
Massachusetts Senate Debate
The Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown debate series had volume 3 last night, in Western Massachusetts. I watched it, and although I am a partisan Dem I thought both candidates were better than in the two prior debates, with sharper focus on … Continue reading
Massachusetts Open Record Law in the News
As a former Mayor I can tell you that information requests under the state Open Records Law can be time consuming to fill, and on occasion require some serious staff time to complete. With that having been said the law … Continue reading
Suffolk in Nevada
The key battleground state of Nevada has new polling from Suffolk University in both the Presidential race and a key Senate race. David Paleologos will remain at the very top of the news cycle again with this key survey. The … Continue reading
Paleologos in the News
Suffolk University, and pollster David Paleologos, are in the news after an appearance with Bill O’Reilly on Fox. That clip is below. A couple of days ago I posed a question, via twitter, for Paleologos, asking what views he had … Continue reading
Brown Edges Into Lead
A new WBUR/Mass Inc. survey has Scott Brown edging ahead of Elizabeth Warren by a 47% to 43% margin. With “leaners” included the margin is 48% to 45%, with 5% undecided. The poll also measured the Presidential race with Barack … Continue reading
State Tax Hikes in Our Future?
House Speaker Bob Deleo, faced with a transportation system that is in financial shambles and some slowing of state tax collections against the benchmarks this year, is refusing to rule out tax hikes for the coming year. From the State … Continue reading
The Five Trillion Dollar Question
Most everyone is sick of the topic, but lots of post debate debate about the “five trillion dollar Romney tax cut.” I have heard from many of my Republican friends that this is not true, and even Ted Panos on … Continue reading
Crackpots on Parade? Maybe Not.
The September jobs report comes out, and about half an hour later former GE CEO Jack Welch, a Romney supporter, posts the following tweet: Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can’t debate so change numbers So Welch accuses the … Continue reading
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