Why does this always seem like Boston's default attitude?

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Today's Globe has an article on a little-known provision of the…

Random thoughts on Globe poll

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I have admittedly only skimmed the 51 pages of questions and…

The Challenge of Regionalization

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This space is a big fan of regionalization (see here and here),…

Subway incentives to promote seat belt compliance

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Joe Giglio and Charlie Chieppo had a nice piece, High-tech Highway…

Teachers Unions Do Not Equal Teachers

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In the wake of yesterday's State House hearing on his proposal…

Even More Zoo Thoughts

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(Disclaimer: I am in the tank for the Franklin Park Zoo. I'm…

Duncan Rex, Daniels Rex

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Great news out of Indiana. We have in the past few weeks seen…

Minneapolis 180, Boston 0

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This just in from our friends at the Institute for Justice: The…

Welcome to Massachusetts, Secretary Duncan!

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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is in town this Thursday…

Thank You, Finally, Adrian Walker

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It's about time. I've been watching the Zoo New England drama…

File Photo Fun at the Globe

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Page A10 of today's Globe has a background piece on Charlie Baker.…

A bit of soul searching

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Matt Murphy of the Lowell Sun writes today on an issue that Pioneer…

Things That Irritate Me

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- Lack of Legislative transparency -- Our Legislature seems…

Pioneer Beats BRA

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Warning: Blatant Self-Promotion Ahead Yesterday's paper had…

Obstacles to Reform – Lowell Edition

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The Lowell School Superintendent tried to put out an RFP to determine…

Charters alive in Rhodey!

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The mayor of my hometown, Cumberland (RI), Dan McKee has gained…

Layoff Confusion

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The fluid nature of the budget process and the semantics around…

Parsing the Budget Vote

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29 Democrats voted against the budget last week and I'd like…

Ralph White, Fiscal Conservative

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[CORRECTION ADDED BELOW] I attended another meeting of the Special…

A Few Nuggets from the Conference Budget

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The Conference Budget came out late last night and its being…

Our New State Piggy Bank

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The Mass Convention Center Authority appears to be the new piggy…

Boom times at the NEA

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From our man in Education Havana, Mike Antonucci, sleuth extraordinaire,…

The BPPA and BPA

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The Globe reports that the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association…

Consider a business with two customers

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The first customer pays in about two months after getting bill,…

Unfunded Pension Liabilities Might Be Bigger Than You Think

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I'm not done with the latest 2008 Investment Report on pension…

2008 Was A Bad Year In The Markets

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PERAC has released the 2008 results for the state and local pension…

Duncan Rex – he means it on charters

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In a press release entitled "States Open to Charters Start Fast…

EOT and MBTA Do Good with BRT

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Enough acronyms for you? BRT stands for Bus Rapid Transit. The…

Chicago 45, Boston 0

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After watching Beckett pitch masterful innings of shutout, no-hit…

St. Patrick’s, er, I mean Evacuation Day

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Couple of items on the manufactured scandal over Evacuation and…