MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Wacky Pension Hijinks, Pt. 2?

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This morning's Globe raises some interesting questions about…

Wacky Pension-Related Hijinks

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Or maybe not so wacky. The estimable adamg over at Universal…

Psst… the Speaker may be trying to tell you something.

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First, Speaker DiMasi went to a Greater Boston Chamber breakfast…

Build it and they will come?

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I think we have heard that one before. So now we are going to…

A Plea For Slightly Less Integrated Transportation Planning

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The Herald's has done a fine job pointing out one of the dumb…

More Drapes? Enough with the drapes!

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Sometimes smart people cannot learn. We are smart people in Massachusetts.…

What a Difference 100 Days Makes……

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Remember the early days: "We strongly believe that good governance…

The Winter Moth

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As winter turns to spring, or the day of it, anyway, we can expect…

School Choice in Boston

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A brilliant author has crafted a masterwork on school choice,…

Earmarks and Elections

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As a young man I always marvelled that the day for filing my…

Be Careful What You Wish For: Participatory Democracy Dept.

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The relaunch of devalpatrick.com was accompanied by great fanfare,…

BAKER – LEVY HEALTHCARE SMACKDOWN!!!!!

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Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic. Or a lot dramatic, but interesting…

Budget Minutiae – Part 2 of a 700 part series

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More interesting fun with amendments and earmarks -- What if…

Crime in Urban Areas – Perception and Reality

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At Pioneer's February conference on Revitalizing Middle Cities…

Budget Minutiae – Part 1 of a 700 part series

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Spring in Massachusetts! Ahh, the joys... Opening Day, bulbs…