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Guess Who Didn't Say This…
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, News /byAs for the international school, we are working diligently to be able to open the facility as soon as possible because we realise how important it is to have an excellent school and other amenities to attract people to live, raise families and conduct business in…. Well, it wasn’t Boston’s Mayor. Turns out that developer John Hynes, who’s Seaport District development plans hit a notorious snag several years ago, is also facing some challenges in his attempt to develop a similar project in South Korea.
Refinancing the Mortgage
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, News /byMonday’s Pension Reform Commission had a couple of recommendations that deserve follow-up and discussion. They appear headed to a full commission recommendation of extending the funding schedule by another 10 years and to allow any future expansion of liabilities to be amortized over 20 years. To put it in perspective, Massachusetts figured out in the late ’80s that a pay-as-you-go pension system was not sustainable and started to sock money away in pension funds. Of course, a huge liability had been accrued that couldn’t be paid all at once. So, it was decided that we would pay that liability off over 40 years, culminating in fully funded pension plans in the 2020s. However, for a variety of reasons — expanded […]
Walking the walk, or something like that
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, News /byAs part of the follow-up to the Aloisi-Grabauskas dust-up, the Globe has printed a long series of emails between various administration officials. At one point (see page 70), an interview request shows up from WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti, who regularly reports on a variety of issues but particularly transportation. To her everlasting credit, she requests the interview and reports that she is on the T at that very moment.
You should go faster
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, News /by(Ed. Note — Pioneer Institute urges compliance with all local, state, and federal laws.) I used to be one of those people who crept through the Fast Lane readers, believing that it needed time to read my transponder. Then a gentleman who made part of the transponder’s insides informed me that they can read at very high speeds. Meanwhile, State Auditor Joe DeNucci has found that a number of folks are being overcharged by the FastLane system. Peter Samuel of Toll Road News looks into the issue and finds that, at low speeds in bumper-to-bumper traffic, the system can’t distinguish between the break between vehicles. What that means is that the person in the first car is getting charged for […]
234 and counting
/0 Comments/in Blog, Economic Opportunity, News /byThe piece Alan Wirzbicki did in today’s Globe has pushed comments up to a level you wouldn’t ordinarily expect given the topic. 234 at 2:15. Not bad for a story on congressional seats. Down from 16 Congressional seats in 1920 to 10 a century later. Two Congressmen who provided quotes proved that they are clueless. Richy Neal is a nice guy but in his quote he raises navel-gazing to a new art form: “Everybody in the delegation is particularly well positioned with their committee assignments,’’ said Representative Richard E. Neal, Democrat of Springfield, a member and subcommittee chairman on the Ways and Means Committee. “It obviously would present a challenge for the state.’’ The loss of a seat is a […]