Mass. State Politics
I was pleased to welcome Republican state senator Scott Brown to Pundit Review Radio this weekend. Scott is running to replace Ted Kennedy in the United States Senate. You can learn more about his campaign here. We took as many calls as we could in the time we had Scott with us. He comes across […]
To paraphrase Pat Buchanan, when God puts his hands on a man’s shoulder, I take mine off. Well said. The time to rip Ted was when he was engaged in the debate. Not now. My parents hadn’t even met when he was sworn in as a Senator. Forty six years is way too long for […]
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Liberals have a reputation for being soft on crime and weak on military issues. If you have ever wondered why or whether it was justified, Blue Mass Group , Massachusetts leading liberal blog site, has the answer. Just read their website. Here is an overview of Blue Mass Group posts on GatesGate. Hey Boston Globe, […]
Firefighters on disability race to retire Pension-upgrade rule disappears tomorrow Nearly 30 Boston firefighters with pending disability claims filed for retirement yesterday, just two days before a new state law ends a controversial benefit that allows them to significantly enhance their pensions if they claim career-ending injuries occurred while filling in for a superior at […]
The Massachusetts state senate has forty members, only five of them are Republicans. One of the five, Robert Hedlund, joined me tonight to discuss pension reform and the state of the GOP in Mass. On pensions, my golf clap grade stands. Sen. Hedlund is cautiously optimistic that we’ll see more serious reform in the future. […]
The Boston Herald lays out the reforms, The bill will end some of the most egregious abuses of the system – including one that has allowed state employees to inflate their pensions by including as “regular compensation†housing expenses, parking and other perks. Let’s call that one the “Billy Bulger provision†after the former Senate […]
Excuse me, Ms. Gilligan, Chris Cassidy is on the phone… Chris Cassidy of the Salem News is delivering a case study every day in the paper on the importance and influence that a watchdog media can have on the governing class. As I’ve said all along, we need the media to play this role in […]