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December 02, 2005 | Open Document, Insert Foot III: with Sen. Marc Pacheco (D-Redmond, WA)So, we found out who's the Senator-mouthpiece for Microsoft in the lege's debate over the state moving to document types that aren't owned by a single, monopolistic company. It's Marc...
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December 01, 2005 | Wall Street Journal to MA: Freeze to deathSo, the wise men of the Wall Street Journal editorial page (who, wags have said, don't read the actual fine reporting of that paper) have upbraided Rep. William Delahunt and...
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November 29, 2005 | Tim Murray in the Lt. Gov. race?Mariposa at Beyond 495 calls our attention to a most interesting tidbit in a holiday party invitation sent out by DDemDispatch: the invite notes that Worcester Mayor Tim Murray has...
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A Teacher Runs in FoxboroughAn important update in the 1st Bristol race from Cos. --David There's a Democrat running in the 1st Bristol special election, but it's not Feeney. The Sun-Chronicle reported last week...
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November 28, 2005 | Candidate Questionnaires in the Somerville special electionPDS member Cos reports on PDS's questionnaires and upcoming candidates forum for the State House seat vacated by Pat Jehlen's move to the Senate. --David The Progressive Democrats of Somerville...
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More Patrick campaign tea leaves.08 acres points to this Adrian Walker column about Deval Patrick, which makes this intriguing comment: "I had called after reading that one of his top consultants, Dan Payne, had...
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November 27, 2005 | Cashing in their chipsNow this is cool ... er, warm: Mt. Wachusett Community College has reduced its heating costs and CO2 output by switching to wood chips and other biomass fuels: Instead of...
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November 26, 2005 | Open Document, Insert Foot II: Electric BoogalooGlobe reports that the Romney administration is investigating Peter Quinn, director of the Informational Technology Division, for not getting permission to go to some out-of-state conferences: Romney administration officials are...
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Polling: Employers should pay their shareHow the heck did I miss this? At the end of the State House News Service's email bulletin was this gem: The notion of raising taxes on businesses who can...
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