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Raising the mayor’s salary by Marjorie Arons-Barron

April 21, 2012 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Comment

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. From the public’s perspective, there’s never a good time to give a public official a raise. That’s why Newton Mayor Setti Warren’s inclusion of a 28 percent ($27,125) pay hike in his proposed fiscal 2013 budget is probably…

“Clintonomics” by John Edward

April 21, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Politics 4 Comments

John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column: Last month I explained why Reaganomics was a dismal failure. Now I will focus on lessons that Clintonomics have to offer. President…