There’s a story posted on the WickedLocal/Watertown site about Nick Iannuzzi – an independent candidate for Governor’s Council in the Third District challenging incumbent Marilyn Devaney. Iannuzzi plans to appear on a local Saturday morning radio talk show to promote his campaign. There is a twist to the tale. Apparently Iannuzzi has paid $490 for a 25…
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Read Nicholas Kristof’s column in today’s NYTimes to learn why he says keeping Democrats in the majority in Washington will be a better choice for the country. He goes step by step on economic policy differences between D’s and R’s. Here’s his op-ed; get the NYT if you appreciate the…
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After a five-month long review of the planned sale of the Caritas Christi Health Care system to Cerberus Capital Management, Attorney General Martha Coakley has brokered a deal that gets her endorsement. No stakeholders will be completely satisfied with these results. Issues some thought important were left out of the…
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According to an article in today’s on-line edition of the Eagle-Tribune, State Senator Steven Baddour (D) of Methuen was contacted by the Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office this morning with the news that the Caritas Christi Heath Care-Cerberus sale will be approved but with some restrictions. According to the E-T…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. T. Boone Pickens has made nearly $1.5 billion as an oil man, financier, corporate raider, takeover artist, and hedge fund chairman. He’s been working since he was 12 years old, when he started delivering newspapers, and, at age…
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In today’s edition, the Globe editorial urges Attorney General Martha Coakley to withhold her support for the Caritas Christi Health Care sale to the for-profit private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management unless Cerberus agrees to a continued financial oversight by the Commonwealth after completion of the sale. From the editorial…
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The Globe is reporting in today’s edition that after some stormy weeks of negotiations, changes in funding, greater deficit and shortfall discoveries – that Caritas Christi Health Care buy out by the for-profit Cerberus Capital Management firm has been salvaged. The buy-out agreement is subject to a review and conditions imposed…
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In today’s edition of the Boston Herald Jessica Heslam writes about a struggle for the top job at Suffolk University where the combatants – veterans of the political slog – both claim “nay – nay.” Both former Boston City Councilor John Nucci and former Member of Congress Marty Meehan deny…
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From truth-out.org, I picked up the following five-step plan by filmmaker Michael Moore, who still prefers Democrats over Republicans any day. Read it here.
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Late yesterday afternoon I traveled to Middlesex Community College for a presentation on a study on “voter participation demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts” conducted by Professor Marcos Luna and his graduate students in the Department of Geography at Salem State University (the full study is available HERE). Luna was attracted to…
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