Marc Comtois
Well, with the budget passed, let’s look at the damage. First, here’s how much we held the line, broken out by major department (all % are rounded): 2007 to 2008 Expenditure Growth Department 2007 2008 Change($) Change(%) General Government $1,409,253,153 $1,421,934,563 $12,681,410 1% Human Services $2,567,110,918 $2,715,812,422 $148,701,504 6% Education $1,848,828,527 $1,909,134,809 $60,306,282 3% Public…
Another week, another pro-Port development editorial from the ProJo: Port jobs pay exceptionally well and tend to be outsourcing-proof, since businesses must move goods to population centers, wherever they are produced. Further, the ports spin off other business, for which there is plenty of room at a place like Quonset Point, in manufacturing and services.…
Strictly political “kudos” to the Democrats for making the ongoing immigration debate a Republican affair. The GOP has rent itself in two over the issue while the Dems have been able to sit back and grin. But the honeymoon may be over. A co-worker–this person is predisposed to Democrats, doesn’t like Bush and is only…
We’re going to take a buyout and use future money from a tobacco settlement–money that was supposed to go towards anti-smoking education and help alleviate the pain and suffering of actual smokers (ahem)–so that we can, among other things, pay for some overtime that some sheriffs didn’t work in the past, but that they should…
Surprise! After some weird deliberation, AG Lynch went ahead and signed the bond authorizing grabbing tobacco money as per the GA. He will supposedly elaborate at 4:30 today. Summary: much ado about nothing…except some PR, I guess.
One of the side conversations in the comments to my “Media Bias” post concerned the possible resuscitation of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine,” which Sen. Diane Feinstein floated on FOXNews Sunday: WALLACE: So would you revive the fairness doctrine? FEINSTEIN: Well, I’m looking at it, as a matter of fact, Chris, because I think there ought…
I don’t expect anyone was really surprised to learn that journalists open their wallets and donate to Democrats over Republicans by a 9:1 ratio. Well sweep me off my feet. In a trade where the panacea of “objectivity” is touted…well, these polls just don’t help, do they? But you know what? Bias isn’t an inherently…