Massachusetts has a new Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University to provide analysis of pending legislation and that’s good news. The center is being funded by Charles Koch and that’s bad news. The basics of the new center are laid out in CommonwealthMagazine in New Tufts Center to Offer Independent Analysis of Legislation,…
Month: August 2020
One of #Mapoli’s Biggest Influencers is John Arnold of Texas
Here’s a little something from Matt Stout’s story in today’s Boston Globe, After Centuries of Picking One Candidate per Office, Should Voters Rank their Preference Instead? Concerning the fundraising of The Ranked Choice Voting 2020 Committee: John Arnold has pumped some of his billions into Massachusetts policy and politics in recent years. John…
Charles Koch Buys into National Parents Union
There’s millions of dollars sloshing around Massachusetts Parents United and National Parents Union these days. Some of it is from Charles Koch. That’s the takeaway from a recent story in the Walton-funded online publication The74: The Koch connection was apparent when Charles Koch put a proxy on the board of National Parents Union….
True or False, Allegations Against Alex Morse Should be Ignored by Primary Voters
You don’t have to be Nostradamus to know that Alex Morse never had a realistic chance of beating Richie Neal. On the other hand, you don’t need to be Perry Mason to know that UMass College Democrats’ allegations of misconduct against Alex Morse, irrespective of the merits, are an attempt to ensure that Morse’s margin…
#MaPoli Endorsements: the definitive list
Forget silly season or the dog days of August. With just over a month before our primary election and a few months before the general election, campaigns and candidates are in the midst of Endorsement Season. Every election year in Massachusetts, I re-up my piece on political endorsements in the Commonwealth. Note that the categories…