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Tag Archives: Robert DeLeo
Boston Herald: Put Another Speaker On The Barbie
Could Massachusetts rack up a felonious fourpeat? From today’s Boston Herald: With three predecessors now felons, House Speaker Robert DeLeo starts this week under a cloud of scrutiny as questions linger from Salvatore DiMasi’s trial and investigators sort through a … Continue reading
Who’s More Ridiculous: Robert DeLeo Or The Boston Herald?
From our Late to the Party desk: Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Broken Ankle) has decided to goose his profile by cracking down on welfare abuse. To wit (via the Boston Herald): A frustrated House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo is cracking … Continue reading
Weekly Standard ‘All In’ On Massachusetts Gambling
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider is the first to admit that our attention to the Bay State’s casino gambling rumpus has been more occasional than tenacious. Perhaps because of that, we found this Christopher Caldwell piece in the current issue … Continue reading
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Tagged casino gambling, Christopher Caldwell, Deval Patrick, racino, Robert DeLeo, Weekly Standard
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Bay State Solons Opposed To Gambling . . . Their Careers
Casino gambling in Massachusetts is already claiming victims. From Wednesday’s Boston Globe piece headlined, “Changes killed with House lining up for casino bill”: After 17 years of serving in the back benches of the House, Representative Elllen Story, an Amherst … Continue reading
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