Deval Patrick Blizzard 2013

The picture to your left is people stranded in their cars in New York.  For how long, I can not tell you.  They didn't issue an order to stay off the roads in New York during the February 8th and 9th blizzard.

You have to give credit to Governor Deval Patrick for being smart and shutting down all vehicle traffic in Massachusetts as the February 2013 blizzard was about to hit.  Back in 1978 thousands of people were trapped in cars on highways and streets all across the state.  I remember that storm all to well because my Aunt Kitty O'Keefe, that I loved very much, was one of those folks that was stranded.  She hoofed it back through the snow from Route 9 in Southboro to her work place at Commonwealth Gas.  It was her birthday and we had cake waiting for her at home.  We didn't get to have cake till she got home.  Aunt Kitty spent the better part of that week hunkered down at work in her payroll office.  We forgot about the cake and worried about her for days.

From all reports that I have heard the number of stranded people because they were idiots was at a minimum in Massachusetts because Governor Patrick was well learned of the blizzard of 78.  Smart move Governor.  Really smart move.

Thank you Governor for shutting the state down and keeping our family and friends safe. You rock dude.

Papamoka

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Ted Kennedy and Massachusetts

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Here in the Bay State aka Massachusetts there has been one hell of a GOP stink over Governor Deval Patrick filling Teddy Kennedy’s Senate seat. Most of it a joke in a state that boasts on being one of the bluest of blue states and the home of the Liberal Lion, Ted Kennedy. Being a Republican in Massachusetts is a rarity in government but not unheard of when you consider we elected Bill Weld to the Governor’s office twice, and Mitt Romney to the launching pad for his presidential campaign as a one term Governor. Where’s Waldo replaced on Beacon Hill with where the hell is Mitt?

Life in politics here is simple and the differences between a Massachusetts Republican and say for instance a Wyoming Republican are night and day. And in that difference is the strong belief that our state must have a torch bearer for Ted Kennedy’s seat in our nations capitol. Over at the Boston Herald they have a somewhat forever right leaning spin on Paul Kirk’s appointment by Governor Patrick…

By Laura Crimaldi

Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr., D-Mass., was sworn in as the state’s interim senator this afternoon by Vice President Joe Biden in Washington D.C., after a Suffolk Superior Court judge in Boston denied an emergency request by state Republicans to stop Gov. Deval Patrick from appointing a U.S. Senate replacement for the late Edward M. Kennedy.

The four-page ruling by Judge Thomas E. Connolly cleared for Kirk’s formal swearing in. Kirk is due to serve until a new senator is picked to serve out the rest of Kennedy’s term in a special election Jan. 19.

In his decision, Connolly also allowed a motion from the state’s lawyers to dismiss the GOP lawsuit against Patrick. - Boston Herald

Paul Kirk will continue the life long mission of Senator Kennedy till January of next year when a special election will select his permanent successor. I have no doubts about that at all. Governor Patrick could have picked the Pope to replace Kennedy and that still would have suffered a GOP law suit. Vickie Kennedy and Edward Kennedy Jr. would not have endorsed the Governors choice if Senator Kirk was not willing to walk in his close friends footsteps. In selecting Paul Kirk, Governor Patrick restored the spirit of our Liberal Lion back to Massachusetts.

Papamoka

Educating our Illegal Immigrants

Higher education even at a state run college is one step up on the ladder of life for all individuals. All of the life long benefits of that college education will allow any person the ability to make a few more dollars per year because the person invested in themselves first. They become a valuable asset to any company that would hire them. Should this same thought process apply to illegal immigrants though?

Apparently, Governor Deval Patrick thinks it should and he is testing the waters of the corner office in Boston to see if he can authorize reduced tuition for state residents to illegal immigrants.

In-state tuition divisive

Patrick favors illegals break
By Ken Maguire THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON— Gov. Deval L. Patrick said yesterday he’s looking into whether he can skirt the state Legislature by unilaterally allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state colleges

Patrick’s revelation touched off strong reaction on Beacon Hill, where House lawmakers two years ago defied Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston, and defeated a bill that would let those immigrant students pay the same rate as their high school classmates.

“We have had some legal research done to see whether it’s possible to address that question without legislation,” the Democratic governor told an audience of education and business leaders. “The answer to that is by no means clear.”

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Opposition to the tuition break is rooted in the larger ideological issue of how to address illegal immigration. Opponents say the state shouldn’t be making it easier for undocumented students, who could take higher paying jobs from legal residents.

“I’m amazed that he wants to be the sole person responsible for implementation of the wrong policy for Massachusetts,” said state House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading. “The public will be rightly incensed.”

Jones said he hasn’t researched whether the governor can grant the tuition breaks.

“We provide the free public education K-through-12 for these students,” he said. “We’ve already done quite a bit for these students. By doing this, we would add incentives for people to come here. Illegal immigrants do pretty well finding out where the best places for them to go are.” – Worcester Telegram

Hold the INS deportation bus! This kid is going to UMASS and has a get out of jail card. This kid is going to Fitchburg State, these two are going to Worcester State and those sixty three are all enrolled in Quinsigamond State College. Sorry Mr. Bus driver but that seems to be about everyone on the bus. Carry on sir!

I’m as liberal as they come but even I have my blood boiling over this buffoonery by Governor Patrick. As a parent of five daughters I worry about how the hell I am going to put all of them through college and yet the resources to keep tuition rates down are going to be spent on illegal immigrants? Besides that little scenario it concerns me that this will set a precedent for anyone that wants to come to Massachusetts illegally to have state citizenship recognized by the state which would then toss the legality of all illegal immigrants’ status into the courts.

Granting reduced resident status tuition to illegal immigrants is tantamount to slapping all of the residents of the state in the face. Especially, those that have come here legally from all around the world that has faced the gauntlet of legally immigrating and is in the process of earning their citizenship. Why should someone that broke into this state and this country get a reduced resident tuition rate? Our tax dollars from our jobs and the money we spend as legal residents help to pay the costs of some of the best state colleges in this nation and this proposal by the Governor is a giveaway to legitimate criminals.

I’m Liberal but I’m not stupid. Governor Deval Patrick should put this idea in the draw and never let it see the light of day again. He needs to be realistic and know that the education of all legal residents in the Bay State should always supersede the rights of anyone here illegally. Besides the fact that the reduced rate tuition education could find the benefactor on a bus back to the nation they came from if they are ever found by INS or the proper authorities. Then again are they not going after employers who hire illegal immigrants? Bad idea Deval, real bad!

Papamoka

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Obama Lands Governor Patrick Endorsement

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Barack Obama landed the golden trophy of the new up and coming political star governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick. Tears I’m sure could be seen over at the Clinton campaign where they so much would have loved to put this endorsement in their “Must Have” endorsement folder. I’m sure that this decision to go with Obama over Clinton was a tough one for Governor Patrick.

As rock stars go in politics, Obama is to national politics what Governor Patrick is to Bay State politics. With the backing of Governor Patrick comes a plethora of uniting forces in both the Democrat’s and the middle of the road Republican’s. Governor Patrick has a way about him that unites people on issues rather than separating them and our nation needs more political leaders like him. If he puts his name behind Senator Barack Obama then it sends a loud voice of confidence on uniting our people once more.

Patrick gets behind Obama
Reveals plans for rally in Hub

By Casey Ross and Dave Wedge
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Rallying behind Barack Obama, Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday announced a major event in Boston next week to cement his endorsement of the Illinois senator’s presidential campaign.

The endorsement by Patrick, the nation’s only black governor, will help solidify Obama’s support from the African-American community and help boost his fundraising advantage among liberal Bay State campaign donors.

In an e-mail to political supporters yesterday, Patrick announced plans for a rally in the HubTuesday, and aides said he will stump for Obama in Iowa and New Hampshire following the end of legislative sessions in November.

“I believe we need unifying, visionary leadership,” Patrick wrote. “I believe we need a president who will level with the American people. I believe we need Barack Obama.”
The endorsement comes after months of quiet deliberation by Patrick, who has been torn between Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Former President Bill Clinton appointed Patrick to a top civil rights post in his administration in the 1990s. The Clintons also campaigned for Patrick during the gubernatorial election.

Both presidential campaigns made a bid for his support, and Patrick called Clinton and Obama yesterday to inform them of his decision, according to aides. - Boston Herald

I’m taking up a collection for all the political wounds the Governors endorsement is causing not only the Clinton camp but also many of the other contenders in this presidential race. Injuries of this magnitude can hurt the front runner but in the same sense give a much needed boost to the Illinois Senator. Being a compassionate political blogger I’m looking at the destruction and loss of political blood and we are going to need a ton of bandages, sutures and some boo boo kisses big time. Send your donations to the American Red Cross. We are an emergency network for political campaigns rapid response unit.

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Governor Patrick Green Lights Casino’s

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In a move that was not a very large surprise to most people, the Governor gave the green light to casino style gambling here in Massachusetts. One of the bluest of blue states is now placing its bets on the future of gambling. The times in our state they are a changing and the need for yet another new industry is at hand. Just like the days of the computer industry manufacturing boom and bust, something has to fill the gap and the jobs that need to be filled.

Over at the Boston Herald they have this to say on today’s announcement by Governor Deval Patrick…

Patrick today proposed licensing three resort casinos in Massachusetts, in a move he said would generate between $400 and $450 million in annual tax revenue that he would spend on transportation upgrades and property tax relief.

Under the plan, the “tasteful and appropriate” casinos would be distributed one each in the western, southeastern and greater metropolitan Boston regions of the state, Patrick said. The licenses would be put up for bid in a competitive process open to Indian tribes and casino companies.

“Casino gambling is neither a cure all nor the end of civilization,” Patrick said. “On balance, however, and under certain conditions, I believe resort casinos can work well in, and for, the commonwealth.”

However, lawmakers must approve expanding legalized gambling beyond the state lottery and four racetracks, and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said today he was not persuaded by Patrick’s plan. - Boston Herald

The big question right now is going to be the discussions between Governor Patrick and House Speaker DiMasi. I’m not convinced by any means that Governor Patrick is pro gambling as much as he is about pro jobs. Contrary to popular belief, many areas of our state are in an economic downturn without any sense of relief in sight. New jobs and construction jobs are needed to rebuild communities and families once more. With the exodus of our latest and greatest industries moving if not south then across the border to Mexico, new jobs are desperately needed in Massachusetts.

I’m not sure if I am pro gambling myself but I do know that not all of our children will grow up and become MIT, WPI or Harvard schooled successes. Parents from all walks of life are struggling to survive and higher education is not always available to all children. Sad to say but reality is that some kids will drive the trash truck (A very honorable and appreciated profession) and others will run the company that makes sure that the trucks roll out of the yard every single day.

If I were to have an argument in favor of gambling in this state then I would have to go with the fact that the 20,000 jobs the casinos could provide would not be bottom of the latter minimum wage jobs but descent wages with benefits. I was reading in the same piece that one Indian tribe is willing to spend one billion dollars on a resort casino in Middleboro! Times that by three and you get three billion dollars in construction work.

If I were to have an argument against gambling in this state then I would have to go with the personal destruction and loss of family wages on lady luck at the gambling tables. Gambling is not dangerous to all but many become addicted just like one could become addicted to alcohol. When over done, one or both can destroy many lives.

Toss this issue up in the air for now till Deval and Sal sit down and hash this whole thing out. We could more or less say that this is the beginning of the serious talks of the process of gambling in Massachusetts.

Papamoka

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Governor Patrick Campaign Returns Donor Dollars

I’m just setting the record straight for all the nimrod maroons (stolen from old cartoons) that believe Governor Deval Patrick is a crook. YOUR WRONG! While all the media in Boston and for that matter across the state is looking to nail Governor Patrick to the cross for sins pretty much expected of other politicians, he is not the type of man or leader that would accept a donation to his campaign if it was even remotely illegal.

Every single problem associated with this current Governor has been immediately addressed by this Governor and maybe that is what people do not expect from their government. Honesty! How damn refreshing is that?

Take any issue that the press has tossed the mud at regarding Governor Deval Patrick and he has either admitted that he did not know that it was wrong and paid for it himself to make amends or put the record straight as to why he has governed as he has chosen to do so. To put it simply, you can’t keep an honest man down. This pisses off millionaire Republicans from Wellesley and Sudbury but there are people in this state west of Route 128 and 495 that also have the same Governor.

Over at the Boston Herald they had this to say about the latest mud that was supposed to stick to the wall and make Governor Patrick look like just another political hack…

Gov to refund $52G in campaign cash: Review: Donations exceeded limit
By Dave Wedge

Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter
Saturday, August 11, 2007

Patrick’s campaign sent a letter to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance yesterday revealing the results of an internal review that found 169 donors had given more than the maximum $500 contribution allowed by state law.

SNIP

Patrick campaign director Liz Morningstar said the $51,941 in excess contributions stemmed from “duplicate records, variations in contributor name, address changes, bookkeeping errors and uncashed refund checks.” In her letter to OCPF, she said refunds already are under way.

State Republican Party director Brian Dodge lashed out at the Patrick campaign, saying the mistakes resulted in a “fraudulent interest-free loan that padded the governor’s campaign coffers.”

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Patrick campaign spokesman Steve Crawford fired back: “I seriously doubt that anybody believes that a few bookkeeping mistakes are what resulted in the governor’s victory last year.” - Boston Herald

If you do the math as far as running for Governor of this state is concerned then the percentage points are so insignificant that mathematically it is not counted. And yet the Governors office reported it on their own and is returning the funds. They could have lied or hid it but they did not. They could have just overlooked it as an insignificant amount of money and donated the money to charity but they did not. Nope, they are returning the funds to the campaign contributors.

What the article omitted was the amount that the Deval Patrick for Governor campaign raised in total dollars. The Boston Herald also omitted how many individual contributors there were to the Governors campaign fund. Facts are easy to forget when you write a soft slam against an easy target like Governor Patrick. It just goes to show that you can print whatever you want in the paper and you never have to defend it as the writer.

Governor Patrick will have to waste his time defending himself though and what purpose does that serve the people that elected him? I’m finding that the Boston Herald is leaning more towards the Fox News network standards that the owner of the paper finds more to his liking. Rather than reporting the news they are setting the news topic and facts.

I have no dog in this fight. I did not contribute to any Governor campaign or have any association with Governor Deval Patrick. My only association with our current Governor is that I voted for him and his message to the people of Massachusetts when he ran for Governor. I still believe in him but the media you read will try to bring him down with all kinds of glorious headlines that mean nothing when it comes right down to the facts. Omission of the facts sells papers but real facts are everywhere around you.

Governor Patrick is on the air once per month on 96.9 FM radio in Boston and he takes calls from the people. He does not pull punches and if he does not say that he knows the answers he gets back to you at a later date. Governor Patrick is not hiding from the truth and that is the biggest problem for any journalist or venue that reports the news.

Deval Patrick’s only sin before he was elected Governor of the Bay State was that he has had no real political experience when it comes to the media and how they headline your weakest link. Unlike the days of FDR, there is no mercy in today’s media. You are guilty by print.

Boy is Governor Patrick a crook or what? NOT!

Continue your mission Governor Patrick and with God speed! I believe in you so do not let me down. My vote next term depends on it.

Papamoka

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Education of Governor Deval Patrick

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NECN has a great in depth broadcast on an imbedded reporter with Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts during his first one hundred days in office. Alison King of NECN did a great job on the mini documentary that follows the Governor from his home to the office and to his meetings around the state.

According to Eagan and Braude and Alison King’s guest spot on 96.9FM Talk Radio in Boston she was given full access to the Governor with only one request, the Governor could request to omit anything. For the record, the Governor omitted nothing from the broadcast and that took political guts. This isn’t just a fluff piece with just lovey love to the Governor. They cover all the so called scandals as he learned the ropes of Beacon Hill day by day.

I just love the idea that they titled it “The Education of Deval Patrick: The First 100 Days”. Having watched the piece it truly fits. This guy is genuine and one hundred percent a regular guy and it shows in the broadcast. If you were not a favorite of Deval Patrick before viewing this on NECN then you will be after.

This is what NECN has to say about the

NECN TO PREMIERE THE DOCUMENTARY “THE EDUCATION OF DEVAL PATRICK: THE FIRST 100 DAYS’’ ON MAY 31st at 8 p.m.

AN UP-CLOSE AND EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR AS HE NAVIGATES THROUGH HIS FIRST TUMULTUOUS MONTHS IN OFFICE, PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY NECN POLITICAL REPORTER ALISON KING

NEWTON, MA – MAY 23, 2007 – When he decided to run for governor of Massachusetts in 2005, Deval Patrick was a largely unknown figure hoping his grassroots campaign for change on Beacon Hill would catch fire across the state.

In November 2006 his “Together We Can’’ campaign did, indeed, carry him to victory and he emerged the first African-American governor of the Commonwealth, and the first Democrat to hold the post in 16 years.

“The Education of Deval Patrick: The First 100 Days’’ candidly chronicles Patrick’s first few months in office, from his historic swearing-in ceremony, to controversies involving his car, office drapes, his phone call to help former employer Ameriquest, and staff shakeups, to his wife Diane’s battle with depression, and many staff meetings, press conferences, and bill signings in-between. - NECN

Preview video courtesy of Boston.com

To be honest with you I can see this Governor winning a second term. I can also see him running for the Presidency in eight years and winning it as well. With all the campaign issues that he went through and tried to let the people know who he was he just skimmed the surface. This documentary gives you the real person that is Governor Deval Patrick.

He hangs out at home in jeans and is very comfortable just being himself. His wife is his world and the relationship that they have is something to be jealous of. Just the simple fact that when he makes a mistake he owns up to it instantly. As he has said in the past regarding his own missteps “You didn’t elect a saint as Governor”. He never claimed to be perfect.

One thing that I applaud the Governor for is his own personal refusal to get into a racial debate over his custom built home in the Berkshires. The man was a very successful employee of Coca Cola Corporation and with that success a bountiful salary with the rewards and ability to afford a home of comfort. A home that his wife Diane and he earned and paid for that they will retire to and spend the best times of their lives just being themselves.

During the campaign this was a racial bate question by the main stream media and it was uncalled for. It was never questioned of any of the other candidates with great personal wealth with regard to their so called “Mansions”? You could see in the broadcast that it bothered him that people even had the audacity to ask that question as if he deserved his home. He earned his four walls the hard way by working his ass off for it and he and his family deserve the benefit of that hard work.

Check out the broadcast if you can or contact NECN to get the DVD on it. Mark my words, this man will be President of the United States someday and you read it here first.

Other air dates and times:

Friday, June 1, 7pm
Saturday, June 2, 8pm
Sunday, June 3, 11am
Monday, June 4, 4pm
Tuesday, June 5, 2pm
Wednesday, June 6, 11am

*DVDs available upon request*

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Bush Morals on Stem Cell Research…

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Where President Bush failed to act then the States and the Governors have taken up the charge where it concerns Stem Cell Research. Once more on yet another critical issue to our nation the President and his lack of vision are being trampled on by yet one more Governor that knows where the future of science is. President Bush claims to be against embryonic stem cell research for moral reasons and yet he would have no problem incinerating those same embryos as medical waste that is at the very heart of this heated discussion. Donated embryos without a womb or hope of a womb will degrade over time and when that time comes they simply light a match and thus end the discussion and his argument of higher principles and personal morals on life being sacred.

What simply amazes me to no end is that the states and the Governors of our nation are showing what true leadership is when it comes to medical science. The few Governors that have chosen to take on stem cell research are truly the people that deserve our nations and the world’s gratitude. George Bush is the oxymoron President that will protect and embryo in a cellular state with no chance of survival outside of a womb and yet he will send our young men and woman to fight a war that his administration made up? If that doesn’t make you go Hmmm then I don’t know what will?

Over at the New York Times they have this great piece on Governor Deval Patrick and his commitment to medical science …

Massachusetts Proposes Stem Cell Research Grants
By PAM BELLUCK
Published: May 9, 2007

BOSTON, May 8 — Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday unveiled a $1.25 billion proposal intended to help the state maintain its status as a pre-eminent place for stem cell research and other life sciences.

The money would provide grants for university and hospital scientists, establish special research centers to make their work faster and more efficient, and train workers for biotechnology businesses.

It would also establish the first stem cell bank, a repository of all the stem cell lines created in Massachusetts laboratories, which would serve as a kind of stem cell lending library to scientists around the world.

“In many ways the health of this industry and the health of our society are very closely linked,” Mr. Patrick said at an international biotechnology convention here, where he announced the plan. “That’s why we will not rest on our laurels.”

Mr. Patrick’s plan involves $1 billion in state money over 10 years, some borrowed through bond issues, plus $250 million in matching money from private business.

Massachusetts is home to some of the most advanced research in stem cells and other life sciences, including the work of Craig C. Mello, a University of Massachusetts scientist who shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on silencing the effect of certain genes, which could lead to treatment of diabetes, AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists at Harvard and other Massachusetts research centers have created more than 30 new lines of embryonic stem cells, more than researchers in other states.

Other states have proposed committing money to the field. Among them are California, which approved a $3 billion program; New Jersey, which has proposed $270 million; and New York, where Gov. Eliot Spitzer has proposed $1 billion for stem cell research.

These states are all seeking ways to get around the Bush administration’s restrictions on federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, which were imposed because President Bush objects to the necessity of destroying human embryos in order to create the stem cells. – New York Times

America has to continue reaching for the outer limits of science and beyond not simply because we can but that we have to if we are going to continue as the leaders of the free world. We can not sit idly by while our families are suffering and dying from diseases that could possibly be cured if the research is simply started today. This research that could take decades may not save you from your terminal illness today but it just might save your grand child or great grand child.

There is another thought that was running through my head while reading this article and that was the sense of vision and long term job growth that this technology will bring to the states that dare to dream and fund it now. Back in the early seventies and eighties Massachusetts was the hub of computer technology companies and an industry leader in computer sciences. Companies like Wang, Digital, Data General, Prime One were just a few of the big players in that market and yet today they are all gone. Computer systems and parts and everything to do with building computers for the most part are now feeding families overseas now. Then you have to think about Detroit and what the people there are going to do now that their future is in question? Just knowing that the world’s largest auto maker is now in Japan has to send a shiver up your spine.

Embracing stem cell research will ensure America and Massachusetts is a player in the higher paid job markets ten, twenty and thirty years down the road. Some folks call it Progressive Government. I just call it smart government.

Governors like Deval Patrick know that you have to keep moving forward and embracing new ideas and new sciences to keep the good paying jobs in his state and help emerging opportunities to reach a bountiful potential. It is the job of the Governor of every state to make sure that the jobs that pay well will be there if not in his or her term then ten or twenty years down the road.

I’m trying to think of any science or technology that would promote a future of great jobs at descent salaries other than big oil that this President has embraced. Nope, I got nothing. Can you think of one?

Papamoka

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