Election roundup: Joan Vennochi is a woman, so therefore she knows what all women want

By adamg on Mon., 9/22/2014 - 7:50 am

And what women don't want is Charlie Baker, she writes.

Not so fast there, Joan. The Herald's crack investigative unit gets on the case and finds women who support Baker.

Meanwhile, Baker prefers Guinness, according to a Herald story written by a reporter named Stout.

Meet Evan Falchuk, one of the two indepdent candidates on the ballot for governor this year.

The Globe looks at a referendum question that would give workers the right to earn sick time - and use it to care for sick family members.

Peter Ubertaccio explains why a recent mailing by some group called the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is a stupid, clumsy attempt to get voters in 21 House districts mad for no good reason.

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they still have that

By violator
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 8:01am

they still have that plagiarist working there?

When Mike Barnicle managed to

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:57am

When Mike Barnicle managed to keep a job in the local media all professional standards went into the dustbin.

Ya know, that was 16 years ago now

By adamg
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 10:32am

I know, I know, how time flies! But as much as I continue to be puzzled how he continues to have any job whatsoever in the media (yes, I remember how he briefly had a job writing drivel for the Herald), he hasn't been in the Globe for a long time, so maybe we can retire him as Living Proof Boston Media Sucks?

I have a relative who was Curley's press secretary.

By Chris Rich
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 11:35am

We can always exhume him if the more thorough media disparage crew wants to get archaeological. He was a cinematic grade scoundrel and left his missus in the lurch.

Yabba, dabba , do ! If you

By kvn
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 8:10am

Yabba, dabba , do ! If you want to reduce the candidates down to gender , and in this corner repping females is Martha, surely you jest. You can't do better than her? Her on the job performance is practically incompetent. If this was a case of the private sector ,it would be a case of failure to perform fiduciary duties. She lacks a sense of independent judgement. How she ever got away with prosecuting Tim Cahill, which could be construed as posturing to remove him as a viable future candidate for a position that she had aspirations towards, is suspect to some. Sheesh.....

Her on the job performance is

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 8:29am

Her on the job performance is practically incompetent.

In what way? Specifics please.

I'll Bite

By RhoninFire
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:47pm

I'll Bite. I have to as that woman irritates the hell out of me since the senate race. She been our AG for years and it's been a stream of wtf failures. Just look at her tagged UHub articles. The comments are full of gold too.

1. Like this one: www.universalhub.com/node/21503 - The post notes he lack of preperation in front of the Supreme Court. The comments notes also the Fells Acre Case scandal which was pre-Uhub but it is still something she did.

2. Remember the Dookhan scandal? How about Martha arguing the results was completely trustworthy - http://www.universalhub.com/2012/when-martha-coakl...

3. How the wine order ban after the Federal Government ruled to stop that? This article isn't the best fitting, but it's the best I can find ATM http://www.universalhub.com/2014/grape-idea-comes-... - The comments notes its link to Martha

4. Remember she went so hard against 2 guys hanging a LED board? http://www.universalhub.com/2014/has-it-really-bee...

5. How the Menino Emails? http://www.universalhub.com/node/27651

6. And above, and with recent UHub news. The Tim Cahill case. But I spent enough time during my lunch searching up stuff.

To be fair, in the UHub links, it's not all bad. There's that endorsement that does exist on the first page. And some other stuff. But I think I have seen enough stuff that I have to conclude she has been a rolling train of fail. I cannot honestly vote for her. And those who do, I am must ask how do you ignore such examples.

You know what pains me on top of all of this? She's a fellow BU alum (though the law school, not undergrad), I should be rooting for her, but I can't.

I hope Charlie Baker is an infrastructure and open to transit (then again, Patrick had 8 years but didn't done that much). Republicans are not known to be very generous to that type of policy, but man, I'm not going to vote for Croakley.

Thank you!

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 1:12pm

Thank you!

Great job, RhoninFire!

By anonism
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 6:07pm

...and on your lunch hour, no less!

Thank you, RhoninFire and kvn

By Nancy
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 7:35am

I am as hardcore a feminist as they come and the idea that women are a monolith who must always vote for a female candidate is insulting.

I am an issues voter and am a moderate. I vote for whomever resonates with me the most and do not vote by gender.

She doesn't appeal to me as a potential governor so I will not be voting for her. End of story.

Yes, just like all women

By anon
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 9:24am

Yes, just like all women voted for Sarah Palin.

Martha is hitting that girl card hard because she's unlikable as heck and probably going to lose this.

I got to meet Coakley this summer...

By Michael Kerpan
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:17am

... and felt she came off more likeable than I anticipated (moreso than Grossman, who irritated me for a reason I couldn't quite put my finger on) -- but I still much preferred Dr. Berwick.

I heard her speak when she was the Middlesex DA

By Nancy
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:47pm

I think that was the perfect job for her. It suited her perfectly. I do not dislike her. I just think that being governor is a bit beyond what she was put on god's green earth to do.

Baker was a key player...

By Michael Kerpan
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 2:48pm

... in hiding the true cost of the Big Dig and then coming up the scheme that saddled the MBTA with crushing debt to help mask the Big Dig problem until after the 1998 election. Consequently, I can't think of anyone I'd want less as Governor.

3 Independents, Not 2

By Suldog
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:17am

Evan Falchuk
Scott Lively
Jeff McCormick

Other reference - Secretary of State's page concerning statewide ballot.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

Goober-notorial Snooze

By anonism
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:19am

And once again, I will vote not FOR a candidate, but AGAINST the more-objectionable one.

Voting against statism and typical capital-D behavior, therefore, I will vote for Baker.

Cool story, bro.

By Scratchie
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:36am

Cool story, bro.

Clearly not

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:56am

as cool as yours.

Um, zing?

By Scratchie
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 10:29am

Um, zing?

There are more than 2

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 10:05am

There are more than 2 candidates so you voting for Baker does not send any "Against" message since there are several other candidates. It seems like you are more just voting for whomever has the R besides their name.

Other candidates, yes!

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 10:51am

Other viable candidates, No! Maybe you can cast you ballot for Vermin Supreme in 2016!

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Whoh!

By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 11:38am

massive vowel movement!

Classic

By Kaz
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:41pm

How did you manage to copy and paste the text contents of the jpeg file instead of the image itself? That's impressively 1995 of you.

Pedantic correction

By Michael
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 1:21pm

You said, "ohKKWimISilpKQBSGlooGJSoskCQJO52HrUtyxh7Ny+FxIbssrFipgrHXzqV4jyoLLXQc9wFVbDPbgi4GMAHTf0pWBGHlq7AIZGlDcENqUHUCKhSKt9viF+2UY4VwLdnsQRmIgkQ0xvpTXmHjIuoV7A2Tm70r4kkGYkHWkmB45", when I'm pretty sure you meant "ohKKWimISilpKQBSGlooGJSoskCQJO52HrUtyxh7Ny+FxIbssrFipgrHXzqV4jyoLLXQc9wFVbDPbgi4GMAHTf0pWBGHlq7AI2GlDcENqUHUCKhSKt9viF+2UY4VwLdnsQRmIgkQ0xvpTXmHjIuoV7A2Tm70r4kkGYkHWkmB45"

I honestly couldn't care less

By tape
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 9:35am

I honestly couldn't care less about either Coakley or Baker. They're both terrible choices.

I'll be looking for as much info as I can find on the independent candidates, because my vote is in no circumstances going to either major-party selection.

Look at it this way

By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 10:41am

Baker isn't going to be much different from Patrick or Romney. That's because the Governor doesn't have all that much to say about anything in MA. He or she can only sign or veto bills.

We might just get a little bit of entertainment when Baker thinks he actually has power, and we can watch him flail.

Weld and Dukakis knew how to pull the right levers, twist the right arms, and get stuff going.

Patrick and Romney

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 10:53am

Were two VERY different Governors.

The Governors were different

By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 11:36am

The results pretty much the same.

No

By Michael Kerpan
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 11:42am

Not really.

Thats not even remotely true.

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:02pm

Please site some examples!

I would, but

By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:34pm

Neither of them has done much of anything, really.

Sure, sure

By Kaz
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:43pm

It's only called "Romneycare" because he didn't to much of anything, really.

He denied all involvement

By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:56pm

Right?

And, again, the legislature had a lot to do with that, too.

Well

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 1:18pm

Romneycare website = Aprox $5.5m

MA Health Connector = Aprox $600m +

Very similar!

I agree in general that the

By anon
Mon, 09/22/2014 - 11:25am

I agree in general that the governor is not very powerful, but I think Romney, Swift and Cellucci showed a total lack of interest in the job and only used it to go for a higher office. I would strongly disagree that Patrick was similar to Romney, you can disagree with his stances and his performance, but we would not have had the level of long term investment in public transit and road/bridge repair if left to the legislature, who are always up for a new commuter rail or highway project but not much for anything else, especially within the subway system. Open space preservation and alternative energy were also pushes by Patrick. Romney, after Romneycare he checked out and worked on his stump speech for president. The governor, if she or he chooses, can illustrate a vision and push for it, the way Dukakis, Weld and Patrick did. We will see if either of these candidates say anything other than they want to create jobs.