This is HYSTERICAL!
"Scooter" Brown, lackluster state rep, Koch Sock Puppet, lost to 2 WOMEN, great centerfold photos, surrounded by scandals, piss poor voting record in the Senate, does he still have the pickup truck?.....
this is gonna be FUN!
Trump made the 'announcement' in New Hampshire where 'Scooter' Brown LOST the election to Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
Trump floats Scott Brown as potential VP
By Bradford Richardson
Monday, January 18, 2016
By George Donnelly (@geodonnelly) and Keith Regan
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Today: MLK event at the BCEC
Happy Martin Luther King Day. Boston's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast is in process this morning at the Boston Convention Center and will feature remarks from Gov. Baker, Dr. Ruth Simmons, the president emerita of Brown University, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, Attorney General Maura Healey, Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, and Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church. The breakfast began at 8:00 am.
Tomorrow: Walsh's State of the City; Millionaire tax hearing
MARIJUANA INSIGHT: Sen. Jason Lewis will discuss what he discovered on the fact-finding mission he led to Colorado to explore the impact of legalizing marijuana. He'll be on Boston Public Radio, noon, WGBH-FM 89.7.
WALSH STATE OF THE CITY: Mayor Marty Walsh will articulate his vision for the city in his state of the city address tonight at Boston Symphony Hall, 7:00 pm. Walsh plans to make education a focus of his speech but may also face protestors who are unhappy with looming school budget cuts, the Globe's Meghan E. Irons reports. http://bit.ly/1ZFHdv3
MILLIONAIRE TAX HEARING: A ballot initiative to raise taxes on incomes over $1 million will receive a hearing before the Revenue Committee, 10:30 am, room B-1. It is part of a process that may put the question on the 2018 ballot.
LATE-NIGHT T SERVICE HEARINGS: MBTA service beyond midnight on weekends is targeted for elimination and the first hearings on the issue are scheduled for 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, 10 Park Plaza, second floor, Boston.
The Globe's delivery problems probed by the Globe
Just what went wrong with the Globe's delivery system -- and how could a big-city newspaper that is dependent on its legacy product for the bulk of its revenue not get it into all of its paying subscribers' hands? The Globe's Mark Arsenault explored the highly public business meltdown in the Saturday Globe. "For Henry, changing distribution vendors overnight on Dec. 28 was another aggressive move in a two-and-a-half year stewardship of the Globe marked by calculated risks, and a philosophy that newspapers cannot survive with a business-as-usual approach," Arsenault writes about the move to a new vendor, ACI. Henry says he was unaware about serious concerns with the plan until after things began to go awry. He is quoted: "In the days following serious problems [after ACI launched] I learned there were serious issues raised with ACI and disagreements internally about different issues including routes, but no one reached out to me." http://bit.ly/1Jcl1l5
It took a village to lure GE
Boston earned its big win -- GE's selection of the Hub as its new headquarters. It took a team, including many connected people in the private sectors such as Bob Kraft and State Street CEO Jay Hooley, to convince GE that Boston was the place to be, the Globe's Shirley Leung reported Sunday in a blow-by-blow chronology. A GE relocation committee also was impressed by the alignment of the governor and the mayor on the issue. Leung also reports that the city took the lead in chasing GE and the state eventually caught up down the stretch. http://bit.ly/1KkKJie
The state's economic development strategy is working, opines the editorial page of the MetroWest Daily News. The win represents a continuation of policies from the Patrick and Menino administrations. "GE's decision reinforces the proposition that in a knowledge-based economy, proximity to other smart people working on interesting projects is a multiplier effect. It's a lesson that should be embraced at the local and regional level as well as on Beacon Hill." http://bit.ly/1ntjLjD
On the other hand, there is no joy in Mudville. Fairfield, Conn., where GE has been headquartered for over 40 years, is anticipating the economic fallout -- loss of business, civic involvement, and dropping property values. The Globe's Matt Rocheleau talks with residents about their fears from losing the corporate giant. http://bit.ly/1RZUfxt
Haves and have-nots in Chelsea -- a growing contrast
Chelsea is seeing an influx of young professionals in new developments while the city still wrestles with a significant drug and alcohol, especially in Bellingham Square. The socio-economic contrast in the city of 39,000, with one quarter of the population living in poverty, is captured in Katie Johnston's compelling story in yesterday's Globe. http://bit.ly/1n5MhY4
And in Dudley Square in Roxbury, longtime residents worry about the impact of gentrification as new development moves in. "They worry that working families -- those who earn too much for public housing and too little for market rate homes -- will be left out as those storefronts and lots fill in," Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham writes.http://bit.ly/1KlMkV3
T ignored early signs of cost spikes on Green Line
A report prepared for the MBTA's control board and released Friday under orders from the Secretary of State shows that the T and its consultants ignored warning signs that the costs for the Green Line Extension project could balloon and threaten the project, the Globe's Nicole Dungca reports. The Globe was among the outlets that had appealed to have the report released after the T initially tried to withhold it by citing attorney-client privilege. http://bit.ly/1ZGNLtx
DraftKings to pull back on ad blitz
Daily fantasy site DraftKings is likely to take a much lower profile after a yearlong TV advertising blitz in 2015 that cost the company $156 million, the Globe's Curt Woodward reports. New global marketing chief Janet Holian says the company achieved its goal of making the company a "household name" by running some 15 ads more than 45,000 times last year. Now, she said, "We probably don't need to be quite as heavy out there in the market." http://bit.ly/1ntku4b
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Is a monorail the answer for Boston?
The looming redevelopment of the Government Center parking garage into 2.3 million square feet of mixed-use space may renew the search for creative transportation solutions in Boston, the Herald's Jessica Van Sack reports, including a monorail or similar technology that runs along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. That option may also be able to help close the current connection gap between North and South stations. http://bit.ly/1ZvIZJS
Revenue slide continues at Plainridge
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission released data Friday showing a fifth straight month of declining revenues at the state's only operating casino, according to Garrett Quinn of Boston magazine. Revenue at Plainridge Park dropped to $11.2 million in December, $700,000 less than the month before and nearly $7 million below its take from July, its first month in operation. http://bit.ly/1U6Kgpu
A Trump-Brown ticket?
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump dangled the possibility of tapping former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown as his running mate during an event in New Hampshire, the Washington Post's James Hohmann reported on Saturday. Brown has said he would endorse a candidate before the Granite State primary and responded to the Trump's veep speculation -- he said Brown looks like he came "straight out of central casting" -- with a humble brag. "I've heard that before," Brown said. http://wapo.st/1Py7wc5
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