Common Wealth: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Mass Politics?
Friday, October 26, 2012
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Elizabeth Warren: The Democratic hopeful took a 5-point lead over Republican Scott Brown among likely voters in the latest poll in the highly-contested Massachusetts Senate Race. Crowds of more than 1,000 turned out for rallies in Worcester and Northampton and a James Taylor concert in Boston on Wednesday night made for a week of energizing the Democratic base with Election Day just around the corner.
Scott Brown: The incumbent Senator had a strong week as well, despite falling behind in the polls. Brown picked up endorsements from Massachusetts media outlets and campaigned with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday, who lauded the Bay State Republican as a problem-solver able to work both sides of the aisle.
Barack Obama: The President gave a strong performance in his third and final debate with Republican candidate Mitt Romney. The foreign policy subject matter afforded him an incumbent's advantage, and he wound up getting Romney to agree with him on a lot of the issues that came up. A Gallup poll found that 56 percent of Americans who watched the debate said Obama did a better job compared to just 33 percent for Romney.
Main South: A ribbon-cutting was held on Wednesday at the newly rehabilitated property at 834 Main Street, where the City’s Façade Program enabled developers to leverage additional private investment to make the former A-1 Building's makeover a reality. On Thursday, Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray joined the Main South CDC to celebrate the completion of the Kilby-Gardner-Hammond housing development project, and it seems that development in the neighborhood is moving in the right direction.
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Public Employee Unions: A Worcester Regional Research Bureau forum this week outlined how the growth of public employee unions over the past 40 years has substantially increased the cost of government on the local and state level, while not providing substantially better returns than their private sector counterparts. With municipalities facing ever-increasing liabilities for healthcare and benefits for current as well as retired employees, the ballooning costs present a sizable hurdle in these tough economic times.
Canal District Parking: Area business owners are incensed over what they see as the overzealous enforcement of parking regulations in the district. While the Canal District's parking meters were originally installed at the request of businesses to promote turnover in the heavily commercial district, the area's parking regulations may need to be changed to meet the needs of the evolving economic landscape.
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