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BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Charlie Baker

 

If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular

 

It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment,  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, biotechnology, boondoggle, Boston, Charlie Baker, Column, convention, corporate, corruption, economy, General Electric, Giveaway, higher education, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalist, Massachusetts, MBTA, media, news, Politics, public, public transportation, Republican Party, taxes

YOUR MOVE, BOSTON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 7, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston Women's March 2017. Photo by Ryan Dorsey, CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic.

 

Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps

 

Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put on just for show. Perhaps ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, boondoggle, Boston, Charlie Baker, Column, corporate, corruption, Democracy, economy, fight, General Electric, Giveaway, Jason Pramas, Jeff Bezos, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, news, Politics, Protest, public, socialism, taxes

TOWNIE: CORPORATE TAX FABLES AND COMMUNITARIAN KIDDIE TABLES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

CORPORATE TAX FABLES AND COMMUNITARIAN KIDDIE TABLES

 

Big local corps quiet about huge profits to come from Repub tax scheme… except GE

An interesting WBUR article, “Largest Mass. Companies ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: affordable, boondoggle, Boston, BPDA, BRA, Column, corruption, Democrats, developers, economics, Housing, Jason Pramas, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, Politics, Republicans, ripoff, taxes, Townie, unaffordable

GENERAL ELECTRIC FAIL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 15, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Conglomerate’s woes throw Boston HQ deal contradictions into bold relief

 

What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: boondoggle, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Redevelopment Authority, building, capitalism, construction, corporation, corruption, criticism, deal, fort point, GE, General Electric, Giveaway, Gov Charlie Baker, headquarters, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, Necco, PILOT, PR, Procter & Gamble, public, public relations, scam, scheme, tax breaks

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