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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

THE VERTEX SHELL GAME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Vertex Headquarters. Photo ©2015 Derek Kouyoumjian

Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best known for its cystic fibrosis meds, has pledged to “spend $500 million on charitable ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Boston, capitalism, commerce, corporation, criticism, deal, Deval Patrick, foundation, Giveaway, Jeffrey Leiden, jobs, John Barros, labor, marketing, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, monopoly, nonprofit, pharma, pharmaceutical, PR, public, public relations, taxes, Vertex

JUST ASK DIAPERS.COM

Written by MO LOTMAN Posted October 11, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

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More reasons Boston should take a hard pass on Amazon

 

There are myriad practical reasons why Boston should walk away from the Amazon headquarters sweepstakes: an out-of-control real estate and rental market, chronic transit and traffic problems, and an overheated tech sector, which is exacerbating inequality. But ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Amazon, Boston, capitalism, commerce, corporation, criticism, deal, Giveaway, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, monopoly, public, taxes

AMAZON OCTAGON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass pols stand ready to fight each other for the right to bribe a multinational

 

At least 17 Massachusetts cities and towns are now preparing to do battle with each other—and hundreds more municipalities nationwide—for the dubious “honor” ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Abington, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Billerica, Boston, bribe, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, Fall River, General Electric, Giveaway, Haverhill, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Lawrence, Lowell, Massachusetts, Methuen, multinational, New Bedford, North Andover, public, Revere, Rockland, SOMERVILLE, Springfield, subcontracting, taxes, Tewksbury, Weymouth, Worcester

AN AMAZON NORTH ANDOVER DEAL?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 26, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sketch of the Merrimack Valley Works plant at North Andover while under construction in 1955

 

Merrimack Valley pols courting the tech behemoth have forgotten recent history

 

A couple of weeks ago, I criticized the possibility of an Amazon ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, agriculture, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, AT&T, Boston, cannabis, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, factory, Farm, General Electric, Giveaway, Haverhill, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Lawrence, Ma Bell, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, Methuen, North Andover, Osgood Landing, plant, Politics, public, subcontracting, taxes, union, works

STOP THE AMAZON BOSTON DEAL

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

Locals have until Oct 19 to say ‘No Public Bribes to Corporate Scofflaws’

 

Fresh off of throwing tens of millions of dollars at General Electric, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Boston, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, General Electric, Giveaway, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, public, subcontracting, taxes, union

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 2

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 1, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, and boosters like the Boston Globe claim that the investment will be worth it. Yet GE’s record of slashing jobs, despoiling the environment, and evading taxes says otherwise.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlie Baker, deal, GE, General Electric, Jason Pramas, Marty Walsh, millions, mortgage crisis, mortgages, subprime, tax breaks

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