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THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART II

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 6, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Boston Globe, capitalism, Column, corporation, corruption, Democratic Socialists of America, DigBoston, DSA, economy, End Corporate Welfare Act, ethics, GE, General Electric, Governor Charlie Baker, Great Recession, independent commission, investigation, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Julia Salazar, labor, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, municipal bond, neoliberalism, Politics, scandal, Shaun Scott, subprime mortgage, tax, taxation

THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART I

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 28, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

The official narrative and the real story

 

Readers might feel that this should be a time for me to take a victory lap. The GE Boston deal that I criticized from the moment it was made public in January 2016 ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, capitalism, Column, corporation, corruption, DigBoston, economy, ethics, GE, General Electric, Governor Charlie Baker, Great Recession, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, municipal bond, neoliberalism, Politics, scandal, subprime mortgage, tax, taxation, Vertex

PIZZA BARONS LAY OFF 1,100: PAPA GINO’S & D’ANGELO WORKERS NEED TO ORGANIZE FOR JUSTICE

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

 

Mainstream press coverage of mass layoffs like Sunday’s shutdown of almost 100 Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo fast food restaurants generally looks upon such tragic events through a glass, darkly. Because journalism in the service of the rich and powerful is a ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, corporation, D'Angelo, Jason Pramas, jobs, justice, labor, layoff, malfeasance, minimum wage, Papa Gino's, PGHC, union, WARN Act

THE MERRIMACK VALLEY DISASTER: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT OLD PIPES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 18, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

The events of last week in the Merrimack Valley were unfortunate by any measure. Something bad happened to the natural gas distribution system in parts of Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover that resulted in dozens of homes being damaged or destroyed by explosions ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Andover, Apparent Horizon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Columbia Gas, Column, corruption, disaster, DPU, ecology, economy, Environment, Eversource Energy, explosion, fire, fossil fuel, global warming, Gov Charlie Baker, greenhouse gas, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, methane, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, North Andover, politician, Politics, regulation, utility

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

TOWNIE: TAX DELINQUENT, TAX GIVEAWAY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 2, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Crutchfield sues Mass over online taxes, unions protest Siemens

 

Online retailer tries to duck sales taxes

For a long time, the internet was like the Wild West for online sales. Companies sold products to consumers all over the US, and the feds and many states were slow to tax those transactions. You know, because “innovation ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: corporations, Crutchfield, economy, Giveaway, government, Jason Pramas, malfeasance, Massachusetts, Politics, scam, Siemens, taxation, Townie, Walpole

TOWNIE: A WORM’S EYE VIEW OF THE MASS POWER STRUCTURE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 18, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

Students at rally at Boston City Hall By NewtonCourt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

 

From the guy that brings you Apparent Horizon

 

The rich and powerful interests that control Massachusetts politics and the state economy have their fingers in every conceivable pie. So numerous are their projects that it’s difficult for most news outlets to keep track of them, let alone cover them ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: BINJ, blurb, Boston, bribe, brief, business, CEO, City Hall, Column, Contact, corruption, development, economy, Jason Pramas, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, news, Politics, Real Estate, Townie

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