Apparently, it’s going to cost $250 million in state dollars* to reconstruct the Longfellow Bridge, which goes from Cambridge to Boston. The bridge carries cars as well as the Red Line. And, there are sidewalks on either side. This is the “salt and...
As I’ve pointed out before, the Commonwealth’s movie tax credits program (ie., giveaways) is the biggest ripoff in state spending that we have seen in a long time. Bruce Mohl, he of Commonwealth magazine, seems to agree. In an op-ed piece that ran in the...
A week or so ago, I read a comment in some blog about how $1,000,000+ sales had dropped off in some of the tonier (hate that word) towns across the Commonwealth. Or, more accurately, the comment was that there was a glut of $1,000,000+ single-family homes on the...
This is good news. Should save some time. Get in your cars and drive! The U-turn ramp located at the Allston-Brighton toll plaza opened to drivers with Fast Lane and E-Z Pass transponders on Sunday. Two-axle passenger vehicles with FAST LANE will be charged $2 to use...
* The National Association of Business Economists’ latest survey has 45% of its members predicting a recession this year—over double the percentage of three months ago. * Warren Buffett: “I would say, by any commonsense definition, we...