tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post649175722301122795..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: Can the Age of Pork End?massmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-67040459241141878522007-04-19T06:49:00.000-04:002007-04-19T06:49:00.000-04:00Well, back to the post, the issue is willingness t...Well, back to the post, the issue is willingness to look at both each and all earmarks. Perhaps some or many of them have justification. Then, the issue becomes whether they are important enough right now to divert funds from other programs and issues.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, legislators avoid criticizing each other's earmarks, for fear that they won't get their own through. So, everyone gets something and the commonwealth suffers.<BR/><BR/>If there are close to 1,500 in the budget, we can assume 1) each will have defenders, and 2) that hundreds would not stand up to scrutiny.<BR/><BR/>In the alleged new world of Massachusetts politics, the overdue scrutiny must happen. It is the mutual back scratching that has gotten us to a stagnant budget process.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-70295118273998161312007-04-18T23:02:00.000-04:002007-04-18T23:02:00.000-04:00When will people get it into their heads that the ...When will people get it into their heads that the winter moth problem is comparable to the gypsy moth problem? It is a SERIOUS issue in need of SERIOUS study, and we've already wasted, what, two years because of Mitt and his idiocy? We are putting our trees and green spaces at risk by doing nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-69734257810669096082007-04-18T17:06:00.000-04:002007-04-18T17:06:00.000-04:00For the most part, I agree with you. However, I ta...For the most part, I agree with you. However, I take it the trees in your neighbourhood have not yet been denuded by the winter moth worm, and that you aren't in danger of losing all of them to this literally alien infestation. They are coming to you soon, and I don't much care how the state funds studies to control them, as long as they do. Sometimes what looks like pork is prime rib.Unclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17576979900477102398noreply@blogger.com