Reply #136: Thanks, Inna! [View All]

[ogam5]

In answer to your question, yes, I am in MA - for the time being; will likely be out of here not long after my mother's gone:( Possibly to CT, which has gotten much more progressive than the Bay State under Jodi Rell - a REPUBLICAN - much as I thought I'd never live to see the day).

In fact, it was my distinct displeasure to be cursed with one of the three authors of our little monster as a state representative, and we had QUITE the little fight over it - did not mince words at ALL and I basically consigned him to a fiery fate for his part.....there are a lot of us - probably about 10-20 thousand at most, though - who were adamantly opposed to Chapter 58 but the numbers are growing if the recent election is a reliable indicator. I flat-out DETEST Romney - oilier than Geedub, if that's possible - and viewed Brown as a clone (especially since he was full on board the mandate train) but while so many voters in MA were fooled into thinking Scott was against the state mandate, he HAS bucked a couple of Republican positions now - admittedly, nothing radical or anything - so I'm refraining from complete condemnation.....

Couldn't ever have voted for Coakley despite her support of the same-sex marriage law given her vow to attack anyone who attacked the Connector and, had Mike Capuano been firmly against the federal mandate, I might've voted for him (certainly NOT Pagliuca) but he never bothered to contact me directly anyhow, which says a lot about the party's presumptive tendencies. I'm actually about to take the religious exemption available up here on our state tax forms for a 3rd straight year and will be an active part of any fight to create more loosely-applied religious exemptive provisions at the federal level.....