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Gruber saves some special scorn for the Republican governors who have bravely said no to...Free Money! "What I don't get is these STUPID governors who are turning down the Medicaid expansion," he said. "This is preposterously STUPID. First of all, your low-income people get health-insurance, and you get billions and billions of dollars of stimulus in health-care spending. For example, there are one million uninsured Floridians who are below the poverty line. The federal government is saying we'll pay to insure them, and, in addition, we're sending billions of dollars to you. And Rick Scott says no. There is no...

A governor’s councilor this week pilloried a judicial nominee who said he’d bend over backward to protect law-abiding residents - essentially accusing the would-be judge of being too tough on crime. Garry V. Inge, who was nominated by Gov. Deval Patrick to the Superior Court bench in Boston, withstood a withering line of questions by Councilor Tom Merrigan on Wednesday after writing in his application that judges should sentence criminals “to maximize the protection of the public.” Merrigan, a Democrat, quickly pounced on the statement. “You said something here that concerned me . . . about whenever possible to maximize...

PRESS RELEASE: Large Crowd Joins Paleologos to Announce His Cape Cod Campaign Barnstable, MA Phil Paleologos, a New Bedford businessman, was joined by his family and a tremendous crowd at the Mattakeese Wharf Restaurant to kick off his Cape Cod campaign for the Governor’s Council. Phil Paleologos told the crowd of over 100 people that he was running for the Governor’s Council “because he wants judges, who will stand up for the rights of victims, not hardened criminals.” Joining Phil at the podium was Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings. The Sheriff endorsed Phil Paleologos’ candidacy and told the crowd he...