Carr: Leigha Genduso’s past should have kept her off state police force
Is anyone going to lose his or her $150,000-a-year state pension over this Leigha Genduso scandal?That’s always the ultimate question in the hackerama — how is whatever-it-is going to affect my kiss in...
View ArticleCarr: How can we punch Charlie’s card?
What exactly has Charlie Baker accomplished as governor?I’ll wait for your answer. There’s no rush. We’ve got all day. While you’re thinking, can I mention a few, a very few, of his signature...
View ArticleCarr: Barack TV sounds like a sit-con to me
So Barack Obama is in talks with Netflix, The New York Times reports, “to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure” from relevance last...
View ArticleCarr: ‘Chappaquiddick’ shines light on Ted Kennedy’s darkest moment
Boy, are the Kennedys going to hate this new movie about Teddy.The title of the movie: “Chappaquiddick.” What more does America’s First Family need to know before they start booing and hissing?The...
View ArticleCarr: It’s been 4 years, Liz Warren. Take a DNA test
For the record, I’m pretty sure I was the first person in the media to demand that Sen. Elizabeth Warren take a DNA test.This is from my column, April 18, 2014: “There is only one way to settle once...
View ArticleCarr: Rep’s sign complaint is latest example of cluelessness
Have you noticed that the more we pay our state legislators, the dumber they get?The latest example is Rep. Michelle DuBois (D-Brockton), who this past week complained that somehow, a sign bearing Gen....
View ArticleCarr: Latest Mass State Police scandal adds to foul stench in AIRE
After so many scandals in such a short time, the Massachusetts State Police are finally figuring out how to get ahead of the bad-news curve.So yesterday they held a press conference, which they...
View ArticleCarr: ‘Personal reasons’ don’t merit free pass
Now it turns out that state trooper Leigha Genduso was breaking even more rules, in addition to the perjury, drug dealing, money laundering and income tax evasion that she admitted to under a grant of...
View ArticleCarr: Bleeding-heart judge bleeding rule of law in court
The word of the day is “unfettered.”That’s the kind of discretion Hampden Superior Court Judge David Ricciardone said he wanted when he was first nominated for a hack state judgeship back in 2004.“My...
View ArticleCarr: Stormy sex reveal doesn’t matter to Trump supporters
Stormy Daniels? Read our lips: we don’t care.Tonight’s the night that the former porn “star” will be appearing on “60 Minutes” to reveal what we already knew, that she had a, gasp, consensual...
View ArticleCarr: Judge latest hack caught with his pants down
Subtitle: Bench bozo’s biggest shame: Getting bustedJudge Thomas Estes is the poster boy for the Massachusetts judiciary.It’s damn near impossible to embarrass state judges — the bust-out flotsam of...
View ArticleCarr: Thumbs up from Donald Trump!
Book reviews aren’t nearly as important as they used to be in the publishing industry for moving product, with one exception.A plug by the president of the United States.Which is what I got late Sunday...
View ArticleCarr: Time to close curtain on staties’ bad actors
If a regular citizen gets in trouble, he gets arrested, or indicted, and maybe he might even end up in prison.But if a state trooper gets jammed up, he’s allowed to walk away scot-free with a...
View ArticleCarr: Latest state pol nabbed for OUI
And now, the latest inductee into the State House Alcohol of Fame: Sen. Michael Brady, D-Joe Angelo’s Cafe in Brockton.Brady got a bad ice cube on his way home Friday night. He was pulled over in...
View ArticleCarr: High roller had plenty of tales to tell
Nick Rizzo was a good source, and he was apparently an even better — or should I say worse — embezzler.In one way or another, he stole almost $4 million from the campaign accounts and friends of the...
View ArticleCarr: Producer says powerful people tried to nix Chappaquiddick flick
Subtitle: Chapped over chappy movieSo the producer of the new film about Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick scandal says some “very powerful people” tried to kill his movie.What a surprise —...
View ArticleCarr: Reforms? Staties need (house of) corrections
Reforms? We don’t need no stinkin’ reforms of the Massachusetts State Police.What we need is prosecutions, not to mention prison sentences for theft, and also, if possible, for mail and wire fraud, not...
View ArticleCarr: In corruption title fight, taxpayers get KO’d
Subtitle: House, Senate are both champs when it comes to bad behaviorWhich branch of the Massachusetts Legislature is more corrupt — the House or the Senate?It’s a tough question, like asking which cop...
View ArticleCarr: Facebook a hotbed of betrayal from get-go
Subtitle: Social media site made users into productIs Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook still planning to run for president in 2020?No, I didn’t think so. But what a difference a year or so makes. Remember...
View ArticleCarr: Your contributions can add up to a slot in the hackerama
Are you tired of working for a living?Have you been dreaming of grabbing one of those six-figure, no-heavy-lifting hack state jobs behind which comes the obscenely bloated pension, the monthly kiss in...
View Article