News & Commentary
Committee updates, local political news, and election commentary
Committee News
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Yarmouth RTC Delivers Unanimous Convention Feedback to State Party
At its May 13 meeting the committee unanimously voted to send Chair Cheryl Ball to formally convey delegates’ concerns about the 2026 MassGOP Convention to state party chair Amy Carnevale.
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YRTC Reorganizes Under New Leadership
The Yarmouth Republican Town Committee has elected new officers and is actively building membership ahead of the 2026 election cycle. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month.
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Your State Rep Is Indicted — Still on the Payroll
State Representative Christopher Flanagan was arrested April 11, 2025 and indicted on five counts of wire fraud. He has refused to resign, and Massachusetts taxpayers continue paying his $100,558 salary.
Commentary
Latest Post
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The World Cup That Was Supposed to Implode
They promised empty stadiums, fleeing teams, and a planet-sized embarrassment. Somebody forgot to tell the fans.
More from the Series
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Maine’s Magic Trick
Maine just admitted half its government got outsourced to NGOs nobody voted for. Cape Cod is quietly setting up the same trick — with…
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Nothing’s Going On Up There
Every kid who grew up in a Boston three-decker knows that answer by heart. So does every NGO collecting state checks.
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Massachusetts Found Billions Overnight
For years, residents were told the housing money was gone. Then the political math changed — and the money showed up.
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The 135-Foot Yardstick
In 1935 a ship with a 135-foot mast could just slip under the Cape Cod Canal bridges. Ninety-one years later, the clearance is still…
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Apparently I’m a Rhodes Scholar Now
If reading a traffic sign and calculating a 20% tip without a calculator now puts you in the top fifth of the country, the…
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Coal Dust, Cherry Pipe Tobacco — and a Heel-Only Shoe
Sometimes the situation comes pre-loaded with enough words. Sometimes ‘tsk, tsk, tsk’ is the most efficient commentary on Beacon Hill ever produced.
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