If he can overcome sportswriters' opinions of his past controversial statements, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling could soon find himself in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
But can the sportswriters play honest umpire and call 'em like they see 'em?
Pro-tax planners are acting more like Eurocrats than Americans in their attempt to push a regional tax on carbon through the Transportation and Climate Initiative, opponents of the measure said Wednesday.
"TCI is a carbon tax implemented through a gas tax. It's regressive toward the working class. It acts like a sin tax, punishing ordinary people for doing a task the government believes is wrong by artificially increasing the cost. It's bad economics and morally wrong," said Paul D. Craney, spokesman for the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, in a written statement issued Wednesday, December 11 after a press conference at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
