Middleboro Review et al

02/21/2018 07:25 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) AMHERST'S DEMOCRATIC DEPARTURE -  The State House delegation from the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts is going through yet another shift - Rep.  Solomon Goldstein-Rose , an Amherst Democrat, announced yesterday he is ditching his Democratic Party affiliation. Goldstein-Rose said in his announcement the move is not a rebuke of the state Democratic Party, but instead, a chance "to be truer in letter to the nonpartisan spirit he has sought to embody through his legislative work." The took most by surprise, including Rep.  Ellen Story  who preceded Goldstein-Rose and represented the Amherst-based district for 24 years. As Story put it to  NEPR  yesterday, "I just don't completely understand his reasoning for this. Yes, it is difficult." The now-unenrolled state rep. has also just o...

MASSTERLIST MISSED THIS ONE!  FROM: POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook - "SundayNotebook: Once again, Higgins the target of a mailer," by the Sentinel & Enterprise:  "Once Again state Rep. Natalie Higgins has found herself the target of a mailer from the  Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance . The mailer claimed the freshman Democrat was 'leading the charge' in making Massachusetts a sanctuary state by co-sponsoring a bill currently in the legislature. In a statement this week, Higgins called the mailer  a 'dishonest scare tactic'  ..."   *****Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance****** MORE WILL BE SAID ABOUT THIS GROUP THAT IS BLASTING VOTERS WITH OUTRIGHT LIES AT WORST OR MISINFORMATION AT BEST.  WHY THE OUT-OF-STATE POSTMARK ON THOSE GLOSSY MAILINGS?  DON'T BELIEVE THEM!  Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MA...