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STORM disruptions — GATES nixes Boston trip — Another DA retires 03/02/2018 06:58 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. STORM REPORT -  Massachusetts is battening down the hatches ahead of the  major storm  that's projected to bring heavy rain, snow, high tides, and high winds to parts of the state  -  and it's even disrupted campaign efforts for one Democratic candidate for governor. Jay Gonzalez  planned to travel from Gov.  Charlie Baker 's neighborhood in Swampscott to the State House to highlight the importance of public transportation. Gonzalez planned a similar transit experience during the last major winter storm in the beginning of January to highlight Baker's shortcomings on the transit system  -  and experienced an uncontroversial  smooth ride . This time, Gonzalez is skipp...

Charlie Baker is running for re-election and misspending taxpayer dollars without results.  Overpaid incompetents can't keep trains running on time or safely. Now Charlie blames others --- Sorry Charlie! You own it!   SouthCoast Rail service to Boston could start in 2022 or Charlie Baker's $935 MILLION Brain Fart! One of the biggest details revealed includes a $935 million price tag in a five-year capital plan.   MassDOT + $1 BILLION FOLLY! Selectwoman Diane Stewart expressed frustration about the state prioritizing South Coast Rail over unresolved traffic congestion at the Route 44 rotary. She said a rotary flyover would affect 47,000 cars each day, far more than the train station, for far less money than has already been spent planning the Stoughton commuter line. “I have a problem with that,” she said. Jean Fox, project manager for South Coast Rail, said DOT has looked at preliminary engineering with regard to traffic and is awaiting ...

The anti-DRILL team — National DEMS passing on BAKER reelect — WARREN’s stealth campaign to shed ‘Pocahontas’ 02/26/2018 07:02 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) YOU KNOW THE DRILL -  The Bureau of Ocean Management is headed to Boston on Tuesday. And opposition to the feds' proposal to offer up Massachusetts' waters for offshore drilling, which has stewed for months, is roaring to a full boil ahead of the midday hearing. Today, Sen.  Ed Markey  has queued up a press conference and hearing complete with 16 experts from the fishing industry, tourism, environmental organizations, and academia to discuss the proposal  -  and Gov.  Charlie Baker  met with Interior Sec.  Ryan Zinke  in Washington yesterday to reaffirm his opposition to the proposal, according to Baker's office. Baker's office was mum on whether Zinke made any ...