Newly apponted "Chancellor" of Cambridge college is using her Ministry of Magic former FBI training to discover the identity of Dumbledore's Army the author that wrote a detailed newsletter that exposed everything that was wrong with the college.

Boston is trying to stop the damage done by the sub-prime housing crisis by passing a new foreclosure relief law. It states that any bank that forecloses on a house that has renters in it has to continue renting until they sell the house or the directive expires. You could make some arguements against this but overall, that's not a bad idea. Protecting good renters from being kicked out because their landlords suck is OK, I guess. But check out THIS part:

"However, the measure would also cover individual homeowners who fell behind on their own mortgages."

Ruh, roh! It looks like this bill would allow anyone in Boston who can't really afford to pay their mortgage to let the bank foreclose, become a renter, and then not pay their rent. Wait, what? It is RIDICULOUSLY difficult to evict a renter in Massachusetts.

For those of you who have read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, see if these quotes from Michael Ross sound anything like Wesley Mouch:

“The United States is facing a national housing emergency (and) the City of Boston is facing a serious public emergency in regards to foreclosures,”

“Lenders have an obligation to fix what’s going on... They’ve crippled the American economy.”

The Boston Fire Department has concluded that the deaths of two firemen had nothing to do with the alcohol or cocaine in their blood. Why? Because the Department chose not to include the toxicology report in the official report.

It's been a while since Beantown has embarrassed itself but I had faith, and Boston came through. The oversight committee setup to review potential abuses of police authority in Boston is so shrowded in secrecy that the public isn't allowed to attend and no records of the meetings are kept. That's some great oversight-work, Lou!

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick ordered all state and federal employees to drive home at exactly the same time...on unplowed roads. Be on the lookout as I search my archives...I may actually add a Massachusetts category.

Yet another reason why I should make a Massachusetts category: A Mass judge ruled that a man convicted of rape in 1990 who only served 2 months doesn't have to complete his 20 year sentance.

Does your Daddy touch you like THIS? Yet another reason why I should create a Massachuesetts category. Pediatricians in Mass are encouraged to ask your children if you drink, have guns or finger bang them...without any corroborating reason to do so.

I don't know if this deserves a "Corrupt Cop" category or a "Boston" category (since Boston just LOVES to come up with silly stories). In today's story, an off-duty Boston cop, Thomas Griffin, crashed into a disabled car on the way home from a bar, killing the occupant, Michelle Vibert. That didn't stop his buddy cop friends from covering it up and placing the blame on her. Imagine if she had a lightbright in her car!

Vith Ly from Boston was convicted of rape in 1990. He then appealed and lost. But the prosecutors never returned him to jail and he has been living free ever since (in spite of being arrested twice).

In an attempt to encourage conservation, Massachusetts is planning to allow its power companies to charge more when customers conserve. Ermm...huh? Let's quote the article:

As a rule, utilities lose money by getting customers to conserve, because their revenues are tied directly to how many units of energy they deliver. Patrick wants to allow utilities, as they promote conservation, to be able to raise electricity delivery rates to offset lost revenue. He hopes that by ending the financial disincentive he can encourage utilities to promote conservation.

So if you were to turn off your A/C when you're at work to reduce your electric bill to save $50 a month, the electric company can raise rates to get that money back. So where's the incentive to conserve?