The Seattle City Council has just voted 6-1 to assess a 20 cent per bag fee on disposable shopping bags. The fee goes into effect January 1, 2009, allowing time for a 3 month educational campaign. A ban on plastic foam food … [Read more...]
Archives for July 28, 2008
What’s the Big Idea? The Meaning of Obama’s “Change”
Senior officials from the Obama campaign offered "The first public window into the campaign's organizing strategy" at the Netroots Nation panel "Organizing for Change: An Inside Look at Obama For America's Grassroots Strategy". I … [Read more...]
House to debate 1913 law today!
PolitickerMA has the scoop: The state House of Representatives is likely to debate the final vote on repealing the 1913 law Tuesday, PolitickerMA.com has learned. According to a House leadership source with knowledge of the legislative … [Read more...]
The new search engine: I’m not convinced
It's all over the news today: some refugees from Google have decided that their new search engine is better than Google. In my extremely limited experience (I tried a couple of searches), not so much. First problem: it's called … [Read more...]
Concert update — buy a ticket! :-)
We're making good progress on the National Anthem concert -- we're approaching 100 tickets sold and $5,000 $7,500 raised. And we've even got one regular BMGer playing in the orchestra! Many thanks to those of you who have bought … [Read more...]
Mass Ed Financing Authority today said it will not be able to provide ANY student loans this fall
This is a bad one The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority today said it will not be able to provide any student loans this fall, which could leave tens of thousands of families in the lurch just weeks before college classes … [Read more...]
Kerrigan forum in Sterling up on YouTube (12th Worcester)
The video of the June 24 forum in Sterling with candidate Stephen Kerrigan has been uploaded to YouTube. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7Go to the Sterling Democratice Town Committee's YouTube channel at … [Read more...]
If Only….
I've criticized the Democrats' failure to use the filibuster and their failure to call the bluff of Republicans who threaten to filibuster. This tactic, like Senator Tom Coburn's use of the hold, is vital to bringing democracy back into … [Read more...]