DMH had its funding cut - and laid off 100 case managers, stripping them from 3000 cases and adding those cases to the 350 remaining case managers. Once again, that is "throw the kids and the mentally ill under the bus." There … [Read more...]
Archives for January 8, 2009
Secretary Galvin’s Auction Rate Securities Settlement with UBS Excludes Many Individuals
Secretary of State Galvin signed an Agreement with UBS in early October 2008 under which UBS would buy back Auction Rate Securities (ARS) from many who held them and have been unable to sell them since the auctions propped-up by UBS and … [Read more...]
Obama’s speech on the economy
Priorities:...we'll invest in priorities like energy and education; health care and a new infrastructure that are necessary to keep us strong and competitive in the 21st century. That's why the overwhelming majority of the jobs created will … [Read more...]
Obama’s speech today on the economy had many facets.
Obama's speech was filled with an urgency combined with hope which I have not seen many leaders project. There were three times when he drove home the message to Congress that this stimulus package had better pass... or else. For every day … [Read more...]
MA Slammed as Unfair to U.S. Military Voters
The Pew Center on the States released a report this week that says Massachusetts, 15 other states and the District of Columbia don't give soldiers who serve overseas enough time to vote. The District of Columbia and 16 states do not provide … [Read more...]
Obama celebration in Allston. We’ve earned it.
We will be holding a Barack Obama inauguration party at The Kells, on Tuesday, January 20th, from 6.30PM on. Good cheer, a great mix of people, and big screen replays of the day's historic events. Best of all, no cover charge! Please join … [Read more...]
And the NEXT industry seeking a bailout and “stimulus package” is:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... Is this for real, folks? … [Read more...]
Great NYT opinion piece on Special Elections, BUT …
I understand how it's easy for a layman to say, "well yeah, why cant they just hold a special election?" But elections cost precious (municipal?) money. Multiply that times, for example, 351 municipalities in our state, all with their … [Read more...]
Dear Speaker DiMasi, Let’s Talk About the Budget
I get it. We have to have a balanced budget. And I get it: raising the income tax is just something that few elected to office have the stomach to talk about, even if it means saving countless teachers and cops. But that doesn't mean there … [Read more...]
In Memoriam: Charles J. McCarthy
I got to interact with Charlie through our involvement with the First Essex and Middlesex Democratic Coalition and then at state committee events. He was a quiet leader and someone whose advice was always valuable, even if his counsel had … [Read more...]