Our leaders say they care about voter turnout, but they haven't done anything substantial about it. In order to encourage citizen engagement and restore public trust in the political process I propose the following … [Read more...]
Archives for June 1, 2009
Second Draft for replacing Article VIII of the Draft Platform regarding access to justice, etc.
This is still a work in progress; this draft shadows the format of the Draft Platform better and is, I hope clearer. The Amendment would seek to strike out what is currently in the Draft Platform as Aritcle VIII and insert the … [Read more...]
Make History in the Granite State
Day of Action in New Hampshire, June 3rd, 2009 9am-Vote New Hampshire State House 107 North Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire For anyone who needs transportation, MassEquality will be providing bus rides from the Boston State House to … [Read more...]
KnowThyNeighbor.org Partners with WhoSigned.org in Washington State
Washington State's Ref. 71 Petitioners to Have Names Posted Online OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Seattle, WA, June 1st, 2009 - WhoSigned.org, a grassroots organization of Washington State residents, announced today that it would make the … [Read more...]
Judge Sotomayor and the Ricci case
I'll do the links first, so that the truly adventurous can read all this stuff for themselves. These are all PDFs (except the link to SCOTUSwiki). The District Court opinion and the order denying rehearing en banc with the … [Read more...]
Suddenly tomorrow’s Q and A on blogtalkradio and leftahead got a little more interesting…
I was walking through Center Plaza earlier and was approached by volunteers for Flaherty who were handing out these little cards. They turned out to be part of his new ad campaign and had a link to his website. Being and undecided voter in … [Read more...]
The truth about the de-institutionalization ‘trend’
We're not at all sure that statement is true.There's no question that there has been a tide of political and financial pressure around the country in the past decade to close state Intermediate Care Facilities for the … [Read more...]
Help Pass a Resolution at Dem Convention Against Legalizing Predatory Slot Machine Gambling
We Need Your Help at Next Saturday's (June 6) Mass. Democratic Party Issues Convention. At next week's Democratic Party Issues Convention (Saturday, June 6 in Springfield), opponents of legalizing predatory slot machine gambling in … [Read more...]