Comments on: You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/ Reality-based commentary on politics and policy in Massachusetts and around the nation Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: lanugo http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233284 lanugo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233284 <p>I'm contacting my Senator right now.  Good stuff Senator!</p> I’m contacting my Senator right now.  Good stuff Senator!

]]> By: couves http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233285 couves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233285 <p>Senator, thank you for your work on this - it's good to see a lawmaker fighting for transparency in this state!</p> <p><</p> <p>p>Check out the Sunlight Foundation's new online transparency pledge: <a href="http://publicequalsonline.com/" rel="nofollow">http://publicequalsonline.com/</a>   If it's not online, it's not really public.  </p> <p><</p> <p>p>Kamal Jain, Republican for Auditor, has pledged to put every penny of state spending, including economic development tax breaks, in an online database.  If the taxpayer pays for it, you'll know about it.  </p> Senator, thank you for your work on this – it’s good to see a lawmaker fighting for transparency in this state!

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p>Check out the Sunlight Foundation’s new online transparency pledge: http://publicequalsonline.com/  
If it’s not online, it’s not really public.  

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p>Kamal Jain, Republican for Auditor, has pledged to put every penny of state spending, including economic development tax breaks, in an online database.  If the taxpayer pays for it, you’ll know about it.  

]]> By: progressiveman http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233286 progressiveman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233286 <p>...thank you for pushing on transparency and accountability. EDIP is a mess that the Administration is slowly cleaning up but much more work needs to be done.</p> …thank you for pushing on transparency and accountability. EDIP is a mess that the Administration is slowly cleaning up but much more work needs to be done.

]]> By: ryepower12 http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233287 ryepower12 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233287 <p>That's a helluva lot of money, and that's how much money we're giving out in corporate tax credits year in and year out.</p> <p><</p> <p>p>That could immediately end the T's fiscal troubles (and allow for expansion) at the same time that it could provide hundreds of millions toward public higher education, which we currently spent only 49th out of 50 states per capita. How many tens of thousands of good-paying jobs would that create? How many hundreds of thousands, or millions, of people would those funds help across Massachusetts? There's better ways to spend this money -- and it's well past time for us to do it.</p> <p><</p> <p>p>Thank you Jamie, Carl (and Susan) for making this an issue. Truly, it's gaining ground. It's should be one of the two or three biggest issues for discussion right now in this state now and for the foreseeable future.</p> That’s a helluva lot of money, and that’s how much money we’re giving out in corporate tax credits year in and year out.

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p>That could immediately end the T’s fiscal troubles (and allow for expansion) at the same time that it could provide hundreds of millions toward public higher education, which we currently spent only 49th out of 50 states per capita. How many tens of thousands of good-paying jobs would that create? How many hundreds of thousands, or millions, of people would those funds help across Massachusetts? There’s better ways to spend this money — and it’s well past time for us to do it.

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p>Thank you Jamie, Carl (and Susan) for making this an issue. Truly, it’s gaining ground. It’s should be one of the two or three biggest issues for discussion right now in this state now and for the foreseeable future.

]]> By: kate http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233288 kate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233288 <p>I'd contact my Senator, but it is clear he agrees with me! ;-)</p> I’d contact my Senator, but it is clear he agrees with me! ;-)

]]> By: shiltone http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233289 shiltone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233289 <p>...with my Congressman; he and my State Senator are almost always on the right side of the issues.  It's a good problem to have!</p> …with my Congressman; he and my State Senator are almost always on the right side of the issues.  It’s a good problem to have!

]]> By: charley-on-the-mta http://bluemassgroup.com/2010/03/you-cant-manage-what-you-cant-measure/#comment-233290 charley-on-the-mta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/19381/#comment-233290 <p>Heh.</p> Heh.

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