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Don’t Miss Scott Brown’s Jobs Tour

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Wherein our hero will surely reveal why he filibustered his own jobs bill, among other mysteries.

(Notice he’s not giving us the time of day, so to speak, in the information below.  The intrepid among us will have to camp out to await his arrival.)

BROWN KICKS OFF STATEWIDE JOBS TOUR

Will Crisscross The Commonwealth Discussing Jobs Agenda & Holding Forums With Constituents

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the August recess, U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) will crisscross Massachusetts, meeting with and fielding questions from constituents about job creation and his legislative plans to help grow the economy.

Brown’s tour will take him all over the Commonwealth, from Pittsfield to the Cape and Islands.

This tour is in response to the high unemployment rate and the need to create more jobs for the people of Massachusetts.

“Job creation, putting people back to work and growing our economy are my top priorities in the Senate,” said Sen. Brown. “I will continue traveling across the Commonwealth to hear directly from the people of Massachusetts, and to share with them my agenda for job growth.”

Stops on the jobs tour will include:

Friday August 5th

“Jobs Summit with Small Craft Brewers”
The Beer Institute Annual Meeting
Boston

“Small Business Jobs Tour at BC Construction”
VA Medical Center
Jamaica Plain

Monday August 8th

“Forum with Seniors”
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly
Brighton

Wednesday August 10th

“Jobs Summit with the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce”
Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Pittsfield

“Senator Brown Promotes Tourism”
New England Scenic Trail
Amherst

Thursday, August 11th

“Small Business Jobs Q&A with Employees of Covidien”
Covidien
Mansfield

Friday August 12th

“Jobs & Tourism Summit with Nantucket Chamber of Commerce”
Nantucket Chamber of Commerce
Nantucket

Monday August 15th

“Jobs & Tourism Summit with Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce”
Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce
Martha’s Vineyard

“Jobs for Veterans Meeting”
Mashpee Public Library
Cape Cod

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    • The stops he’s chosen are in the 7 counties that represent, in total, less than a quarter of the state’s population.

  2. seems to be to say that jobs are his top priority in the Senate.

    Actually supporting policies that will lead to actual jobs in the real world is not his top priority in the Senate.

  3. A man in need of having his pants pressed sees a sign in a store window saying, “Pants pressed here.” He goes into the store and asks about having his pants pressed. The proprietor (a buff 50-something) says, “Oh, we don’t press pants here. But the sign is for sale.”

    (Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or)

  4. Mayor Setti Warren, Herb Robinson and our other United States senate candidates fulfilled the Natick Democratic Town Committee’s invitation for them to speak. Robinson promoted his website in business card format. He rejects big government, whereas Warren explains how invaluable government programs are, such as the Montgomery GI Bill. Conroy assures us he will beat Brown as surely as he had beaten another incumbent Republican, Susan Pope. Massie spoke sense, questioning what interests Brown served, but I don’t remember Massie plugging his own upcoming birthday event this coming Wednesday night (when, incidentally, Brown will attract MassUniting protesters during his own gig billed for yuppies).

    Here’s video of one of our candidates:

  5. It’s first things first with Senator Fratboy:

    Friday August 5th
    “Jobs Summit with Small Craft Brewers”
    The Beer Institute Annual Meeting
    Boston

    Happy days.

    • At least someone is paying attention to the plight of small business people. Nary a word from the governor or lt. governor on how the new ABCC rules would put some brewers out of business and treasurer grossman thinks the changes are a good idea.

      Instead of asking for subsidies these businesses are providing jobs and paying taxes, maybe that’s the problem ?

      • The point of the changes the ABCC was proposing was to increase the demand for Massachusetts-grown products — that is, to create more jobs in agriculture in the state. Those changes did overreach, and, as Steve Grossman said on Greater Boston on Thursday, they won’t take effect.

  6. Is this a joke? He’s undertaking a jobs tour without stopping at any of the communities that have a serious unemployment problem?

    Amherst? Nantucket? Brighton? How about Lawrence, North Adams, New Bedford, Springfield, and Holyoke?

    • This is more like a vacation than a jobs tour. He has three events in Boston, including the Brewers meeting and a “Forum with Seniors” (are the seniors unemployed?).

      Then it’s off to discuss small business jobs with employees of Covidien — a business that really can’t be considered “small” by any stretch of the imagination.

      And finally the very conveniently scheduled Friday event on Nantucket and Monday event on the Vineyard (wonder if he’s staying on the islands for the weekend?).

  7. None of these appear to be true public forums. The closest ones may be the senior’s event, but based on the descriptions many are not open to the public (or the press) and some do not appear to be anything more than the proverbial wearing of a goggles and a hardhat while walking through a facility.

    And three fora on the Cape and Islands? What? Sounds like vacation and work wrapped into the one. And by that I mean mostly vacation. No ill-will toward actual Cape jobless, but I mean, come on.

  8. than chatting big policy issues with Senator Brown over a lovely mesclun salad (balsamic vinaigrette!) and a beautiful country club view. Thanks for the tip!

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