I'm a delegate representing Maynard, and this will be my first convention! Just curious whether any other BMGers are planning on attending. Hope to see some of you in Lowell this Saturday! ~Betsey Gardstein … [Read more...]
Archives for May 31, 2016
BAKER WILL SIGN TRANSGENDER ANTI – DISCRIMINATION BILL…
It is being reported that Governor Charlie Baker will sign the public accommodations bill expected to pass the House of Representatives tomorrow. It has already passed the State Senate. This is good news for our transgender brothers and … [Read more...]
Gawker on Trump’s “microcylinder intervention” hair approach
Controversial website Gawker proves it can be useful with this hair-raising investigation published last week. Now you know. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some … [Read more...]
If there’s a case against the Fair Share Amendment, it wasn’t on yesterday’s op-ed page.
It was almost physically painful to read the absurd anti-tax screed by Meredith Warren, attacking the proposed Fair Share Amendment that would increase the state income tax rate on high income earners, that appeared on yesterday's Globe's … [Read more...]
House and Senate not following their own funding plan for employment of the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) For the past three years, the state has been carrying out a policy of closing sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities and subsequently placing those people in mainstream … [Read more...]
Reducing Recidivism: Start with Low-hanging Fruit
The Council on State Governments, at the request of the Governor and other state leaders, is taking a year-long dive into our state's criminal justice system. A preliminary report shows we have a recidivism problem: three out of four … [Read more...]
Diehards against Trump now embracing him – What does that say about Washington?
"So let me make it perfectly clear, Senate Republicans condemn David Duke [and] the KKK," said Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority leader about Donald Trump. “I condemn his comments in the most forceful way." But that was then. Now, he … [Read more...]