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  • February 18, 2019

Accountability in all three sectors

May 22, 2007 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

That got me thinking that that's what my new Accountable Strategies blogsite is about--the restoration of honesty, integrity, and ethics in the governmental, business, and nonprofit sectors. We do live in an age in which public confidence … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., corporate, ethics, government, nonprofit

Vital investigative agency limps along with little funding

March 27, 2007 By dave-from-hvad 5 Comments

You would think the vital importance of an agency like this would be universally recognized.  You would think such an agency would at least be adequately funded.  You wouldn't think such an agency would have to go begging, hat in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse, budget, dppc, mental-retardation, neglect

Governor’s 2008 budget forces toughest choices on most vulnerable

March 5, 2007 By dave-from-hvad 8 Comments

Nowhere in the DMR budget is the exercise as bleak and stark as the beleaguered Turning-22 program, which will face an actual cut next year of $3 million--a 35 percent reduction from the program's $8.5 million in funding in the current … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, fiscal-year, governor-deval-patrick, mental-retardation

Mitt partly undoes the budget-cut damage

December 3, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

Within the Department of Mental Retardation line items, the governor restored $8.4 million out of the $9.8 million he had cut.  The restored funding included the following:--A $2 million increase in the Turning-22 program.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c, budget, cuts, governor-romney

Will there be justice for Lori Berenson?

November 30, 2006 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

Whether or not Lori Berenson is guilty of collaborating with MRTA, I think few in this country, on the right or left, would contend that her trials in Peru were fair. Yes, there were two of them--the first a lightning-fast trial at gunpoint … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: human-rights, lori-berenson, peru, prison

A modest proposal re tolls

November 26, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 7 Comments

Lifting the tolls on holidays would result in some lost revenue, but nowhere near the $114 million a year it would cost to remove them entirely.  And thousands of us would be grateful for the opportunity to get to our holiday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: revenue, thanksgiving, tolls

Globe weighs in on DMR accident

October 17, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

As McNamara put it:...the man who for nine years has headed the state agency responsible for the care of 24,000 adults with mental retardation in Massachusetts has left it to David and Linda Burke to cope with the fallout from their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: department-of-mental-retardation, dmr, lisa-burke, morrissey

Who’s fuzzy on the issues?

September 29, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 5 Comments

The Globe's take on Patrick is now that he's fuzzy on the issues.  Witness Brian McGrory's piece today in which he accuses us "sandal-wearing, Volvo-driving acolytes from Newton and Lexington" of liking him just for his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign, cofar, healey, issues, patrick

Voters wanted a fresh face and a fresh vision

September 20, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 1 Comment

So why did the voters reject Chris Gabrieli, who, though he ran for higher office before, at least came across as a political outsider?It's because in addition to a fresh face, you need to articulate a compelling political vision. Repeating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: attorney-general, gabrieli, governor, massachusetts, patrick, reilly, voters

Romney vetoed Big Dig O&M funding

July 13, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

As he has from the start, Governor Romney is employing one tactic in coping with the latest furor over the Big Dig--go after Turnpike Chairman Matt Amorello.This isn't to defend Amorello.  He's never done the right things to restore … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, romney, veto

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