I believe the job of a State Representative is to seek justice for all of the people in the district and across the state. In this race within the 35th Middlesex district each candidate has their own perspective of what that justice should be. Here is what it means to me.
- It means disagreeing with Paul Donato when he voted to change the local aid formula that cost Medford over $40 million.
- It means disagreeing with Paul Donato when he voted against sending over $4 million in additional local aid to Medford and Malden this year, especially when that would have prevented the elimination of teacher, police officer and firefighter jobs in Medford.
- It means disagreeing with Paul Donato and standing up with Patrick McCabe for marriage equality because everyone should be treated equally.
- It means disagreeing with Patrick McCabe and standing up against casinos because they will hurt families, local businesses and stand in direct opposition to social justice.
- It means parting ways with both of my opponents and publicly supporting the greyhound protection act because that cruelty must come to an end.
- It means disagreeing with both my opponents and working to seek savings and efficiencies in government before raising taxes.
- It means supporting immigrant families and their children because I am the son of an immigrant.
- It means supporting low income families because growing up I knew what it was like to receive a hand up from government programs like reduced lunch tickets, food stamps and Medicaid.
Finally it means that I will stand up for what I believe in, no matter which special interest group is applying pressure or offering their support.
We only get the change we are willing to work, fight and vote for. On September 16th I’m asking for your vote to help create the change we need from our government.
Sincerely,
Jim Caralis
Candidate for State Representative – 35th Middlesex District
www.jimcaralis.com
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p>Justice is not the legislture’s job my friend.
Justice Learned Hand is off to the Supreme Court for the session, and, in parting, someone said ‘Justice Hand, do what’s just!’ He replied, ‘I shall not, but I shall uphold the law’.
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p>If applicable to your point there ya go, if not, then nevermind.
Learned Hand was never appointed to the Supreme Court. But he’s probably among the top three most famous federal judges who weren’t.
Must have been a circuit court of some sort then. I recall the story, and certainly the name.
But what do you think it is?
Social Justice comes through the adminisistartion of law – the executive branch – and the everyday execution by the courts in criminal and civil matters.
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p>The legilature may fine turn it.
Maybe this is not right job for you Jim.
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p>Social justice comes in to pay 1% of the time of the reps job.
The notion of social justice is the achievement of justice from every aspect of society. I believe there is a difference between justice in terms the responsibility a state rep has to his district and the broader definition of social justice.
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p>Justice in terms of its application to a state rep is making sure we get the money from the state that we deserve and making sure that our money is spent wisely among many other things and yes there is some social justice involved beyond that.
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p>I used the social justice example on casinos to contradict the
position of the candidate that is running on a social justice platform.
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p>We can have a semantic discussion on what justice is, but I’d rather focus on the issues and distinction between candidates, because unlike a lot of primaries there are big differences between all three.