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My three reasons

March 16, 2018 By demeter11 4 Comments

I was asked to represent the Jay Gonzalez campaign at my caucus, but in the end he came and spoke for himself. So, even though I haven't been active on BMG for some time, I decided to post my talk here where people who are thinking about … [Read more...]

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Please vote in Boston City Council election

November 2, 2015 By demeter11 6 Comments

Tomorrow is election day in Boston and although it has received little attention from the media, the two races stand to bring real change to the 13-member body. One of the reasons the council receives so little attention is that Boston … [Read more...]

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State Rep Election Tomorrow (Tuesday)

May 27, 2013 By demeter11 1 Comment

The race for State Rep in the 8th Suffolk District is tomorrow and I’m writing to say that I believe Jay Livingstone has both the experience and character to serve the Suffolk 8th and the entire state very well. First his experience: … [Read more...]

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Duplicity collecting signatures for mayor

April 30, 2013 By demeter11 11 Comments

Today is the first day to collect signatures for candidates to get on the ballot for the Boston mayoral campaign in the fall.  While I was collecting signatures for Felix Arroyo, a fellow who was collecting for Dan Conley was telling people … [Read more...]

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New Poll shows Markey up

April 25, 2013 By demeter11 21 Comments

Here it is   http://www.scribd.com/doc/137962660/MA-Sen-PPP-for-LCV-April-2013 … [Read more...]

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Excellent Markey GOTV Summit yesterday

April 15, 2013 By demeter11 2 Comments

I wasn't planning on getting very involved in Markey campaign because I was feeling pretty confident (sic) about his election and because I'm involved in city elections in Boston.  Still, I agreed to do a canvass on Saturday and was taken … [Read more...]

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Michelle Wu City Council campaign kickoff tonight*

April 2, 2013 By demeter11 1 Comment

*with a special guest star. For special guest star see David Bernstein's tweet: David S. Bernstein ‏@dbernstein 12m Big get: Close confidant of the @wutrain campaign tells me her former prof @SenWarren will stop by her kickoff event … [Read more...]

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The reality of minimum wage

March 16, 2013 By demeter11 31 Comments

Another stellar hearing in which our senior senator cuts to the truth on a topic we've heard so much crap about.   This info is profound and the difference a fair minimum wage would make in millions of lives is hard to fathom. (I'm also … [Read more...]

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What’s wrong with this picture?

February 19, 2013 By demeter11 9 Comments

It's great that today EW is visiting UMass Lowell, which is riding high since announcing that its athletic teams will compete in Division 1 sports in the America East Conference. I hope she is aware of the financial ramifications of that … [Read more...]

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Brown’s World

December 27, 2012 By demeter11 9 Comments

Scott Brown can't seem to help making news even as his last days as a U.S. Senator dwindle down.  He thinks he saw a proposal from the pres (as he writes) for the fiscal … [Read more...]

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

Well gosh that was never true, to say the least. #StockholmSyndrome

Kevin B. Gilnack@kgilnack

👀 https://twitter.com/bill_shaner/status/1365100351502880770

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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

is #mapoli pronounced

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

Cindy Friedman@CindyFriedmanMA

Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

Read my full statement below: 2

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/02/massachusetts-house-democrats-push-for-transparency-attracts-gop-support.html

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What conditions accounts for this?

H/T @carboncounts

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