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Want to be a Great Staffer?

June 25, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

Successful former staffers will share their secrets, including: Key People and OfficesWho should you know? How can they help?  Committee Hearings and Executive SessionsHow should you prioritize and maximize your time?  Useful … [Read more...]

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Beginning Reform, Opening the Books…

June 5, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

For more information on MASSPIRG's letter, or on the importance of transparency in our budget process, please contact MASSPIRG.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, government-reform, massachusetts, transparency

Reform AND Revenue – in Four Different Conference Committees!!

May 26, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES  ETHICS BILL Ethics, lobbying and campaign finance reform bills (H 3856 / S 2052) are just heading into a conference committee. A brief analysis of the affect of the Senate's changes can be found on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, ethics, government-reform, massachusetts, new-revenues

Opportunities to Raise Your Voice in Support of Our Communities

May 18, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

TUESDAY, MAY 19TH12:00pm - Clergy Leaders from Interfaith Community Improvement Organizations from cities across the state stand together for the new revenues needed to possibly restore some of the massive budget cuts in the Senate Ways and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, civic-engagement, revenue-policies

Virtual Rally II : Support Our State – Contact Your Senator!

May 12, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

SAMPLE SCRIPT The most important part of this script is that you customize each section with your own values, personality, etc.  [Introduction:]   Hello Senator <Tolman>. My name is <Harmony Blakeway>, and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, civic-engagement, massachusetts, revenues, state-budget, tax-policies

1 Amendment Down, 977 To Go…

April 21, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

First off, let's find General Laws. A search on Mass.gov for "2006 General Laws 2006 Official" yielded a helpful "Quick Link" to General Laws. So far so good. The General Laws are listed in five parts. Looking at the text of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, government-reform, revenues, transparency

Virtual Rally: Support Our State

April 16, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

QUESTIONS? Don't know who your legislators are? Visit: http://www.wheredoivotema.com Want to look at a preliminary analysis of our state budget? Visit: http://www.massbudget.org/ Other questions? Contact us: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, civic-engagement, massachusetts, revenues, state-budget, tax-policies

Home Field Disadvantage?

April 10, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

As a Boston resident, I'm always proud to see great events happening around the city - and across the state. But shouldn't those events - especially those that bring in tourist dollars - benefit our cities?  In an Op-Ed in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: local-options-taxes, massachusetts, municipal-revenue, revenue-policy, state-revenue

Connecting the dots

January 13, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway

Sound familiar? We all want and deserve to live healthy, happy lives, and there are some things that we must work on together because we just can't do them on our own - clean water, safe roads, reliable emergency services. Sometimes, … [Read more...]

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Is Voters’ Message on Importance of Taxes Being Ignored?

November 7, 2008 By Harmony Blakeway

Media Coverage and Analysis Despite the clear defeat of the repeal of the state income tax, the analysis by media and public officials is muddled: The fact is that Question 1 threatened the state's ability to provide basic services, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: income-tax, question-1, revenues

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Senator @ewarren announces her bid for a third term, launching a race much different from her prior two and after her unsuccessful bid for president. But the context of the moment plays to her strengths as a crusading consumer advocate. #mapoli https://www.wmasspi.com/2023/03/briefings-elizabeth-warren-rides-again-officially-now.html

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RECORD COLD EAST WEST + CHICAGO

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It doesn't explain why @realDonaldTrump deleted the post. Did @SeanHannity ask him why it was deleted and if he knows threatening DAs in NY state is a felony? #mapoli #nhpolitics

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