sort of, but not his revenue proposals. (Or anybody else's for that matter.) Here she is expaining it all to Keller after the ad. I miss working at the State House with Barbara to tell the truth: She's an honest, kind, principled, … [Read more...]
We brave few progressive Democratics–Déjà vu all over again?
From WikipediaDuring his first term in office, Dukakis commuted the sentences of 21 first-degree murderers and those of 23 second-degree murderers. Due to controversy engendered by some of these individuals having re-offended, Dukakis … [Read more...]
Busy Week for Paid Lobbyists and Volunteer Advocates
Because ONE Massachusetts believes that transparency, enabled by user friendly searchable data bases, is key to encouraging and supporting civic engagement and accountability we are encouraging ONE Mass network members to talk with their … [Read more...]
Influence how the House spends sales tax revenues?
The sales tax amendment offered by Rep Sciortino earmarks only .385 of the revenues to transportation (estimate:$250 million) out of an estimated $8 or 9 hundred million. For the next 3 or 4 days (and nights) the House will debate which of … [Read more...]
Who Stole the people’s confidence in government and how do we get it back?
Dear Colleagues, We will soon be in a tremendously challenging fight to prevent huge state and local budget cuts and to work for the new taxes needed that would lessen these cuts. Otherwise, imagine the additional hardships this means … [Read more...]
An Appetite for Taxes and a Civics Lession
Here you see Co Chair Jay Kaufman asking Secretary Bigby earlier in the day, "If we give you this much in revenue, how does that correspond in the way of restored services to vital youth human service programs”?The Youth Education … [Read more...]
April 21,2008 Redux Weighing the Cost of Celebrity Salaries
Deb Fastino from the Coalition for Social Justice and the Coalition Against Poverty was holding up this sign in mid April 2008 and we blogged about it here on April 21 2008. We couldn't resist reposting the blog since the distiguished … [Read more...]
Update on Federal Stimulus and Low Wage earners.
I got this email from Lew Finfer first thing this morning and talked to him as he was on his way down to New Bedford for a community meeting. He asked me to post this for him here. Dear Colleagues and Allies, We do community … [Read more...]
Do You care enough about Government Reform to
read Carmen's just disappeared diary on pending ethics reform and get on the record with your Rep and Senator and tell them it's time to legislate tighter and clearer restrictions on persons who are compensated by a for-profit or … [Read more...]
How Would the Pending Lobbying Reforms Affect Massachusetts Nonprofits?
From State House News Service PATRICK ETHICS BILL UP FOR A HEARING: The Joint Committee on Administration and Regulatory Oversight will hear testimony on Gov. Patrick’s ethics and lobbying law reform bill. Patrick filed the bill on … [Read more...]
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