Previously, Ms. Howe was a Vice President of the Columbus Group, a service provider with a very wide reach. I found this on Mass.Gov http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eo... The organization specializes in offering a full range of services … [Read more...]
REAL NUMBERS ON THE GLAVIN FACILITY: Why a Study is Necessary
Overview The Glavin Regional center has provided expertise in the areas of psychological, pharmacological and psychiatric supports of individuals with self injurious behaviors, mood disorders and other mental health issues, along with … [Read more...]
DMR Commissioner Elin Howe- Why is She Against a Feasibility Study?
Feasibility Study for closure of the DMR facilities - Why it matters. The feasibility study matters because the truth matters. The Patrick Administration has done much to help the vendors finally close down the state-run campus … [Read more...]
Pigs is pigs
No one should be shocked or dismayed that the ARC has finally revealed itself to be the vendor that it is. The ARC has long disguised itself as a family advocacy group without acknowledging that it is also a multimillion dollar … [Read more...]
BFD Lt. Kevin Kelley
If you would like to see Lt. Kelley in action, please click the link. Lt. Kelley participated in the documentary, Firehouse USA Boston, which aired on the Discovery Channel. (I wish I knew how to upload the video, … [Read more...]
Access to Healthcare for People with Mental Retardation
The big deal is that there is an enormous gap in access to healthcare for people with mental retardation, a gap that widens even further with degree of disability. http://www.aafp.org/afp/200606... The U.S. Surgeon General of the US … [Read more...]
UPDATE: So Much for Transparency: Fed Refuses to Identify Loan Recipients
This can't be good. Despite Congress's insistence on transparency, the Fed is refusing to reveal the recipients of $2 trillion dollars in loans. As the holders of "the note," this is akin to you or I getting a mortgage based on … [Read more...]
24 Years Later: Disappointed but No Longer Surprised
So why am I disappointed? My regard for the senator has suffered from something like "death by a thousand paper cuts"; some of it is from personal experience with his DC office and some of it is just from accepting the truth that is … [Read more...]
Say It Ain’t So, Martha!
Today's Globe painted an unsettling story about a dispute in Marshfield, which pits neighbors and supporters of public access to beaches over the entitlements of wealthy landowners. A protest a Rexame Beach yesterday was inspired by … [Read more...]
Politics Ain’t Beanbag or Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile or “Reformer”
- that's not his history. You may call this "reform" - I call it something else all together. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITI... Although Senator Obama had been an ardent voter registration supporter, when it came to his own … [Read more...]