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Civic Engagement From the Top: A Local Example

April 5, 2011 By sondrap 1 Comment

Quality, equitable education for all our children is a laudable goal.  It usually turns up as one of the top three priorities on everyone’s list.  We know that educating our children, beginning with early education, is good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: children, civic-engagement, community-action, education, local-officials, opportunity-to-learn, teachers

When it Comes to Economic Development, Time to Put Taxpayers First

March 21, 2011 By sondrap 25 Comments

Fidelity’s decision has become just the latest in a long line of reasons why we need much greater oversight and accountability for our economic development spending. For far too long, elected officials have made economic development … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clawbacks, economic-development, government-reform, james-eldridge, transparency

Support Schools, Towns, Health Care and Services!

March 5, 2011 By sondrap 8 Comments

Cross-posted in ONE Massachusetts  There is a strong and thoughtful grassroots movement gaining ground in the Commonwealth advocating for a balanced approach to the budget deficit.   “Speakouts” are scheduled in numerous communities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-deficit, community-meetings, funding-communities, revenue-enhancements, tax-legislation

Support Schools, Town, Health Care and Services!

March 5, 2011 By sondrap Leave a Comment

There is a strong and thoughtful grassroots movement gaining ground in the Commonwealth advocating for a balanced approach to the budget deficit.   “Speakouts” are scheduled in numerous communities where people will join their neighbors and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-deficit, community-meetings, funding-communities, revenue-enhancements, tax-legislation

Advocating for Program Funding During Hard Economic Times

February 23, 2011 By sondrap Leave a Comment

Hosted by The Public Policy Institute and ONE MassachusettsIn these hard times when the federal, state and city governments have less tax revenue to spend, our elected officials find themselves surrounded by advocates for various programs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocacy, funding-cuts, massachusetts, new-taxes, revenue-reform, training

Are Mass Movies a Sound Investment?

January 12, 2011 By sondrap 3 Comments

How do film credits impact our short and long-term goals for the state?As opposed to other tax credits such as the research credit, low income housing tax credit and life sciences tax credit, the film tax credit strategy is not making a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, revenue-reform, state-budget, state-finances, tax-credits

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Woke up sick about the state, which has so badly mismanaged so much of the COVID-19 response for the entire year, insisting their judgment should be substituted for local districts when they have made it clear they both don’t know and don’t care about local conditions. #MAEdu

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My unsolicited environmental recommendation of the day: this episode of "Why Is This Happening?"

The conversation between @drvolts and @chrislhayes is accessible to those who know little about the power system, and it's smart, funny and quite profound. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/powering-the-grid-with-david-roberts/id1382983397?i=1000510291170

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#BREAKING: Mass. Aims To Take Remote Learning Option 'Off The Table,' Bring Students Back To Classrooms https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/02/23/massachusetts-covid-19-coronavirus-schools-in-person-learning-jeff-riley/

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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