I confess I'm a typical pinko/progressive/UU type. I look for the underlying causes of societal problems and the related solutions. Hence. the events and aftermath of Ferguson gets me. Today on Left Ahead, Ryan Adams and I kicked around the … [Read more...]
Parole Board members who voted to release Cinelli resign
According to NECN, all five Parole Board members who voted to parole Dominic Cinelli have resigned: (NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this afternoon held a news conference on the review of the Massachusetts state … [Read more...]
Property tax increase
Hi All: Just found this on the internet: http://westroxbury.patch.com/a... The City of Boston is raising property tax rates by the maximum of two and half percent for the coming year. The current school budget is actually a decrease from … [Read more...]
MLEV Releases 2010 Environmental Scorecard
We just released our 2010 Scorecard. Overall, this session was pretty lackluster for the environment. The average score in the Senate was a 62% and 77% in the House, compared to a 84% average for both bodies in the last session. … [Read more...]
Pioneer Institute releases an online tool to track municipal performance
If you are looking for a tool for active citizen engagement at a municipal level, Pioneer Institute has created what you are looking for: http://www.MassCityStats.org MassCityStats gives the general public access to data on public safety, … [Read more...]
Accountability for Torture, Part Two
It's a major news day here at the ACLU of Massachusetts - we just found out that Attorney General Eric Holder going to go forward with the previously reported CIA prisoner abuse cases, and he's already appointed a prosecutor. John Durham, a … [Read more...]
How useful is video surveillance, really?
Then, Thursday, police made an arrest. We hope they're on the right trail and have arrested one of the culprits, but we don't know that for sure yet either. It's also important to remember that the video images the cameras captured … [Read more...]
Determining the “best” companies
In fact, corporate ethics have become a topic of growing interest in recent years, even sparking new centers of academic research, such as the Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, the Center for Corporate Citizenship … [Read more...]
Accountability in all three sectors
That got me thinking that that's what my new Accountable Strategies blogsite is about--the restoration of honesty, integrity, and ethics in the governmental, business, and nonprofit sectors. We do live in an age in which public confidence … [Read more...]
A Culture Of Incompetence At The Department Of Energy
This careless dilly-dallying has harmed the environment and the drained pockets of Americans for far too long. According to the GAO, if you look at just the top 4 appliances where the greatest energy savings can be achieved through new … [Read more...]