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Backfilling: The Solution to Charter School Waiting Lists

August 26, 2015 By jamaicaplainiac 3 Comments

So now the charter school advocates are trying a ballot initiative to raise the charter school cap. Think of the children! Those poor children languishing on the charter school waiting lists! I know from personal experience that there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: backfill, ballot-initiative, boston, charter school cap, charter-schools, education, massachusetts

Boston 2024 CEO says he’d vote “yes” on ballot question banning public funding for Olympics

June 25, 2015 By SamTracy 7 Comments

Tuesday, the United Independent Party announced that it has officially partnered with Yes On 1, the organization that led the anti-gas tax initiative last year, to run a campaign for a ballot question that would protect taxpayers from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, ballot-questions, Boston 2024, Evan Falchuk, olympics, taxes, united independent party

Tax the 1% in Massachusetts (revised)

May 6, 2012 By cherrymapin 9 Comments

How can we take advantage of the furor over income inequality and increase state revenues by taxing the 1%? David informs me (see first comment) that the Massachusetts constitution calls for a single income tax rate for everyone! Raising … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, budget, economy, education, new-revenues, property-taxes, student-loans, taxation, taxes, vast-wealth

Plebiscite Fixes Languish

April 22, 2012 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

A lot of vigorous, alarming huffing and puffing comes from the bad guys on civil-right issues. In the half of the states that allow ballot referenda or initiative petitions, the wolves try to blow away the protections for groups of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, cynthia-stone-creem, denise-provost, H1830, jamie-eldridge, plebiscites, S12, signatures

Stand for Children, MTA and other leaders agree on evaluations; now let’s make sure they drive staffing decisions

January 28, 2012 By jwilliams 12 Comments

With the introduction of the Great Teachers Great Schools initiative - An Act to Promote Excellence in Public Schools – earlier this month, and the subsequent lawsuit the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) filed to challenge Attorney … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, attorney-general-martha-coakley, ballot-initiative, ballot-question, education, Great Teachers Great Schools, lawsuit, massachusetts, Massachusetts teachers union, massachusetts-teachers-association, mta, stand-for-children, teacher evaluations, teacher performance, teachers

What Mary Z. Connaughton (for Auditor) Doesn’t Want You to Know

September 25, 2010 By alexander 39 Comments

This was reported by me over at KnowThyNeighbor and that Mary Z. Connaughton's Press Secretary, Mike Flynn, does not want any topic outside of "what an auditor does" to be discussed.  As a matter of fact, he told me that this is coming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: anti-gay, auditor, ballot-initiative, gay-marriage, initiative-petition, knowthyneighbor, kris-mineau, marriage-equality, mary-z.-connaughton, massachusetts, massachusetts-state-auditor, mitt-romney, perry-v.-schwarzenegger, scott-brown, sue-oconnell, suzanne-bump, voteonmarriage

Yes-on-8 Hiding Behind Children

October 22, 2008 By massmarrier 5 Comments

 Cross-posty:Also at Marry in Massachusetts. No one on the anti-SSM side can even begin to explain how expanding marriage (redefining it as they would have it) harms their marriages in the slightest. Court after court at local, state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, california, proposition-8, same-sex-marriage

The Confusing Call on Question 1

October 8, 2008 By massmarrier 12 Comments

That sounds silly and underneath is even sillier. Each of the major figures the yes-on-1 folk use is questionable at best:41% of the Massachusetts budget is fat and could be cut without any harmMassachusetts is fifth or eighth highest taxed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, carla-howell, committee-for-small-government-law, massachusetts, massachusetts-taxpayers-foundation, question-1, taxes, widmer

Black Is The New Gay

March 10, 2008 By joeltpatterson 25 Comments

UPDATED--ah, I remember in 2005, when GOP head honcho Ken Mehlman apologized for utilizing racially charged campaigns."Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, affirmative-action, ballot-initiative, conservatism, elections

Worcester Marriage Rally Gets Ugly

December 17, 2006 By rollbiz 53 Comments

Ms. Loy, admittedly, was in a section of the rally where she should have expected some resistance to her presence. But to be shoved to the ground by a 240+lb. man so hard that her head hit the pavement? It was completely uncalled for, to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, equality, gay-rights, worcester

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pplnotprisons #NoNewWomensPrison #FreeMsAngie @pplnotprisons ·
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This article could easily be about carceral feminists in MA who want to see a woman in a pretty pink cage instead of home. We say #NoNewWomensPrison, no old women's prison, no prisons! #mapoli

Truthout @truthout

A proposed "feminist" jail is just the latest in a long line of failed attempts to improve New York City women’s jails.

https://truthout.org/articles/nyc-activists-push-back-against-proposed-feminist-womens-jail-in-harlem/

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teambrandy617 Brandy Fluker Oakley @teambrandy617 ·
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Continuing to sing my community cabinet’s praises, here are a few more of the wonderful constituents who have been helping to make sure that all neighbors are represented! #CommunityMatters #YouMatter #Mattapan #MiltonMA #HydePark #Dorchester #TeamBrandy #MaPoli #BosPoli

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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US Supreme Court plus Red States #mapoli

Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom

The Republican Party platform: Government mandated pregnancies for 10-year-olds. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3544588-10-year-old-girl-denied-abortion-in-ohio/

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cudney4ma Terence Cudney 4 MA Senate, North Shore (he/him) @cudney4ma ·
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I’ll be marching in the Horribles Parade in Gloucester in support of a cause that I care deeply about. Hope to see you there! #mapoli

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davidleboeuf Rep. David LeBoeuf @davidleboeuf ·
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I know many have focused on the wording of the headline, but this is a reminder that white supremacist movements are alive & active in MA. Worcester saw a spree of hate filled graffiti and symbols referring to Hitler. We all must take this threat seriously #MAPoli #MALeg

The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe

Marchers carrying flags for white supremacist group move through downtown Boston https://trib.al/0g6N9Kz

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rwwatchma Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
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#mapoli #nhpolitics

Robert Reich @RBReich

[Thanks Bill Bramhall, NY Daily News]

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