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YDM July Update – Help Shape the Organization

July 13, 2010 By kgilnack

Pioneer Valley Young Democrats Member Meeting - Thursday, July 15, 7:00 PM, Paradise City Tavern, Northampton - Learn how you can get involved with PVYD and have a voice in discussions as we plan our bylaw revisions.  To RSVP or for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, diversity, glbt, lgbt, massachusetts, policy, politics, ydm, young-democrats

Help Turn Scott Brown’s State Senate Seat Blue

April 29, 2010 By kgilnack

Last week, Young Democrats of Massachusetts announced their endorsement of and plans for supporting Dr. Peter Smulowitz's Special Election for State Senate.  This week, I wanted to share the specifics of what we'll be doing, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, election, massachusetts, peter-smulowitz, state-senate, ydm, young-democrats, young-democrats-of-massachusetts

Time Running Out for Transgender Rights Bill – Please Act Now

April 28, 2010 By kgilnack

As many of you may know, despite wide support, the Transgender Rights bill is stuck in Committee and time is running out to move it forward before the May 7 deadline.  The following alert went out to members of the Young Democrats of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocacy, beacon-hill, civil-rights, glbt, massachusetts, transgender, ydm, young-democrats, young-democrats-of-massachusetts

Mushroom Farming flourishes on Beacon Hill!

March 27, 2010 By jpowell

Mushroom Farming is what it is: Grown in the dark and fed a diet of manure. And it's flourishing on Beacon Hill. In November, little noticed, I posted Beacon Hill: Democracy dies at gambling interests' request Kathi-Anne Reinstein, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, deleo, gambling, predatory-gambling

Call to Arms! Eight Reps call for return to democracy on Beacon Hill!

January 22, 2010 By AmberPaw

To begin this process, we are focusing on five areas that we believe will begin to restore the balance of power in the membership and insure that issues will receive both proper consideration and debate. We have developed specific proposals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, democracy, foia, john-f.-quinn, joseph-r.-driscoll, jr., lida-e.-harkins, matthew-c.-patrick, open-meeting-law, steven-j.-damico, thomas-m.-stanley, will-n.-brownsberger, william-g.-greene

Casino Hearing’s Video Diary

October 31, 2009 By Ryan

The Morning Press Conference The day started off with a Press Conference from United to Stop Slots in Massachusetts. The Speakers: Senator Tucker; Representative Sciortino; StopPredatoryGambling's Les Bernal; BMG's Bmass, Bob Massie; … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, bob-massie, casino, casino-free-mass, casinos, hearing, les-bernal, massachusetts, oleary, ryepower12, sciortino, state-house, tucker, uss-slots

Together We Will….

July 29, 2009 By hgm-ma

Crossposted at Keeping Massachusetts Blue Over the last several months I have really been struggling on whether to actively support Governor Deval Patrick's effort for reelection in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign. It's not that I didn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010-gubernatorial-campaign, beacon-hill, charlie-baker, deval-patrick, massachusetts

The Myth of Charlie Baker

July 14, 2009 By Ryan

Living in Swampscott all my life, including the period in which Charlie Baker moved into town and started (though quickly stopped) being involved in town politics, I've grown to know a little bit about Charlie Baker, both the myth and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, campaigns, charlie-baker, corner-office, elections, governor, massachusetts, state-house, swampscott

Monday’s Casino Hearing — and Clyde Barrow’s “Pseudo Facts”

June 26, 2009 By Ryan

Emphasis mine (with the exception of the italicized "one" - that's his). It is widely recognized in the policy process literature that academic policy research is only one input into the policymaking process and, therefore, it is only one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, casinos, clyde-barrow, hearing, slots, state-house

Beyond ethics reform

June 7, 2009 By rick-holmes

The editorial offers a few suggestions: - Put legislative redistricting in the hands of an independent commission. - Put decisions about legislators' perks - office assignments, parking spaces, etc. - in the hands of an independent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, committees, dimasi, legislature, reform, speaker

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