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Why the Fight Over Greyhound Racing Mattered

December 9, 2009 By carey-theil

It may be hard to believe now, but the fight over greyhound racing began nearly a decade ago with a small group of activists.  They had no money, little organizational experience, and no institutional backing. What they did have was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: animal-protection, ballot-questions, humane, legislature, massachusetts

Launch of the MBTA Legislative Caucus

October 21, 2009 By carl-sciortino

Today is the launch of the newly formed MBTA Legislative Caucus.  With financial challenges at the T, and the critical need to improve public transportation for both economic and environmental reasons, I am very excited by what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: legislature, mbta, public-transportation

Greyhound Breeders Make Final Pitch to Undermine Will of the Voters, Call Your Lawmakers Today

October 14, 2009 By carey-theil

With 78 days left until dog racing ends in our state, out-of-state greyhound breeders are feverishly making a final pitch to state lawmakers, trying to convince them to undermine the will of the voters. Nevermind that the Greyhound … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: animal-protection, ballot-questions, humane, legislature, massachusetts

Help Save Democracy in Lowell

August 20, 2009 By lynne

OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR PATRICK by Clifford Krieger and Lynne Lupien, Move Lowell Forward PAC Co-Chairs (For additional signatories, see below.) Recently, a majority of Lowell's City Council voted to cancel the city's preliminary election. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democracy, legislature, preliminary, voting

Fourteen Greyhounds Suffer Broken Legs at Mass. Tracks in June, Most in Nearly Two Years

August 12, 2009 By carey-theil

For those of us who believe that dog racing is cruel and inhumane, our strong preference would have been to end dog racing immediately. However, we wrote the Greyhound Protection Act as a 14-month phase out period to give track workers an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: animals, ballot-question, dogs, humane-issues, legislature, massachusetts

Attorney General: Complaint Brought by Greyhound Breeders Should Be Dismissed

August 6, 2009 By carey-theil

First, the legal argument.  The Attorney General states that even if the claims made by greyhound breeders were true, they would not amount to a prosecutable crime: The Complaint and Request for an Inquest should be dismissed. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: animals, ballot-question, dogs, humane-issues, legislature, massachusetts

Brockton Enterprise: Dog Racers Using “Desperate Measures to Overturn the Will of the Voters”

June 26, 2009 By carey-theil

During our decade-long battle to end the cruelty of dog racing, no newspaper has opposed our efforts more vehemently than the Brockton Enterprise.  So it is with great pride that we now count on their support in protecting the will of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: animals, ballot-question, dogs, humane-issues, legislature, massachusetts

Greyhound Breeders Launch Campaign of Dirty Tricks to Repeal Question 3

June 23, 2009 By carey-theil

1. They falsely claim that we used photos from other states and countries to make a case in favor of Question 3.  This is completely false.  Our campaign in support of the Greyhound Protection Act was based exclusively on data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: animals, ballot-question, dogs, humane-issues, legislature, massachusetts

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

Bernstein pwns “Massachusetts pols who are supposed to be reforming state government”

May 28, 2009 By David

Yow.  David Bernstein has had it with our friends on Beacon Hill, judging from his latest in the Phoenix.  The whole thing is well worth a read.  Here are a few highlights. First up for a zinger, surely, must be Senate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bernstein, legislature, phoenix

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