Just a reminder: the Energy/Environment working group will be holding a live blog right here on BMG at 10:30 am Wednesday morning (Dec. 6). Join in the thread and comment -- it should be interesting! … [Read more...]
Reminder: first Civic Engagement public meeting is TONIGHT in Millbury!
Just a reminder that the Civic Engagement working group's first public meeting is tonight (Tuesday), at 7 pm, at Millbury High School, 12 Martin St., Millbury. Maps and directions are available here.I may arrive a few minutes late, … [Read more...]
Transition: three more civic engagement meetings; full calendar now available
The civic engagement working group can now announce three more public meetings:Wednesday, Dec. 6, 8:30 am (with Higher Ed group):UMass-Boston Alumni Lounge2nd Floor Campus Center100 Morrissey Blvd., BostonWednesday, Dec. 6, 7:00 pmRoxbury … [Read more...]
Building Our Movement
1. On fostering ideas:On BMG, I recommended creating permanent, volunteer councils largely comprised of non-establishment experts to both serve as a sound board for Deval Patrick (so he can test ideas out with them) and as a way to create … [Read more...]
Senator Moore: “let the people vote.” Weak.
Senator Richard Moore (D-Uxbridge) has published a "guest commentary" at SHNS (thoughtfully reprinted by Kim for non-subscribers) offering his list of the top ten challenges facing the new administration and legislature.It's pretty funny, … [Read more...]
Thank you SO much
The 100+ responses to my civic engagement post are nothing short of extraordinary. What an incredible wealth of good ideas and insights. I just spent a couple of hours summarizing them for the benefit of our working group, and I … [Read more...]
Romney backs judicial activism
Not-soon-enough-to-be-ex-Gov. Mitt Romney filed a lawsuit today in which he asks the Supreme Judicial Court to bypass the state legislature if they fail to vote on the anti-marriage amendment.Romney is asking the court to order the … [Read more...]
Hey, gun enthusiasts: did you think Howie Carr was your friend? Think again.
Here's a note to all of our local gun enthusiasts (yes, Bruce, I'm talking to you): Howie Carr disrespects you way, way more than any Ted Kennedy-lovin' brie-nibblin' chardonnay-sippin' Volvo-drivin' lefty. Check out today's … [Read more...]
Fehrnstrom tries to contain damage over pension flap
Poor Eric Fehrnstrom. All the guy wanted was a Bulger-esque pension bonanza to "serve his town" on the Brookline Housing Authority -- housing being a subject as to which, apparently, the extent of his knowledge consists of what he's … [Read more...]
Hacks gone wild — special Fehrnstrom edition!
Today's Globe, front-page, above the fold. Gotta love it.Governor Mitt Romney has installed his most prominent aide, Eric Fehrnstrom, as the state appointee on the Brookline Housing Authority, a move that will allow Fehrnstrom to … [Read more...]