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Markey gets two key endoresments: MTA and NEA

February 13, 2013 By John Tehan 10 Comments

The largest union in Massachusetts endorsed Ed Markey for senate today: The Massachusetts Teachers Association, with 110,000 members in virtually every community in the state, gave their full support to Congessman Markey. Here's an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ed-markey, mta, nea, special-election

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

Rally for Wisconsin! (on Beacon Hill)

February 19, 2011 By clytemnestra 5 Comments

Tuesday, February 22 · 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location Massachusetts State House http://www.facebook.com/pages/... Support the Rights of Wisconsin Workers Tuesday, February 22nd 4-6PM Massachusetts State House Join workers from across … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afl-cio, afscme, aft, massachusetts, mta, rally, seiu, unions, wisconsin

Isn’t Deval Patrick really richer than Charlie Baker?

October 20, 2010 By bluemaxx 6 Comments

The MTA recently began airing ads saying that Charlie Baker is a rich health care executive. But in reality, isn't Deval Patrick far richer that Charlie Baker.   Consider: Deval Patrick made $2 million per year when he last worked for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baker, mta, patrick, wealth

‘ROUNDING THE CLOBE’-14: The RTTT news story from hell

April 15, 2010 By bill-schechter 7 Comments

'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-14: Critical Analysis of Boston Globe Education Coverage The RTTT news story from hell Boston Globe, how about giving me a night off? I have already consigned James Vaznis, Globe education writer, to purgatory, as the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aft, boston-globe, james-vaznis, mta, rttt

Scott Brown’s Misguided Response to Mike Capuano’s MTA Endorsement

October 23, 2009 By rogerlau 10 Comments

As our next U.S. Senator, Mike Capuano will fight to: 1) Provide more funding for our schools 2) Roll back the failed policies of No Child Left Behind 3) Allocate adequate funding to higher education grant programs to increase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, education, ma-sen, massachusetts, mike-capuano, mta, scott-brown, senate

107,000 teachers give Mike Capuano a good grade.

October 22, 2009 By judy-meredith 44 Comments

And one thing you can say about school teachers as a class -- they know how to spot potential. They are professionally invested in building kind, productive human beings out of the raw stuff they see in the classroom carrying all kinds of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, ma-sen, mta

No Tolls, No MTA

September 10, 2008 By massmarrier 10 Comments

Cross-post: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts.Here we are worse. The semi-autonomous authority has backed itself into a cave with no way out. Its mythic justification for existence is providing revenue for road maintenance and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, mta, roads, taxes, tolls, turnpike

Bailey “gets it”

February 13, 2008 By bumpkin 3 Comments

Cross-posted from Bellicose Bumpkin MTA needs some edumacation Having been doomed to read more about casinos than anyone should ever have to, I see the gamut of information from studies, to blogs, and probably most of all news articles that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casino, mta, teachers

The procedure followed by the Massachusetts Teachers Association prior to making Endorsements

January 22, 2008 By AmberPaw 20 Comments

Given how careful the MTA is, and the procedure they followed, I would say the MTA endorsement of Sean Garballey carries some heft.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 23nd-middlesex, endorsements, massachusetts-teachers-association, mta, sean-garballey

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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The Republican candidate for Lt Gov. is anti-vax. She was a state rep. for nine months once and she won't say Biden won and Trump lost. She actually says she doesn't know who won because there are states still doing audits #MaPoli

Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl

"My Body, My Choice" is no longer polling well with Democrats because of its association with the anti-vax movement

Fascinating read from @RachelHBluth on how vaccine opponents co-opted the abortion rallying cry https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/04/1109367458/my-body-my-choice-vaccines

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nfib_ma NFIB Massachusetts @nfib_ma ·
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Pass-thru #smallbiz owners, who spent a lifetime building their biz, will unfairly face higher taxes under an income tax surtax. That means when they sell the biz, their retirement nest egg will be much less than they planned facing a 9% tax. #mapoli https://bit.ly/3Rgg13A

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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True story #MaPoli #NHpolitics #WIunion #WIpolitics

John Nichols @NicholsUprising

Boris Johnson is quitting as prime minister because the British Conservative Party is holding a dangerous and dysfunctional party leader to account — something the American Republican Party has steadfastly refused to do.

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openletterbot Open Letters @openletterbot ·
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🖋 Sign “POTUS rescind the nomination of anti-choice judge Chad Meredith!” and I’ll deliver a copy to your officials: https://twitter.com/messages/compose?recipient_id=835740314006511618&text=sign%20PDVDWZ

📨 No. 1,664 is from Elaine to @POTUS #MA08 #MApoli #MApols

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chipgoines chip goines @chipgoines ·
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So much for @CharlieBakerMA's reputation as "Mr. Fix-It". #mapoli

Jesse Mermell @jessemermell

Not a good look when @massgovernor’s administration can’t get their stories straight about how many times the #MBTA derails. The Gov. cannot continue to be Teflon when it comes to the disastrous state of the T. 2 terms in, the management failure is his. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/three-t-derailments-three-days-lots-questions-curious-delay/

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mapublichealth MAPublicHealthAssoc @mapublichealth ·
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Municipal leaders from across #MA's 15 RTA service areas call for the passage of the #RTAAdvancement bill to improve the lives of residents beyond the reach of the MBTA & to help meet #MA climate change goals. Full letter here: https://bit.ly/SWMSupportLetter #mapoli #regionalequity

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