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Summer Campaign: Building a Case for Community Investment

July 1, 2011 By Harmony Blakeway 1 Comment

[Cross-posted from ONE Massachusetts] The purpose of this toolkit is to help the members of our network build a strong, fact-based, and community-driven case for investment in our communities. As part of this effort, we're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, community-action, massachusetts, municipal-budgets, revenue-reform

We’re Still Working: A Summer Campaign to Build Support for Our Communities!

June 6, 2011 By Harmony Blakeway 1 Comment

[Cross-posted from ONE Massachusetts by Harmony Blakeway] Are you interested in getting involved in efforts to re-evaluate and rebuild our state's tax policies and budget priorities? Across the state, local community activists are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, income-tax, legislation, massachusetts, revenue-reform, state-budget, taxes

Advocating for Program Funding During Hard Economic Times

February 23, 2011 By sondrap Leave a Comment

Hosted by The Public Policy Institute and ONE MassachusettsIn these hard times when the federal, state and city governments have less tax revenue to spend, our elected officials find themselves surrounded by advocates for various programs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocacy, funding-cuts, massachusetts, new-taxes, revenue-reform, training

Our 2011 Legislative Agenda

February 11, 2011 By carmen 3 Comments

Our endorsed campaigns and initiatives for 2011 include the following: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT  Multi-language training materials: We believe that our training materials and our most important communications should be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, government-reform, one-massachusetts, revenue-reform

Are Mass Movies a Sound Investment?

January 12, 2011 By sondrap 3 Comments

How do film credits impact our short and long-term goals for the state?As opposed to other tax credits such as the research credit, low income housing tax credit and life sciences tax credit, the film tax credit strategy is not making a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, revenue-reform, state-budget, state-finances, tax-credits

Talking Points for a Better Budget

March 19, 2010 By carmen 10 Comments

[Crossposted from ONE Massachusetts] The things that make Massachusetts a great place to live - good schools, clean water, safe streets - are only possible due to our shared, ongoing support. Unfortunately, a decade of tax cuts and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fy11, governor-budget-proposal, house-budget-proposal, revenue-reform, tax-expenditure-budget

Massachusetts is Not Alone: Minnesotans Building Support for Public Structures

February 23, 2010 By Harmony Blakeway 2 Comments

...Courts and the rule of law are essential not just for public safety but also for conflict resolution and contract enforcement for businesses.Delays and deteriorating roads -- due to the state's fast-growing congestion and crumbling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, massachusetts, progressive-tax, revenue-policies, revenue-reform

Why We’re Part of People First

November 30, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway 2 Comments

Over the past decade, our state economy has been growing faster than net spending. That means the economy has been growing faster than our budget. But during this same timeframe, state taxes and fees have been growing much slower than the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, civic-engagement, massachusetts, revenue-reform

A Smokin’ Success Story

November 18, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway 7 Comments

[Crossposted from ONE Massachusetts by Harmony Blakeway]As our community leaders and advocates look through the dramatic cuts being made to all manner of state structures and programs, we thought it would be good to look at one of our many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, budget-policies, massachusetts, revenue-reform, state-budget

Virtual Rally III – Contact Governor Deval Patrick!!

October 22, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway 4 Comments

SAMPLE SCRIPT The most important part of this script is that you customize each section with your own values, personality, etc. [Introduction:] Hello Governor Patrick. My name is Harmony Blakeway, and I am one of your Allston … [Read more...]

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I’m on the host committee for this virtual gala Monday 7pm to celebrate our achievements and honor some of our progressive heroes in Massachusetts, including my neighbors from Malden @EdMarkey and @zaydaortiz! Join us: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2021-pm-gala @ProgressiveMass

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1/3 NY awarded contracts for 2.5 GW of OSW the day before @MassGovernor vetoed the #NextGenClimate bill, which included 2.4 GW of OSW for MA. The result? NY is now positioned as the “undeniable center of gravity” for the E. Coast OSW industry.

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If you ever wondered how popular climate legislation backed by super-activists gets watered down or drowned ...

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