Advocating for the Green Line

With last night’s Senate action on the Transportation Bond Bill, we passed an important milestone in our efforts to improve the transportation system — roads, bridges and public transit. It is worth recapping where we are, with a particular emphasis on the challenge of improving the Green Line. Representing Back Bay, Fenway and the Longwood …

Privacy of Education Data

I’ve recently received several emails urging me to support House 331, An Act prohibiting service providers who offer cloud computing services to K-12 educational institutions from processing student data for commercial purposes. House 331 is very straightforward. It reads in full as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary any …

Belmont Center Reconstruction

The Town of Belmont has been working hard on plans to reconstruct Belmont Center. The town recently applied unsuccessfully for a $1.5 million grant to move the plans forward. The town’s application summarizes the project as follows: A reallocation of space within the existing roadway right of way is proposed to offer adequate space for …

The "Upskirting" Law

There’s been much understandable concern expressed over yesterday’s Supreme Judicial Court decision. In Commonwealth v. Robertson, the court found that Massachusetts’ peeping tom law did not apply to “upskirting.”  Robertson’s alleged behavior was certainly invasive and from a commonsense perspective, criminal.  The court summarized the allegations as follows:  At approximately 8:30 A.M. on August 11, …