I’ve recently received a number of emails in the form further below, urging me to cosponsor legislation filed by my colleague, Lori Ehrlich, to transition away from coal burning in Massachusetts. I am already one of the original group of cosponsors of this legislation. Coal is a dirty fuel, contributing heavily to local and regional …
Author Archives: Will Brownsberger
Education Aid in the Governor’s Budget
The Governor, in his fiscal 2014 budget, has proposed to finally complete the education aid reform initiated in 2006. This is extremely good news for Watertown — Watertown had, for years, been badly short-changed by the failure to fully implement the 2006 reforms. Belmont also benefits, although more modestly, from the reform.The Governor uses a …
Cover Model
The Brownsberger two-family in Belmont is the cover model for the January 2013 issue of Home Energy Magazine. For the second year in a row we have achieved total building energy use roughly 85% below (i.e., 15% of) the New England per person average, below Thousand Home Challenge Levels. Read the full text of …
A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence
This article from the Journal of the American Medical Association offers food for thought! It compares the elements of strategy against gun violence to strategies used against other public health threats.
Reactions to the Governor’s Budget Proposal?
Your thoughts welcome. My reaction is posted at this link.
Governor expands the options
Last week, the Governor proposed a substantial income tax rate increase, and so focused political attention — positive and negative — on that simple and controversial proposition. In fact, however, he placed before the legislature a broad package which raises three major questions: First, should we make a substantial increase in spending on our transportation …