The two year formal legislative session, now ended, has been a mixed bag. Perhaps the best news about the session is that we got through it.
Author Archives: Will Brownsberger
Our long term financial problems
There is a growing belief among serious economists that we, as a country, face a large and unsustainable gap between our financial resources and our financial expectations. Current deficit spending by the national government and a failure to control long term debt, pension and health care costs at all levels of government will lead to …
Official Summary of House Accomplishments in the 2009-2010 Session
Read this post for an official overview of the accomplishments of the 2009-2010 session.
Blanchard Road Update
I spoke earlier this week with Sue Clippinger, the traffic planner in Cambridge. She said that she was working on getting the application together for a truck ban on Blanchard Road. She said that she had all the necessary data at this stage. She said that she foresaw little objection in Cambridge since most of …
Municipal Relief Bill
The conference committee negotiating a municipal relief package reported a bill last night and the House accepted the report on what turned out to be straight party line vote.
Wind Facilities Siting Act
After two days of debate, the house passed a bill facilitating the siting of land based wind facilities. The vote was 101 to 52 and I voted in the majority.