The MBTA Retirement Board is balking at opening up the books of their pension fund, an action called for after passage of legislation sponsored by Senator Brownsberger. Here is The Boston Herald story. You can read more about Will’s work to end the secrecy of the MBTA pension system at this forum posting.
Government Reform
children and families, election laws, ethics rules, insider jobs, pensions & benefits, structure and operations, transparency
An electoral or process reform category?
Hi Will Perhaps you can create a forum that deals with structural reform of one or more of government, elections, chamber rules, process? I tried to post one more bit to inform your view of National Popular Vote (although of course this battle has passed here in MA) and attempt to dispel your main concern …
Ed Markey to the US Senate
I would think that everyone having concern about our representation at the US Senate, would be favorably influenced if Ed Markey would publicly sign the http://www.theanticorruptionpledge.org/take-the-pledge/ There is plenty of time before tuesday… Laurence Lessig in http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html makes a compelling argument, and even more important, simple steps to address how to make our congress better …
Emergency preparedness for all citizens
I wanted to ask what in particular, citizens with disabilities and frail elders should do in the event of another “emergency” such as happened on Friday. I realize that police and city and state officials even the FBI were involved, and everyone cooperated to the best of their ability. I spent my day at home …
Senate Transportation Plan includes Transparency Enhancements
While the main agenda in yesterday’s transportation discussion was to fund transportation operations and maintenance, we passed a number of amendments to strengthen transparency. A particular issue that had troubled many observers for decades was the secrecy of the MBTA’s pension fund. The MBTA’s pension plan has been perceived as excessively generous, allowing relatively early retirements. …
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Will, for the record
Now that Will has announced he is running for the House of Representatives, I want to thank him for his thoughtful and principled service to his constituents, communities and the commonwealth. His is a fine record to run on, but most people may not know much about it. As a state rep and senator, he …