SEE SILVER MAPLE VIDEO BELOW: http://vimeo.com/18756495 This video traces some of the history and highlights of the regional (Cambridge, Belmont and Arlington) community efforts to protect the silver maple forest and the vital floodplain protection for these communities and downstream towns and cities of the Mystic River watershed and the Boston Harbor. We abhor …
Education Agenda
My education agenda for 2011-2 is about action but also about continued discussion and reflection.
Clean Energy Agenda
I am working on a portfolio of bills to further a clean energy strategy in this session.
Public Pension Investment Return Assumptions (updated 3/28/11)
The inter-generational fairness of the public pension system depends on the investment return assumption used in planning. This post collects resources on this subject.
Speaker DeLeo on Job Recommendations
In an address to the Boston Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Speaker DeLeo covered a number of important areas, making a commitment to move on municipal health care reform and a commitment to control legislative recommendations on jobs.
Changing state employee benefits
Disclaimer: I am a state employee who works in Higher Education. Will, I understand that state employees get a lot of bad press. I understand that a lot of people are angry when they hear about all of the people who get jobs through connections, and get raises beyond what private employees get, etc. But, …