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.
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.
National Health Care Reform: A Brief Summary for Seniors and Medicare Recipients
I attended an information session on health care reform ran by Representative Hogan, Jessica Constantino of AARP and Deb Thompson of the PASS Group (Public Advocacy and Support Strategies) a couple of weeks ago. The material that was handed out and the presentation given were very informative, and I thought what I learned could be useful to constituents, especially for senior citizens and those on Medicare.
Status of Alewife to Brighton Rd bike path?
I thought work was going to start this spring on making a real trail out of the Alewife to Brighton Rd bike path? I biked on it today and it’s still the same dirt path it’s been.
Alewife Brook Water Quality
I am interning in Will’s office this summer and recently attended a hearing on sewer flows into Alewife Brook and the Charles and Mystic basins, which provided a helpful status update on projects to improve water quality. The hearing was to extend the variance allowing for a certain level of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) into …