Hi Will, Do you know the status of this pending bill filed by Senator Brian A. Joyce? Mandatory testing requirements for elderly drivers (age 75 and over) does not seem unreasonable, and could prevent vehicular tragedies from occurring in the future. I‘m curious to hear your position and thoughts regarding this issue.
What’s wrong with the Public Pension System?
Above all, it’s too complicated. Complexity creates abuses and inequities. It also makes the system hard to evaluate and undermines confidence in the system.
Education Reform Act of 2009
The Joint Committee on Education released its draft education reform bill on Tuesday afternoon. I will say now that I do expect to vote for the bill, but elements of it are still in flux, so input is still meaningful.
Ethics, Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reforms
The Ethics reform bill that we passed earlier this year imposes a number of new disclosure and procedural requirements.
Re substation
I think that BMLD should consider using more transformers, rather than two 50 megawatt units. This would enable us to match the on-line capacity to the actual load more closely. Consider the savings in the cost of the iron loss in a 50 megawatt transformer not needed to meet demand: Iron loss at 0.25 % = 125 …
Honoring Veterans
In this week before our national day for honoring our veterans, the House passed a bill which assists Massachusetts veterans in a number of important ways.