The Allston Brighton Friends of Daly Field will host a community meeting on the Daly Field renovation project.
14th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup
Senator Brownsberger is excited to invite you to participate in the 14th Annual Charles River Cleanup to be held on Earth Day, Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM. Senator Brownsberger and his staff will once again organize a region of the Charles River in Allston, Brighton and Watertown. Specifically, we are seeking volunteers to …
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Sentencing on gun crime doesn’t make sense
I was appalled that the South African sprinter with leg prostheses is being sentenced to PREMEDITATED MURDER for shooting an intruder who turned out to be his girlfriend. The prosecution insists it is because he was “shooting to kill”. Not being a lawyer, I’d like one to explain why, by the same logic, it isn’t …
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A Trial Balloon
I want to float a trial balloon. Don’t take my head off, it’s just a thought: What if we were to give the MBTA the ability to raise its own tax revenues regionally subject to periodic voter approval (as in Proposition 2.5)? Some background first: As compared to other major transit agencies in the United …
Transparency in Procurement
Last week, a political battle that I started in 2010 ended quietly. With leadership support on both sides, the Senate and the House adopted joint rules codifying sound business practices for procurement.
Eliminate non-competes all together
Non-competes are an insult to our Massachusetts culture of freedom, innovation, and enterprise. These non-competes are a form of bondage that extend an unfair burden on ‘the little guy’ for long after the employer has stopped paying them or providing benefits. Getting rid of this is long overdue. (I almost hate to throw this rhetoric …