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Here’s a link to the Washington Post special 2011 redistricting page on PostPolitics. The Washington Post lists Massachusetts – the only blue state – as one of the “top ten states to watch” during the redistricting process.
Read More »Perhaps lost or at least a bit below the radar is the reality that the job of the Joint Redistricting Committee is to review and possibly realign the state senate and state rep districts across the Commonwealth. It was evident at the hearing at Lawrence High School last Monday evening…
Read More »The Sunday, June 12, Boston Globe included a special magazine section “Diversity Boston” that prominently featured an article about growing voter activism among Cambodian-Americans in Lowell. Sovanna Pouv of the United Teen Equality Center was profiled as a community organizer intent on registering new Cambodian-American voters. I could not find…
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, opinion writer David Brooks rails against what he sees as the utter failure of the two big conventional political parties. It’s fun to read, but I don’t like his insistence on charging both with equivalent incompetence. For once, I’d like him to run down the GOP without having to…
Read More »A recall vote of the members of the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen is scheduled for August 2, 2011. Searching through YouTube I found this interesting video. This video was originally posted by choosechelmsford.
Read More »Tonight the Joint Committee on Redistricting met at Lawrence High School for the ninth in a series of hearings seeking testimony and input from across the Commonwealth from elected officials, representatives of organizations and interests and from the general public. The session lasted for nearly three hours before a very…
Read More »The Joint Legislative Committee on Redistricting came to Lawrence High School tonight for a public hearing. Present were Senators Stanley Rosenberg (co-chair), Barry Finegold, Daniel Wolf, Sonia Chang-Diaz, and Bruce Tarr; and Representatives Michael Moran (co-chair), Sean Garballey, Bradford Hill, Alice Hanlon Peisch, Marcos Devers, John Keenan, Byron Rushing and…
Read More »The current crop of GOP Presidential candidates will be in our own back yard up in New Hampshire tonight from 8 to 10 p.m. at St. Anselm College’s Sullivan Arena. The debate is sponsored by the New Hampshire Union Leader, CNN and local television station WMUR. Across the stage you…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Sleazy. Sordid. Tacky. Now, sick. In the wake of the revelation that Congressman Anthony Weiner had sexted a 17-year-old from Delaware, he announced he would take a leave of absence “to focus on becoming a better husband and…
Read More »Political analyst Ron Brownstein has a new essay in National Journal about the “upside down” employment situation in the US, with more older people staying in their jobs out of necessity or choice and fewer younger people able to get started on the job ladder. I picked this up from…
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