MASSterList: Staying safe | Body-camera politics | Fare punt

MASSterList: Staying safe | Body-camera politics | Fare punt

MBTA eyes fare hike next year, but parking fee increases could come sooner   CommonWealth Magazine’s Bruce Mohl and the Globe’s Adam Vaccaro report that the T’s oversight board is now eyeing a probable fare hike in 2019 – after this fall’s elections, it should be noted – rather than increase them later this year. But the board is still looking at ways to reduce spending and raise revenues to plug an immediate deficit – and that could mean parking-lot fee increases. The board is also looking how to raise new and additional revenues over the long-term.

Everyone has an opinion about the T …   Callie Crossley at WGBH and Renée Loth at the Globe both have some advice for the MBTA and both share this view, among other opinions: The T had better get its act together or ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft are going to eat its lunch. Btw: A union representing T workers, the Office & Professional Employees International Union Local 453, also has an opinion: It thinks Democrat Jay Gonzalez should be the next governor ultimately overseeing the transit agency. SHNS’s Michael Norton (pay wall) has more on the union endorsement. Anti-violence rally will take aim at Smith & Wesson plant   As thousands of Bay State students prepare to join Wednesday’s nationwide school walk out, a group of activists in Springfield say they’ll take their case to the gates of the Smith & Wesson facility in the city, Patrick Johnson reports at MassLive. Organizers say they’re targeting the company because of its role in manufacturing the AR-15, the assault-style weapon used in the Florida school shooting last month.  MassLive CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE MASSACHUSETTS INFORMATION

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: PA-18's Massachusetts connection — 2019 FARE hikes? — SNOW pushes election deadlines

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: PA-18's Massachusetts connection — 2019 FARE hikes? — SNOW pushes election deadlines

- "Next T fare hike likely in mid-2019," by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Magazine: "The MBTA's Oversight Board indicated on Monday that it plans to raise fares in the middle of next year and the chairman of the board said a debate about new, additional revenues for the transit authority could take place in three years. The comments about revenues came during a debate at the Fiscal and Management Control Board about the MBTA budget for fiscal 2019, which begins July 1. T officials forecasted that the authority's revenues will increase 2.2 percent next year while expenses will go up 2.5 percent."


- "Markey wants to get other states to adopt Mass. get-tough gun laws," by Matt Stout, Boston Globe: "Riding a revitalized push to address gun safety, US Senator Edward J. Markey on Monday unveiled legislation designed to push other states to adopt Massachusetts' get-tough laws, including requiring all gun owners to be licensed and giving local police chiefs the power to reject problem applicants. The legislation, which Markey said he'll file Tuesday, aims to extend the Massachusetts legal blueprint across the country by using Department of Justice grants to encourage states to harden their own laws. "


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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN and the 2020 cycle – The first BALLOT QUESTION ads of 2018 – MOULTON’s Pennsylvania swing

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN and the 2020 cycle – The first BALLOT QUESTION ads of 2018 – MOULTON’s Pennsylvania swing

MASSACHUSETTS: NO! NO! NO! 

- "State GOP candidates call for guns in schools," by Stephanie Murray State House News Service: "In the wake of the Parkland shooting, Massachusetts lawmakers are considering tightening gun laws and urging other states to adopt strict laws already on the books here. At a Republican Town Committee meeting in Wilbraham on Thursday, three GOP hopefuls struck a different tone."

DAY  LATE CHARLIE RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION WAKES UP! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN CHARLIE?

- "In Baker's New $610M Economic Dev. Bill, Tax Credit And A Call For Permanent Sales Tax Holiday," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "To foster growth around the state, the bill adds to the state's debt load with a $300 million capital allocation to the MassWorks infrastructure program, $100 million for a new regional program in which the state and communities would partner on 'high-impact projects,' and $50 million apiece for saltwater dredging and to build maritime economies. Baker has steered cleared of pushing broad-based tax cuts to propel the economy, but in his new bill he calls for a new apprenticeship tax credit designed to spur companies to train and hire employees in health care, manufacturing and information technology - fields the administration says are hungry for qualified workers."

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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: More change for AMHERST — CONLEY is out — SYRUP not officially sweet

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: More change for AMHERST — CONLEY is out — SYRUP not officially sweet

THE MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE IN THE NEWS....CHARLIE BAKER HAS BLUNDERED WITH THE MBTA....IS MFA TARGETING CHARLIE'S MASSIVE FAILURES? 

THERE IS TALK OF RAISING FARES YET AGAIN TO COVER CHARLIE'S FAILURES. 
WHERE IS THE MFA ON THIS MAJOR ISSUE? PROTECTING CHARLIE! 


- "Complaint seeks to force Mass. Fiscal Alliance disclosure," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "Lawmakers who say they've been targeted recently in their districts by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance plan to call on state regulators Tuesday to force the non-profit group to register as a political committee and disclose its donors. The Massachusetts Democratic Party joined the lawmakers in filing the complaint with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, which asks the independent agency to conduct an investigation and also to fine MassFiscal for failing to disclose the top five donors behind the flier campaign."