Protesting the SCAMS! “Keep The Cap On Charter Schools”, Baker's Charter School SCAM, et al
Protesting the SCAMS!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Demands of the students, former teachers, and supporters was for full funding of schools, rather than the School Committee implementing budget cuts at a budget hearing in the evening on the same day as the walk-out. The other major demand of the students and supporters was to “Keep The Cap On Charter Schools”.
BPS students spoke out against Mayor Marty Walsh granting huge corporate tax giveaways to General Electric while forcing schools to cut important curriculum and lay off faculty and staff.
Howard Rotman added 115 new photos to the album: THOUSANDS OF BPS STUDENTS STAGED WALK-OUT TO PROTEST BUDGET CUTS — with Zak Jamaand Ana De Pina.
On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 11:30am thousands of Boston Public School students staged a historic “walk-out” to a rally on the Boston Common , then a rally at MA State House, later rallying at Faneuil Hall (and beyond), protesting school budget cuts, defying Boston school officials intimidation tactics , such as robo-calling parents , urging parents to prevent students from participating in the mass action to save Boston Schools.
Demands of the students, former teachers, and supporters was for full funding of schools, rather than the School Committee implementing budget cuts at a budget hearing in the evening on the same day as the walk-out. The other major demand of the students and supporters was to “Keep The Cap On Charter Schools”.
BPS students spoke out against Mayor Marty Walsh granting huge corporate tax giveaways to General Electric while forcing schools to cut important curriculum and lay off faculty and staff.
The superintendent of BPS recently announced proposed cuts of $20 million from the central office budget and $10 million to $12 million from the per-student funding formula, affecting budgets of individual schools, in an effort to help close a shortfall of up to $50 million.
Ya gotta wonder....FOR PROFIT EVERYTHING SUCKS!
For Profit Prisons need high occupancy to generate obscene profits while offering inhumane treatment, no rehabilitation, poor care and multitudes of complaints
For Profit Water: similar ripoff
For Profit Health Care provides inadequate care, poorly trained staffing, inadequate staffing, unnecessary and expensive testing that drive up the cost.
Republicans and the Koch Sock Puppets promote the CHARTER SCHOOL SCAMS instead of adequately funding public education.
Tea Bagger Baker promotes the CHARTER SCHOOL SCAM and didn't include an adequate increase for public education in his budget.
And then there's the Boston Mayor Marty Walsh slashing the School Budget and genuflecting to General Electric that not only doesn't doesn't pay US taxes and never cleaned up their PCB contamination. That's a Corporate Partner to support?
Haven't we had enough of the CHARTER SCHOOL SCAM?
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan
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Today: Dem and GOP primaries Florida, Ohio and more, municipal lobbying bill,Mashpee Wampanoag casino meeting
Democrat and Republican primary voters will cast their ballots today in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina.
Gov. Charlie Baker joins Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders to meet with members of the Governor's Opioid Working Group to discuss the new anti-opioids addiction bill and other reforms, Hope House, 8 Farnham Street, Boston, 12 p.m.
Attorney General Maura Healey appears on WGBH radio with hosts Margery Eagan andJim Braude, WGBH Radio 89.7 FM, 12:30 p.m
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe officials will make a presentation to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission that is expected to touch on the tribe's plans to build a resort casino in Taunton, Mashpee Wampanoag Community & Government Center, 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee, 1 p.m.
Sen. Michael Brady's bill calling for new municipal lobbying registration and disclosure requirements goes before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, Room B-1, 2 p.m.
It's 'winner take all' night Suffering from Trump fatigue? It might be over by tonight. Then again, probably not. The New Yorker's John Cassidy slices and dices all the scenarios for today's "Super Tuesday II" primary outcomes in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina and he isn't ruling out some surprises, despite the polls. (Recall last week's unexpected Michigan results.)http://bit.ly/1TKT6MJ
Because the GOP's Florida and Ohio primaries are "winner take all" contests, Trump can virtually lock up the Republican nomination tonight - or he could be seriously damaged and his momentum stopped. It's why establishment Republicans like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are furiously trying to dig firewalls in Ohio and elsewhere. In Romney's case, he was campaigning yesterday for Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his home state, telling voters there that "America's counting on you," the NYT reports. http://nyti.ms/1YV2wEO
But a firewall is probably beyond hope in Florida, where some polls show Trump with a commanding lead over rivals, including the home-state and hapless Sen. Marco Rubio, who's making his last stand there.
The betting here: Trump Fatigue, Trumpmania, Trump Derangement Syndrome, whatever, survives the night.
Warren on VP speculation: 'Way, way, way premature to talk about that'Yes, there are Democrat races today too. And once again, Hillary Clinton has Bernie Sanders on the ropes. And once again Bernie will probably slip away. So why not engage in serious discussions about ... about Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren being on a future ticket as a vice president candidate?
During a NECN interview, Warren didn't rule out running for vice president, but dismissed such talk as "way, way, way premature."
As Patch.com's Alison Bauter notes: "In the world of horse-race punditry, a lack of a 'no' is as good as a 'maybe,' and the reply suggests Warren could yet consider adding her progressive credentials to the Democratic ticket." http://bit.ly/1UdbH4a
Wolf bashes away at Baker - and fellow Democrats
A Massachusetts Democrat is actually criticizing the uber-popular Gov. Charlie Baker. It's none other than Sen. Daniel Wolf, the Cape Democrat who's considering another run for governor, this time against Baker, assuming that the $3.3 million Baker has stashed away is used for a re-election bid, reports the Globe's Joshua Miller. Wolf is unsparing on Baker. "Most of what we're seeing from the Baker administration is really about short-term management," said Wolf, a businessman and founder of Cape Air. "It's not about long-term vision. And this is a time, historically, when we really need long-term vision."
But Wolf also had sharp words for his fellow Democrats, saying they've lost their way and have been cozying up too close to Republicans of late. http://bit.ly/1RiKfS8
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Tribe puts Taunton casino on fast track
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has set an aggressive schedule for opening its $1 billion Taunton casino, saying the full-fledged First Light resort could be ready for operation by the summer of 2017, Sean P. Murphy of the Globe reports. If the casino opens on time, it would likely be the first full-service casino to open in the state-ahead of MGM's Springfield resort and Steve Wynn's now-stalled Everett destination-and that could put pressure on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to put a competing license application in Brockton on the shelf. http://bit.ly/1RjFxgQ
Reville: The war must end (over charter schools, that is)
Paul Reville is war weary, shell shocked, completely exhausted over the annual fights over charter schools. "So it goes on and on, year after year, taking center stage as if nothing else in the world of education matters," the Harvard professor and former state education secretary writes at Commonwealth magazine. "In the end, a compromise must emerge that won't be perfect for any constituency, but will advance the cause of a significantly better education for a much greater number of the Commonwealth's children. Now's the time for leadership." http://bit.ly/1pIATCX
Western Mass. homeless shelters push for funding parity
A coalition representing the state's homeless shelters is seeking an increase in the minimum amount paid to shelters from $25 to $30 per bed per night, reports MassLive.com's Shira Schoenberg. Many western Massachusetts shelters say they're already victims of geographic funding disparities across the state, so any reimbursement hike will help them in particular. http://bit.ly/1Wn6g0h
Lawn on D gets good news
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority has signed a five-year contract with Rebel Restaurants to be the food and beverage vendor at the Lawn on D, a sign the popular outdoor space could remain open long-term, Jon Chesto of the Globe reports. The South Boston destination had faced an uncertain future after losing $2.3 million in 2015, its first full year of operation. http://bit.ly/1U3BzQm
Healey unveils open meeting complaint database
Attorney General Maura Healey's office has launched a public database of all the open meeting law violation complaints it receives, Neal Simpson of the Patriot Ledger reports. The site will list complaints even before a decision on whether the law was violated is reached and will include the name of the person filing the complaint and the public body against which it was filed. http://bit.ly/1RjJ3b6 The database is here:http://1.usa.gov/1YUTYxG
Quabbin group backs 'rattlesnake island' planThe Quabbin Watershed Advisory Committee voted Monday to support the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's plan to establish a colony of timber rattlesnakes on an island in the giant reservoir, Bradford Miner of the Telegram reports. The vote came ahead of a public meeting that drew 100 people in Belchertown. http://bit.ly/1QZQVPM
Lawmaker details local transportation funding plan
Sen. Ben Downing (D-Pittsfield) explains his proposal to enable local communities to establish local funding mechanisms for transportation projects, such as the Green Line extension project, according to a story by Mike Deehan of WGBH. Downing, who is leaving the Senate this year, says his plan would help address what has become a decades-long backlog of deferred transportation fixes. http://bit.ly/1RLfvU7
T cuts down on OT, absences
The MBTA says that it's on track to dramatically reduce the amount of overtime it pays out and that the number of unscheduled absences by T employees is dropping as well, Bruce Mohl of CommonWealth Magazine reports. While some of the overtime gains are attributable to the relatively easy winter the region experienced compared to last year's brutal snow storms, the T also emphasized that cutting down on unplanned days off has helped more trains and buses stay on schedule. http://bit.ly/1P9MNub
Parade lawyer wants Walsh on the stand
The attorney leading the lawsuit that seeks to restore the original route of the South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade says he'd call Mayor Martin J. Walsh to the stand if given the opportunity, according to a story by a trio of Herald reporters. Chester Darling filed the lawsuit Monday and said that if Judge Richard G. Stearns seeks more evidence at a hearing scheduled for this afternoon he will call city officials to the stand, including Walsh. http://bit.ly/22gHF4s
Harvard Law to lay down its shield
Is Harvard Law School going a politically correct step too far by dropping its shield because it's linked to an old slave-holding family? Nope. As the BBJ's Greg Ryan bluntly notes: "The coat of arms (is from) the family of Isaac Royall, the man responsible for Harvard's first professorship of law. Royall's father is known to have treated his slaves particularly cruelly, including burning 77 people to death, according to the school." http://bit.ly/1V8VhJq
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