I understand budget cuts are sometimes unavoidable. What is not unavoidable is sending layoff notices via email during the school day while teachers are teaching.
"It is outrageous that, while the billionaire class has never had it so good, one in five children will go hungry in America this year." — Sen. Bernie Sanders (D – Vt.)
As the state representative for the 3rd Berkshire District—the largest geographic district in the Massachusetts House, spanning 18 towns across Berkshire County—I want to share what last month brought, both on Beacon Hill and here at home.
I am volunteering with the Jeromie Whalen for Congress Committee because I think that a new voice with a different allegiance will make my life and the lives of my grand children better.
Trump is a skilled picker of pockets. Not only does he know how to pick a paltry pocket or two, he knows how to pick 300 million pockets simultaneously, as often as he pleases. Such is his determination to rob you blind.
Israel believes it has all the power—and it does in its own region—but it is increasingly losing the global war, especially among the young who will harbor their beliefs for a long time.
It is outrageous that the town of Hawley in Franklin County is paid a mere $10.47 per acre for hosting 8,079 acres of state land, while the eastern Massachusetts town of Edgartown is paid 90 times Hawley’s rate—$965 per acre—for its 2,848 acres.
For two terms now, Kathleen has worked tirelessly for the betterment of our town and its residents and for the professionalization of our Town Hall and all of its departments.
I have known and worked with Pat since she moved to Sheffield nearly 25 years ago. She has constantly been an active participant in our community—not just making the time, but making a difference.
