Also, two additional non-federal points:
There’s a good point in here about Democratic states messing up vaccine distribution.
This “play nice with the Governor” thing that #maleg is (largely) doing DOES NOT HELP. When things aren’t going well, YOU SHOULD SAY SO. PUBLICLY.
As always, there are of course #mapoli exceptions. But in the main, people are dying and not getting vaccinations and a lot of us are out here like:
Secondly, on local government, this is the thing:
“And because people are often thinking in nonpolitical terms during their day-to-day lives, they are much more open to having their views changed when they see the actual, tangible benefits of a policy in their lives.”
Local government is SUPER tangible!
Local government is streets being plowed in winter, and sidewalks being repaired, and (in some cases) having running water and electricity!
Oh, and all that K-12 education stuff, too, not incidentally
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Wait wait wait...does the @nytimes piece on the Providence schools being some sort of shining star of having buildings open really not mention it’s under state receivership?
I mean, it doesn’t even have a nodding acquaintance with local governance right now.
I know it’s cool to blame the teachers unions (as they say, that train is never late), but local governance has had a boatload to say about pandemic decisions, and Providence literally DOES NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY right now.
"President Joe Biden moved to “preserve and fortify” executive action that shields certain undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as young children,
"...said in an executive order that laws that prohibit sex discrimination also prohibit discrimination against gender identity, and in another executive order initiated a government-wide push to emphasize racial equity on his first day as president."
To swipe a line from 'Hamilton': Welcome to the BIDEN Administration!
It’s January!
If you live in a town in Massachusetts, there’s a VERY good chance you have a spring election!
Go check out your town clerk’s webpage and find out. There are all KINDS of positions one can run for in a town!
Read up on these positions! Call Town Hall and ask for info!
It is absolutely possible to set policy and regulation in your town on a host of issues by running for a local position. Local offices make a big difference!
(I mean, I have a soft spot for running for school committees, or course, but library boards, and boards of health, and parks, and the light commission, and so forth all need good people!)
so he really is making the argument that synchronous learning is the solution to mental health struggles for students
May I suggest that the appropriate forum for the head of the pediatrics association to talk about massive gaps in needs for mental health services is NOT the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education? #MAEdu