“Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill dealt a heavy blow to already-struggling municipal budgets last week by announcing that they intend to cut local aid by 4 percent in FY2011, amounting to a reduction of $200 million. I am disappointed that the legislative leadership is attempting to balance this year’s state budget at the expense of cities and towns.
While the press release distributed by the House Speaker, Senate President and Ways and Means chairs last Friday purported to speak on behalf of the entire Legislature, the House and Senate do still get a chance to vote on this proposed resolution. When we do, I will stand up against this cut for cities and towns, advocate for at least level-funding the local aid account, and I will urge my colleagues to do the same.
Times are tough and spending cuts need to be made, but our cities and towns should not be the place we look to make sacrifices. We need to keep our commitment to provide resources to our communities so that they can, in turn, continue providing vital local services to the hard-working people of Massachusetts.”
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
FIRST Robotics Regional Competition
This morning, I attended the US FIRST Robotics Regional Competition opening ceremonies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Inside Harrington Auditorium, you could feel the energy and excitement of the students, their engineering mentors and everyone else involved in the competition. Over the course of the next few days, 29 high school teams from across New England will compete for a chance to advance to the World Championships at the Georgia Dome in April.
This event truly showcases our future scientists, engineers and business leaders and makes me believe that our investment into STEM education is paying off with these students being able to work side by side with professional engineers designing and building robots all while learning to use sophisticated hardware and software.
If you have time, I encourage you to come down to WPI and check out all the hard work that these students have put in and their amazing results. Good luck to all the teams!
Inside Harrington Auditorium, you could feel the energy and excitement of the students, their engineering mentors and everyone else involved in the competition. Over the course of the next few days, 29 high school teams from across New England will compete for a chance to advance to the World Championships at the Georgia Dome in April.
This event truly showcases our future scientists, engineers and business leaders and makes me believe that our investment into STEM education is paying off with these students being able to work side by side with professional engineers designing and building robots all while learning to use sophisticated hardware and software.
If you have time, I encourage you to come down to WPI and check out all the hard work that these students have put in and their amazing results. Good luck to all the teams!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Karyn Polito for Treasurer
 | On March 1, I announced that I am running for State Treasurer this fall. If you would like to learn more about my campaign, please visit: |
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