week ending February 29, 2008 Sunday Feb
24 2008 Hillary is in town 7pm Back Bay Ev ents Ctr
MONDAY MUST FCC HOSTS PUBLIC FORUM MARKEY
ATTENDS INTERNET/BROADBAND ISSUES one of 8 summits across US Harvard Law School Austin public should state
they want to open up internet not having it operated by few corporations. 11am
Formal Session Tuesday Senate
Homeless Advocacy Day 9-3pm Tuesday Great Hall
Judiciary Committee Hearing sex offenders/
teachers/students/ 1PM A! 50 plus bills
Wednesday Committee on Bonding and Capital Expenditure equipment general gov operations
Womens Bar Breakfast Wednesday 9-11am Great Hall
Thursday
Feb 28 2008 500 legal assist lawyers lobby for incr budget to 17mil Great Hall
Committee on Veterans rm 437 1030AM
Budget Hearing public hearing members of public testify on Patricks budget plan Gardner Auditorium 10AM
Harvard Law school conference Transgender Law 12pm to 630pm
Friday 830am to 1030pm Saturday
Tufts University Higher Ed Forum 10am to noon Friday
29th fianancial aid topic
LBGT award for KENNEDY 6pm to 1am Marriott Copley Sat mar 1 2008
week ending Feb 22, 2008 school vacation week many hearings
in the district..
Week ending February 15, 2008
Monday February
11, 2008 Committee on Education A 1 1PM Bill for athletes H4479 to discourage bullying dysf behaviors H4512
Internet safety bill for students relative to special ed students S2489 civered by catch of the day 45 min
Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Veterans Committee special event Grand Staircase 10AM new program for PTSD 10AM very nice event covered by Catch of the Day
Special Event Nurses Hall Mass Middlesex Club Abe Lincoln appears 230PM covered just few minutes by Catch of the Day
Tuesday February 12, 2008 Formal Session Senate
Committee on Elder Affairs B1
10AM a bill for a grant for elder workers H4420 sounds good excellent hearing, covered by Catch of the Day not
enough public show however..
1030 Grand Staircase Great Hall Early Ed Lobby Day
1PM lobby day Black History Month Nurses Hall covered in full by Catch of the Day
Denice Provost Hosts Human Service
Hearing 10 AM A 2 disab advocates defend quality care crisis covered about half but good content..by
catch of the day really liked this one. Unions are trying to effect the pay of human service workers and address
a long overdue problem. Many issues relating to direct care relationship discussed and it's potential treatment success and failures.
Committee on Financial Services A ! !PM Coastal Homeowners Insurance soaring
costs very interesting hearing on catastrophic costs Armed Forces predatory protection from predatory insurance
practices Covered by House Broadcast so look on the internet soon for the streamed version to show up..
Wednesday February 13, 2008 Committee on Labor and Workforce Development B2 10AM 41 bills see
front page breaking news..not allowing taping of hearings time for a showdown..has a bill on illegal immigration that
needs real coverage
Committee on Children and Families and Persons with Disabilities Rm 222 1030AM Black Males Status Commission S2182
MCAS reform lobby day 1030 rm 350
GOP rm 124
11AM local aid legislation conference
Committee on Tourism H3398 A 2 1130AM hotel tax
increase to 6percent Has bill on diversity for schools
11AM Nurses Hall Family Planning LobbyDay
Committee on Health Care Financing B 1 1 PM exec session 10 bills
Committee on Bonding
and Capital Expenditure Wednesday 1PM A 1 major infrastructure and development bills 40T law Catch of the day will be taping unless some predicament keeps her away..like weather..or jail for fighting with labor
and workforce dev..
Thursday February 14, 2008
Committee on Agriculture
and Environment exec session 1030 AM B2 H864
11AM Grand Staircase Students Study
on Statehouse lobby to raise awareness financial aid bond bill illegal imig instate tuition
Committee
on Bonding and Capital Expenditure 11AM A 2 this one will be huge. on a new Broadband Institute collaborative
and regional transit authority legislation can you believe both of these at once????
SO FAR HAVE A FEW HEARINGS AS THE WEATHER ROTTEN, STOPPED ME FROM CHECKING ON FRIDAY..I delivered the tapes from the
previous week but never got to the Docket room to check..it was 5 pm.. It is not easy to not have a car..but I am doing it..with
my extended 6 hour travel time day.. I GOT IN TOWN BUT THE NAVIGATING OF NOAH'S ARK floodgates of streams on
streets and PUDDLE JUMPING WAS HORRENDOUS. I even had to make a purchase of a new pair of shoes the next day as
my boots filled up with water and had to be bagged..literally, first as I stopped in Kinkos Fedex bag and ship store..who
gave me two small item plastic bags to put on my feet inside my boots.. so much for trying to make boots last forever..thank
you payless I love my new shoes..I even told Kinko's they should put up a fun poster..got wet feet? put a sock in it...come
in for free bags..I guess my humor is a little odd ..but I thought it was a fun idea..
As my sinus infection was
so strong last week, I decided to just take a weekend for myself..I am getting back in the swing of things but apologize
for the lack of postings.. posted 2 03 08 J Aldrich..
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