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...William F. Weld '66, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Lowell) and Rep. Peter Blute (R-Shrewsbery) have all departed from the traditional style of local politics. Meehan, a true social liberal, distinguishes himself by his budgetary discipline. He was given a near perfect rating by The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to balancing the federal budget...
...wonderful thing about volunteer programs is that they offer anyone a chance to effect the same kind of change which might lead to convoluted political battles on a larger scale, while staying safely committed to nonpartisan common goals like providing adults with the skills they need to find employment themselves. Members of both political parties volunteer for PEN, Partners for Empowering Neighborhoods, a student group at Harvard devoted to adult education, empowering its adult students, many of whom are supporting families, with literacy and job skills. PEN is one of many volunteer organizations that benefit from some government funding. This...
Last night's resolution also capped campaign spending at $100 per candidate, in order to make a campaign accessible for all students. The commission also agreed to provide nonpartisan publicity for the candidates...
Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group called the United States National Taxpayers Alliance spent $80,000 on ads attacking the Forbes flat-tax plan. Charles Givens, the get-rich-quick author, is spending half a million dollars of his own fast cash to buy TV time in New Hampshire, and possibly later in Arizona and the Dakotas, for ads that characterize the flat tax as HIGHER TAXES FOR YOU; MORE MONEY FOR FORBES, with the sound of a cash register ringing in the background. Givens has his principles, but he also bears a grudge. Forbes magazine over...
...syndrome, an inflammatory wrist ailment triggered by repetitive motion. The victory was won even before the agency had a chance to issue the proposed standards for discussion. UPS called the regulations "intrusive, expensive [and] paperwork producing" in an influential letter to House members. The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group that monitored the battle, pointed to UPS's central role in fending off the standards...