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In the last few weeks, Kerasiotes' efforts to save his job were as distasteful as they were futile. He attempted to justify his decision to conceal the true financial figures, and when that didn't work, he tried to shift the blame onto departed officials. Kerasiotes even surreptitiously lobbied the...
The home economics provision was passed unchanged, and the committee for the most part avoided heated debates like that one.
Bush's position on the issue is illustrated by a series of events that took place last summer. A Texas state representative had offered an exceedingly modest bill to the legislature that would have allowed counties to choose whether to continue with the current system, in which judges appointed defense...
Progress in fighting discrimination, as well as the provision of health insurance to dozens of Cambridge residents, are at stake in the current battle over a Cambridge ordinance that grants gay and lesbian partners the same treatment and public health benefits as spouses.
The Cambridge ordinance has always been a symbol of Cambridge's willingness to treat its residents fairly. Although the challenge to the health insurance provision of the ordinance is likely to be upheld in court, supporters of equality ought to lobby for a change in the antiquated state law. There...