On the 50th Anniversary of Stopping a highway from cutting through Boston.
“So organizers started to do something about it. On Jan. 25, 1969 — just days after Governor Francis W. Sargent’s inauguration — the 2,000 people gathered on the State House stairs to protest the highway. The governor’s son, Francis W. “Bill” Sargent Jr., joined them. In December 1970, Sargent declared a moratorium on the highway...
Attracting attention on your lobby day !!
You have made detailed plans – delegations from 10 different communities from all over the state have hired buses, posted pictures in the local press, notified their legislative delegations they are coming. You’ve been lobbying this bill for 4 years. Last year you found yourself in competition with a pro life demonstration on the front...
Being bold – two Boston city counselors say “We are in crisis and we proposing to do something about it”
“We are in a crisis,” said City Councilor Lydia Edwards, the plan’s lead sponsor along with Councilor Kim Janey. “That we are suffering in one of the biggest booms in the history of our city is unacceptable.” In the thick of an affordable housing crisis that has taken hold across Greater Boston, city councilors have...
