Globe and Standard Times columnists on our local reps

Yvonne Abraham of the Boston Globe had a column about the few Democratic Representatives who were courageous enough to vote against retaining former House speaker DiMasi. Turns out a couple were from this area, Mr. Quinn and Mr. Canessa. She quotes the two in her column,

“I couldn’t support another two years of the same suffocating leadership style,’’ Canessa said.
Quinn, of Dartmouth, said he felt “very strongly that members of the Legislature should be held to a much higher standard of behavior, and I did not think Speaker DiMasi was meeting that standard.’’

Jack Spillane has a blog post here ...

... about her column and some of his thoughts as well.
There is a movement afoot for a ballot initiative on a constitutional amendment to reform Beacon Hill. This is a link to my blog post about that and here is a link to the Fix Beacon Hill website. Help gather signatures if you can.