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	<title>Will Brownsberger</title>
	
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	<description>24th Middlesex District -- State Representative -- Democrat</description>
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		<title>Restraining Innovation in Virtual Learning</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4860</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is not only failing to lead, but affirmatively inhibiting progress in online learning.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Sales tax on alcohol – other taxes, and other consumer savings</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4856</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4856#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnBowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a bit of press about the drive to repeal the sales tax on alcohol. Personally, I&#8217;m not crazy about paying an extra $1.25 on a case of Harpoon IPA. I have some questions (which I can&#8217;t find answers to on the state web site) and a suggestion. Questions: What other taxes are there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Aid impact of New Federal Funds</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4838</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4838#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These funds are flowing directly from the federal government through state executive branch agencies to schools.  They are apparently not subject to legislative action at either the state or local level. ]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Silver Maple Forest</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4835</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4835#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EllenMass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belmont uplands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver maple forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Felling a small river floodplain forest in this age of global warming and annual flooding increases, nullies any wording to describe the criminality of such an the act directed against the local communities that surround Aleiwfe.March and June rains were torrential and flooded the Alewife flood plain, surrounding the silver maple forest up to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save this forest</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4819</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4819#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SandraCurro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belmont uplands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver maple forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will I know you are doing all you can to save this beautiful area &#8211; a gem in such an urban area.  Why can&#8217;t the government use the money they are giving the developer, to save this area?     There certainly are enough people who are passionate about this forested area so that if it were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Belmont Uplands</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4797</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4797#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land preservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not exactly that the bulldozers are starting their engines, but the string of appeals and long-shot funding ideas seems to be running out on the silver maple trees of the Belmont Uplands.  
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		<title>The 2009-2010 Session: A Mixed Bag</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4794</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4794#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two year formal legislative session, now ended, has been a mixed bag.  Perhaps the best news about the session is that we got through it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Our long term financial problems.</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4786</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4786#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fundamentals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing belief among serious economists that we, as a country, face a large and unsustainable gap between our financial resources and our financial expectations. Current deficit spending by the national government and a failure to control long term debt, pension and health care costs at all levels of government will lead to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official Summary of House Accomplishments in the 2009-2010 Session</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4774</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4774#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read this post for an official overview of the accomplishments of the 2009-2010 session.]]></description>
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		<title>National Health Care Reform: A Brief Summary for Seniors and Medicare Recipients</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4757</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4757#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahMooney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I attended an information session on health care reform ran by Representative Hogan, Jessica Constantino of AARP and Deb Thompson of the PASS Group (Public Advocacy and Support Strategies) a couple of weeks ago. The material that was handed out and the presentation given were very informative, and I thought what I learned could be useful to constituents, especially for senior citizens and those on Medicare.
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		<title>Status of Alewife to Brighton Rd bike path?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4746</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4746#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Walker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alewife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I thought work was going to start  this spring on making a real trail out of the Alewife to Brighton Rd bike path? I biked on it today and it&#8217;s still the same dirt path it&#8217;s been.]]></description>
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		<title>Alewife Brook Water Quality</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4744</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4744#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PeterSullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alewife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am interning in Will’s office this summer and recently attended a hearing on sewer flows into Alewife Brook and the Charles and Mystic basins, which provided a helpful status update on projects to improve water quality.   The hearing was to extend the variance allowing for a certain level of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pensions – Public and Private</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4738</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4738#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndrewApostolos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a thoughtful discussion on On Point today about how to handle guaranteed pensions in the face of economic volatility: http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/07/pension-crisis They touch on pensions&#8217; contributions towards budget deficits, how some public employees game their respective systems, and how public salaries differ from private salaries.  It&#8217;s worth a listen if you&#8217;re interested in the issue.]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4735</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4735#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Arnott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom to vote act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I realize there&#8217;s not much time left in the current legislative session and that there are probably more than a few good bills that won&#8217;t quite make it through the legislative process in time.  I hope that the Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act (H 651 and S. 348), can be one of those that do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Limit on Rt 3</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4723</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4723#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speed limits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Will &#8211; I was up visiting my parents in Nashua and it struck me that Rt 3 is still posted at 55 MPH. According to the studies that were done during construction it&#8217;s a 65 MPH road. Several years ago, I remember a GLOBE article abotu this in which  it was indicated that &#8220;as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blanchard Road Update</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4721</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4721#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stag-local]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke earlier this week with Sue Clippinger, the traffic planner in Cambridge. She said that she was working on getting the application together for a truck ban on Blanchard Road. She said that she had all the necessary data at this stage. She said that she foresaw little objection in Cambridge since most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Improve Officer Safety</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4713</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4713#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state police officer safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Will - I read with some interest the article in Globe regarding the deaths of several Police Officers on traffic enforcement duty (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/18/trooper_struck_during_stop). This illustrates the danger of exceptional conditions on the highway. As long as traffic moves smoothly and everyone follows the rules, things generally work out fine, but anyone who’s ever been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Minimum Wage, give or take…</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4647</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4647#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndrewApostolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot goes into choosing an appropriate minimum wage level.  Like most questions of government intervention in markets, it comes down to efficiency and equity.  But even if everybody agreed on a balance between the two, there is still no guarantee that the intentions behind the law will match reality. In the interest of providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Municipal Relief Bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4635</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4635#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conference committee negotiating a municipal relief package reported a bill last night and the House accepted the report on what turned out to be straight party line vote. ]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Facilities Siting Act</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4624</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4624#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After two days of debate, the house passed a bill facilitating the siting of land based wind facilities.  The vote was 101 to 52 and I voted in the majority.]]></description>
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