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editor’s note: a message from Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for governor of Massachusetts:

Dear friends,

Welcome to our campaign’s weekly e-mail update. We’re off to a fantastic start, and I wanted to welcome new supporters and old friends with a quick message about the incredible opportunity that we face, even in the midst of great crises.

On Capitol Hill and Beacon Hill the sellouts continue apace - to health insurance giants, Wall Street banksters, war hawks and climate spoilers. Business as usual is still taking a heavy toll on our jobs, health, communities and environment, pushing us towards the brink. More than ever, there is cause to rise up for justice, survival and the future we deserve. We have an unprecedented opportunity to tip the balance in 2010 towards a healthy, just, sustainable future –in Massachusetts and beyond.

This campaign will be a vehicle for our shared vision that grows more essential with every passing year: vibrant, secure local economies, community-based green jobs, alternative clean energy and local agriculture (two of the fastest growing sectors around), an end to needless, cruel home foreclosures, and Medicare for all. Click to continue »

By William S. Coleman III, Independent Candidate

I am a candidate for the United States Senate. I truly believe the United States of America is the greatest country in the world. Opportunity for any persons dream is only limited to the self imposed borders of ones own imagination. This is what is great about America and what separates us from other countries.

But the America we live in is not and was not made to be perfect. The founding Mothers and Fathers of our country instilled in us an American work ethic that encourages us to make America better and stronger. Click to continue »

By Rosalie Tirella

Is there something in the Pickle Barrel’s fish and chip dinners?! Or has Bill Coleman - a friend whom I love dearly and a guy who eats at the Pickle Barrell regularly and runs for public office just as regularly - been dropping acid into his tartar sauce???!!

Just last week The Green Island Grrrl ran outa gas in the middle of the day in the middle of the country! She called friend Bill Coleman, who came within the hour to give her some gas. (We think he even bought a gas can for the occassion!) Bill and I talked politics, we talked family, we talked lunch. Never did we talk about Bill running for the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s seat. After he filled up my tank, I gave him a big thank-you hug, and Bill drove off into the sunshine.

What the hell happened between last Tuesday and last Friday, when he made his announcement that he was running for the US Senate (obviously skipping over me/InCity Times to get the biggest bang for his shameless self-promoting buck.)?

Did lightening strike Bill’s head? Did he read something somewhere that spurred him on? Did Bill have some kind of epiphany or call from God or some other higher power (Congressman Jim McGovern) to pursue higher office Click to continue »

By John Monfredo, Worcester School Committee member

If I could give every student just three educational gifts, the first one would be a love of reading. The second would be a LIBRARY CARD with a commitment from a parent to take that child to the library as often as possible. The third one would be the gift of reading aloud to that child every single day. Children who are interested readers and interested learners tend to lead successful lives.
If you read my last story on the “SUMMER SLIDE” [ICT, volume 8 issue 23] you will know what research said on this topic. What is the “summer slide?” The summer slide is the decline in reading achievement that children suffer just from being away from school. Parents, remember reading like playing a musical instrument, is not something that is mastered once and for all at a certain age. It is a skill that continues to improve through practice.

Thus, my resolve is to get everyone involved in summer reading. With access to books and reading encouragement, kids can avoid the summer slide. Click to continue »