“We won’t be deterred and we won’t be divided. I will keep fighting for the residents of the Massachusetts’ 7th, the district that is my HOME. Ilhan, Rashida, Alex, and I represent 4 of the most diverse districts in America. When you come for us, you come for our constituents and we won’t stand for that.” Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

“Mass. lawmakers have two bosses, heed one (hint: it’s not the voters)”
In his June 8th Letter to Editor (Boston Globe), Ward 4 Vice Chair Jonathan Cohn points to the consequences of over-centralized power in the state legislature. The inertia on Beacon Hill is “worsening…with few bills, few votes, and almost