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Just a pilgrim on the long road of redemption

[cmatera @cmatera]

@MassFiscal In a normal state this would be career limiting, but this is Massachusetts...so maybe not 🤷‍♂️

[Paul Diego Craney @pauldiegocraney]

Need more $350K MassDOT employees to do the work.

[Gary Sinise @GarySinise]

Today is our nations Memorial Day. Enjoy your day and take a moment to remember the true meaning of this day. A day to pay our respects to all those who have given their lives in our country's defense. God bless these brave heroes and their families.

[cmatera @cmatera]

This is so petty on the towns part…

[Freedom in America! @FreedomAmerica]

Rutland, Massachusetts hosts a massive, multi-day 4th of July celebration spanning late June through Independence Day. The festivities are renowned for their traditional small-town feel, featuring a massive municipal parade, junior olympics, live band concerts, a strawberry festival, and a grand fireworks display.

Key Festival Events
•The Parade: The municipal parade is the grand finale of the celebration, typically stepping off on the afternoon of July 4th at 2:00 p.m. It features marching bands, elaborate floats, and local civic organizations traveling through the center of town.

•Fireworks & Entertainment: The major fireworks extravaganza is typically held on the night of July 3rd, often accompanied by a traditional chicken barbecue and a strawberry festival.

•Family Activities: The days leading up to the 4th typically include a community bonfire, a pancake breakfast, volleyball tournaments, and a bike and doll carriage parade.

Important Details
•Theme: The overarching theme for the celebration is "Spirit of America: Rooted in Rutland!

The town is threatening to cancel this tradition that has been celebrated for 78 years because of a massive tax override failed. To do this on America 250 is a disgrace.

#SaveTheForth
#SaveJuly4th
#America250
#RutlandMA
#TownOfRutland
#CancelJuly4th
#MemorialDay

[cmatera @cmatera]

@MassFiscal Boy, if this $ only went to local aid perhaps towns wouldn't have to crush their residents with property tax increases!

[Jennifer Nassour @JenniferNassour]

Funny how campaign finance reform suddenly becomes urgent the second a political outsider starts competing with the machine.

Unions, PACs, and political insiders spend big money in Massachusetts races all the time. But when a candidate uses his own money instead of owing favors to the usual crowd, now it’s a “democracy” crisis?

If Beacon Hill wants a real conversation about money in politics, great. Let’s have it. But cherry-picking the issue only when it’s politically convenient is exactly why people don’t trust the system.
https://t.co/vmZLMLG5qK

[cmatera @cmatera]

@ConsiderMeDunn @pauldiegocraney lol, I’ll take the dodging off the question as a YES!!

[Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance @MassFiscal]

Remember this the next time your town needs a Prop 2 1/2 override.

[cmatera @cmatera]

@JoeConchaTV Now do one for Massachusetts and Governor Healy @MikeMinogueABMD …

[cmatera @cmatera]

@MassFiscal NetZero 🤦‍♂️must mean net zero growth, net zero taxpaying business, the only thing we are netting is an outflow of residents to states like NH or FL….sigh

[Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS) @jean_twenge]

Reading scores, 3rd graders to 8th graders, 2015 to 2025. This is a national tragedy.

[Paul Diego Craney @pauldiegocraney]

That she created.

[Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer]

This guy has the best political ads.

Because they’re not political. They are so much bigger than that.

“All I want to do is rebuild my home!”

[cmatera @cmatera]

@jessmachadoshow Almost as if the funding shifted from shelters to “rental” assitance 🤔😂

[Fiscal Alliance Foundation @FiscalAlliance]

NEW STUDY 📉📊

Massachusetts homeowners are paying thousands less thanks to Proposition 2½.

If Prop 2½ was never passed, the median bill would exceed $24,000.

Despite the rhetoric, it’s not overly restrictive. It simply prevents automatic tax hikes.

https://t.co/QtvWK7lzHT

[cmatera @cmatera]

@WCVB “sending” its our money to begin with🤦‍♂️

[cmatera @cmatera]

@WDWakeman I look forward to this enforcement coming to Massachusetts!!

[Chuck Ellis @MuddyWatersME]

🚨 BRUNSWICK RESIDENT CALLS OUT THE SCHOOL BUDGET SHELL GAME 🚨
Sean Hogan just laid it out plain and simple at the City Council meeting:
“We need to treat the school department as a business — not a social service.”
While test scores in English, math, and science keep dropping year after year…
The school budget has exploded — up $21.9 million (a 54.5% increase) since the current superintendent took over.
What do we have to show for it? Nothing but declining achievement.
Hogan nailed the double standard:
• Teachers and bus drivers shouldn’t lose their jobs.
• But the executives and school board who keep delivering worse results? They should be out.
He exposed the numbers trickery:
Budget talks about “cutting positions,” but the official ED 279 reports show the teacher count barely changes — or even goes up.
“It’s a shell game.”
Enough with the excuses. Enough with the endless tax increases for failing outcomes.
Time to run schools like a real business: demand results or change the leadership.
#BrunswickME #NoTaxHike #SchoolAccountability #StopTheShellGame #MaineTaxpayers #TaxpayerRevolt
Repost if you’re sick of paying more for worse results! 🔥💪

[cmatera @cmatera]

@JonathanTurley This is so true…