Hello fellow Activists!

The Massachusetts Justice Foundation is  advancing  the following  Legislative Agenda for the upcomming 2009 legislative session:

1. Reform of State Public Record Law.      Public records in Massachusetts, it turns out, are not so public. 50 years after the the first public record law was inacted the State Legislature inacted legislation to exempt itself. The Judicary soon followed suit, ruling they too were above public scruinity. Judicial officials go so far as to say its budget and salary records are beyond the reach of the law (of note is the total budget for the Judiciary has increased by 82% in the last decade alone, while case load has remained stagnant or decreased). The Government should be covered from the top down by the public record law. Transparency is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy.

Newsketeer Endorses ObamaEndorsement of Barack H. Obama for President of the United States of America

BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA - After much consideration about the need for the United States of America to move in an entirely new, productive and peaceable direction, it is with great calm and gladness that I name an endorsement that fits closely with the ideals of my own conscience. That person is Mr. Barack Obama, Senator from Illinois. This endorsement is a first for my Newsketeer! online publication. Although as a news source we pitiably insignificant, as we are woefully disconnected from the central machinations of Washington, the workings of which too often fail to serve the better interests of the United States Citizen, or the citizens of the world at large, whether they socialize within the sphere of the civilized or the primitive, our voice is yet Adamant, primal and sincere.

Relief on Recess of Barbaric Legislation

To the Honorable Governor Mitt Romney, et. al., To His Excellency, the Honorable Deval L. Patrick, Governor-elect:

Dear Sir:

What a relief this wicked abomination of a scheme to upset social justice failed to go forward with the Nov. 9 109-87 vote by lawmakers to recess the so-called “Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban Same-Sex Marriage”. Evil intent is the puppetmaster behind such an ill-conceived initiative; fear its loyal subject. This horrible idea was propagated by the mean in spirit, the vesitges of humanity’s dark past we are trying to breed out of a just and modern society. Attempting to bring the pledge of marriage between consenting adults under the mixed control of state and religion hearkens to the days of slavery, and other human chattel. Congratulations to all those who managed to block this measure for the time being. It is both a victory for maintenance of separation of church and state, and social justice. Massachusetts must protect the human rights of minority classes who choose in full knowledge to live by the dictates of their conscience. If preservation of the sanctity of marriage is at the heart of this issue, perhaps the legislature should instead consider legislation against divorce. The very fact that such consideration is absent is proof of the archaic traditions that have kept our Commonwealth from prosperous enjoyment and superior quality of life.

Sincerely,
Gregory G. Lewis
Journalist-in-Chief,
www.newsketeer.com