Friday, December 7, 2012
City's state legislators chime in on Gov. Deval Patrick's proposed aid cuts.
Gov. Deval Patrick announced plans to close a $540 million state budget deficit this week through a combination of cuts and transfers from the state's "rainy day" fund. The proposed cuts, some of which require the approval of the legislature, would reduce the state's planned aid to Woburn in the current fiscal year, FY2013, by nearly $50,000. City officials rarely cut a single position to make up for a lump sum state aid cut. Normally, officials will take from several accounts or make up the funding by using a "savings" account. Woburn's state legislators react... "Sen. [Ken] Donnelly would not approve these cuts. The senator understands there is a revenue problem in the commonwealth, but would need to see the whole package of cuts in…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A letter from State Sen. Ken Donnelly.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The following is a letter to the editor from State Sen. Kenneth Donnelly to the residents of the Fourth Middlesex District: It has been an honor to serve as your Senator from the 4th Middlesex District for the past four years and I am excited to be able to continue this role for another term. As another hectic election year comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those that made this election a success. I would like to thank all of you that voted. Regardless of how you voted, I commend you for exercising one of the basic rights we as a nation afford to our citizens. As President Obama said in his victory speech, “Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you.” I will…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
With a majority of town reporting the race is being called for Kenneth Donnelly.
State Sen. Ken Donnelly, D-Arlington, has been re-elected by district voters to continue to represent the Fourth Middlesex District based on the towns that have reported thus far. The district includes the towns of Arlington, Woburn, Lexington, Burlington and Billerica. At this time Woburn, Burlington and Arlington have reported the results of the state senator's re-election bid against Republican challenger Gerry Dembrowski. In Woburn Donnelly took 10,065 votes versus Dembrowski's 6,989. In Burlington he won 7,310 to 4,769. In Lexington, Donnelly tallied 8,239 votes to Dembrowski's 2,664. And in his hometown of Arlington he took a whopping 19,292 to 4,283. Billerica had not reported results at the time of this report. Donnelly was first …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Send your letters to the editor to woburn@patch.com.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
To the Residents of Woburn: I am writing to you today to let you know about my endorsement of State Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly for re-election in this year’s state election on November 6, 2012. I have had the pleasure of knowing Ken for the past several years now, and through serving with him in the State Legislature for the past four years. Ken has become a great friend and great partner in representing the best interests of the taxpayers of the City of Woburn on Beacon Hill. He is a man of great integrity and character who has been a full-time, dedicated legislator on behalf of the residents of not only Woburn, but Arlington, Lexington, Bedford, Burlington and Billerica. During our time in the Legislature, Ken has been a leader on …
Monday, July 16, 2012
Woburn's state senator meets a famous colleague.
State Sen. Ken Donnelly recently met President Barack Obama at a Boston event in June. It was Donnelly's first time meeting the president. "It was an honor to meet President Obama last night," the senator wrote on his Facebook page. "I was able to thank him for all he has done for our country and let him know that I am looking forward to what he will do in his second term!"
Friday, July 6, 2012
City to receive Chapter 90 money.
Woburn is just one of several communities to benefit from the recent Chapter 90 funding legislation at the State House. According to State Rep. Jim Dwyer, he and State Rep. Jay Kaufman, along with State Sen. Ken Donnelly, all voted in favor of the Chapter 90 legislation, which will give $200 million to communities in Massachusetts for municipal road improvements and maintenance. “Providing funding for much needed improvements to our infrastructure allows municipalities to focus local budgets on vital services that taxpayers expect,” said Rep. Dwyer. “I am proud that the House and Senate came together to help our communities with this crucial investment.” Under the Chapter 90 program, cities and towns are reimbursed for road construction…
Jed
11:50 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Also, I believe those were just Danielle's observations as budget line-items that were in the 50K ballpark and not neccesarily proposed cuts more ›