Friday, January 4, 2013
Massachusetts has some old, sometimes funny morality laws about cursing and other no-nos. But sometimes those laws play havoc with modern-day living. Is it time to clear the books?
Massachusetts is famous for its out-of-date laws. The Boston Globe cites a few, like a cursing ban at sporting events. But there are other laws, passed over 100 years ago, which could complicate present-day political and legal dilemmas. But these old laws sometimes have a major effect on modern day issues. Representative Byron Rushing, D-South End, reminded the Globe that Governor Mitt Romney used a 1913 law about residency rules to prevent out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts. That old law was scrubbed from the books in 2008, five years after it was cited by Romney. The 19th-century anti-abortion laws are a particularly thorny issue, according to the Globe. They may be relics of a time past, but that didn't stop the …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Bentley senior Bobby Reardon, a Belmont resident, has taken out nomination papers to replace Brownsberger and represent precincts two and four in East Arlington.
It was while interning this past summer in Will Brownsberger's state representative office that college student Robert Paul Reardon Jr. began entertaining the idea of running for political office. "I had the opportunity to see the positive effects you can have for people as an elected official," said Reardon, who prefers to go by Bobby. And when Brownsberger won a special election to the state Senate in January, the Belmont resident decided that he wanted to perform the same work for the community. In the past week, Reardon has taken out nomination papers and submitting them to town officials in Arlington, Belmont and Cambridge for a run to replace Brownsberger as state representative in the 24th Middlesex District, which represents …
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Melissa's Bill takes center stage at Beacon Hill and Woburn officials plan on being there in honor of slain Officer Jack Maguire.
State officials will begin discussing "Melissa's Bill" this afternoon at the State House. The bill, which has been kicked around and debated for more than a decade, would keep career criminals in jail and not eligible for parole. If Melissa's Bill had been law, supporters say Dominic Cinelli, a career criminal serving three life sentences, would not have been eligible for parole and would not have been on the streets to plan and execute a hold-up at the Kohl's jewelry counter on Dec. 26 of last year. Cinelli shot and killed Woburn Police Officer Jack Maguire who was responding to the armed robbery call. Northborough Police Chief Mark Leahy said in January that most line-of-duty deaths of officers occur “at the hands of career criminals …
Roger Lincoln
12:59 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
From http://blog.chron.com/hoofbeats/2008/03/more-strange-horse-laws "Pennsylvania law states: “Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest … more ›