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Daily Update 09/21: Cabinet Meeting in Richmond

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Today: Monday, September 21, 2009

  • In keeping with Governor Patrick���s recovery plan, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) is calling for proposals for $15 million in federal recovery funds for projects implementing dramatic increases in energy efficiency in buildings across the Commonwealth. This opportunity is open to both public and private entities, including businesses, hospitals, universities, municipalities, community organizations and others.  Learn more here.

In the Press:

Governor Patrick Holds a Meeting with Cabinet Secretaries in Richmond by you.

 

Governor Patrick shakes hands with students from the Richmond Consolidated School after they sang ���It���s a Grand Old Flag��� following Friday morning���s cabinet meeting.

 

  • Cabinet Meeting in Richmond ��� On Friday, Governor Patrick met with members of his cabinet at the Consolidated School in Richmond. The meeting covered such topics as the budget, transportation, MCAS scores and health care. In a press conference following the meeting, Governor Patrick said his recovery from hip surgery is going well and that he planned to make an interim appointment to the U.S. Senate as soon as possible should a bill granting him the authority to do so reach his desk.

 

  • Support for Local Workers ��� Governor Patrick expressed his concern for the Boston-area Hyatt housekeepers that were recently let go, and spoke directly to Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian about the company���s decision on Friday. The Governor said: ���I���m troubled by it. I can see that there are good people who had a job one day and don���t the next and who seem to have been replaced by people who are just going to be paid a lot less. At a time when the economy doesn���t make for a lot of other options for people, it���s doubly troubling.������

  • Commitment to Civic Engagement ��� Building on the Patrick-Murray Administration���s commitment to civic engagement and governing for the long-term, on Friday Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray continued to promote resources available to cities and towns.  In Lynn, Lieutenant Governor Murray joined Mayor Clancy of Lynn at the Municipal Affairs Coordinating Cabinet���s meeting, and later met with local officials in Melrose and Wakefield to discuss regionalizing local public health services.  ���These cabinet meetings have allowed me and other state officials to hear directly from municipal officials and the public about local concerns across various regions in our Commonwealth,��� said Lieutenant Governor Murray.  Thursday���s meeting in Lynn is the Cabinet���s eighteenth meeting. Learn more here.

  • Continued MCAS Improvement ��� Last week, state education officials released the strong 2009 school and district MCAS results. In addition to the MCAS results, Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester announced that 54 percent of the state's schools have been identified for improvement because federal accountability standards have increased. An editorial in today���s Boston Globe expresses support for the state���s approach: ���Massachusetts maintains among the highest academic standards and toughest tests for students in the nation, even at the risk of looking bad on federal measures of ���adequate yearly progress. The public should also remember that 90 percent of the Class of 2010 already has met the required passing grade on the MCAS exams, a grade that would probably earn them proficiency ratings in many states.��� Read more in the full editorial here.