The focus of this paper is the choice that local retirement boards have of managing their own investors or investing all or a portion of their assets in PRIT. Most local boards choose to retain control of their investments. In 2004, 55 out of the 104 local systems invested entirely on their own, 29 had some assets invested in PRIT or the PRIT segmentation program, and only 20 invested entirely with PRIT.
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On Friday, April 28, 2006 Pioneer Institute and the Clean Water Council held a forum on the issue of MWRA’s potential expansion as a water supplier for more communities. The issue is significant because of its what it means to the environment, development and the cost of water for millions of residents in Massachusetts. The forum featured a panel including: Mary Griffin, General Counsel, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Manager, Town of Reading; Fred Laskey, Executive Director, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; and Mark P. Smith, Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy and former Water Policy Director, EOEA.
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Author: Susan Frechette
This paper looks at the success of competitive contracting in addressing long-term cap- ital needs, reducing operating costs, and expanding access to state-owned skating rinks since the 1990s. It argues that the lessons learned from the experience can be applied notonly to other assets in recreation portfolio that are suffering from budget cuts and neglect, but also to many other services and activities that the Commonwealth has been performing directly.
Long-Term Leasing of State Skating Rinks: A Competitive Contracting Success Story
“She’s a good girl. She helps me a lot. She has big, big dreams. I don’t have the money, but she has big dreams. I hope she’s going to get everything, but she works so hard. She works so hard in school.”
“Our family is needing to make some really big sacrifices because we believe this is important, and so, we’re basically going to do whatever it takes… Sometimes we look at each other and go ‘I don’t know if I can do it again another month…’”
“A lot of the families have to sacrifice and work multiple jobs… And just scraping together enough money to just make tuition, just the basics.”
“It is discriminatory, that parents who want to choose an alternative to public school for their children, would not in any way receive any compensation for that, whether it be tax credit, whether it be a voucher…”
In the 1840s, nativist movement leaders formed official political parties and local chapters of the national Native American Party (later the American Party), although they continued to be commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party. Politicians sought to insert provisions into state constitutions against Catholics who refused to renounce the pope. The Know-Nothing movement brought bigotry and hatred to a new level of violence and organization.
The party’s legacy endured in the post-Civil War era, with laws and constitutional amendments it supported, still today severely limiting parents’ educational choices. A federal constitutional amendment was proposed by Speaker of the House James Blaine prohibiting money raised by taxation in any State to be under the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised or lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations. These were then named the Blaine Amendments of 1875.
in recent decades, often in response to challenges to school choice programs, the U.S. Supreme Court has demonstrated great interest in examining the issues of educational alternatives and attempts limit parental options. Massachusetts plays a key role in this debate. The Bay State was a key center of the Know-Nothing movement and has the oldest version of Anti-Aid Amendments in the nation, as well as a second such amendment approved in 1917. Two-fifths of Massachusetts residents are Catholic, and its Catholic schools outperform the state’s public schools, which are the best in the nation.
The focus of this paper is the choice that local retirement boards have of managing their own investors or investing all or a portion of their assets in PRIT. Most local boards choose to retain control of their investments. In 2004, 55 out of the 104 local systems invested entirely on their own, 29 had some assets invested in PRIT or the PRIT segmentation program, and only 20 invested entirely with PRIT.
Download Report: Leaving Money on the Table: The 106 Pension Systems of Massachusetts Public Employee Benefits Series: Part 2
On Friday, April 28, 2006 Pioneer Institute and the Clean Water Council held a forum on the issue of MWRA’s potential expansion as a water supplier for more communities. The issue is significant because of its what it means to the environment, development and the cost of water for millions of residents in Massachusetts. The forum featured a panel including: Mary Griffin, General Counsel, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Manager, Town of Reading; Fred Laskey, Executive Director, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; and Mark P. Smith, Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy and former Water Policy Director, EOEA.
Download Report: Water Management and the MWRA
Author: Susan Frechette
This paper looks at the success of competitive contracting in addressing long-term cap- ital needs, reducing operating costs, and expanding access to state-owned skating rinks since the 1990s. It argues that the lessons learned from the experience can be applied notonly to other assets in recreation portfolio that are suffering from budget cuts and neglect, but also to many other services and activities that the Commonwealth has been performing directly.
Long-Term Leasing of State Skating Rinks: A Competitive Contracting Success Story
Leaving Money on the Table: The 106 Pension Systems of Massachusetts Public Employee Benefits Series: Part 2
/0 Comments/in Better Government, Municipal Management, Unfunded Liabilities /by Ken ArdonThe focus of this paper is the choice that local retirement boards have of managing their own investors or investing all or a portion of their assets in PRIT. Most local boards choose to retain control of their investments. In 2004, 55 out of the 104 local systems invested entirely on their own, 29 had some assets invested in PRIT or the PRIT segmentation program, and only 20 invested entirely with PRIT.
Download Report: Leaving Money on the Table: The 106 Pension Systems of Massachusetts Public Employee Benefits Series: Part 2
Water Management and the MWRA
/0 Comments/in Transcripts /by Pioneer InstituteOn Friday, April 28, 2006 Pioneer Institute and the Clean Water Council held a forum on the issue of MWRA’s potential expansion as a water supplier for more communities. The issue is significant because of its what it means to the environment, development and the cost of water for millions of residents in Massachusetts. The forum featured a panel including: Mary Griffin, General Counsel, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Manager, Town of Reading; Fred Laskey, Executive Director, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; and Mark P. Smith, Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy and former Water Policy Director, EOEA.
Download Report: Water Management and the MWRA
Long-Term Leasing of State Skating Rinks: A Competitive Contracting Success Story
/0 Comments/in Economic Opportunity, Press Releases, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffAuthor: Susan Frechette
This paper looks at the success of competitive contracting in addressing long-term cap- ital needs, reducing operating costs, and expanding access to state-owned skating rinks since the 1990s. It argues that the lessons learned from the experience can be applied notonly to other assets in recreation portfolio that are suffering from budget cuts and neglect, but also to many other services and activities that the Commonwealth has been performing directly.
Long-Term Leasing of State Skating Rinks: A Competitive Contracting Success Story