State Senate Candidate Brad Williams condemns Massachusetts Secretary of State Galvin for failing to protect our Servicemen and Women as required by the MOVE Act.

08/12/2010

The servicemen and women of Massachusetts and other overseas citizens from the Bay State are in danger of having their right to vote violated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The right of these voters to participate in elections must be honored.

In a regrettable move, William F. Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, has filed a waiver application with the federal government that would allow Massachusetts to ignore parts of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act), a law designed to increase the participation of servicemen and women and overseas voters by requiring states to enable military and overseas voters to effectively participate in federal elections. (continued...)

Reform of Boston Public School Student Assignment Policy is Long Overdue

29-06-2010

West Roxbury, MA –Brad Williams, candidate for State Senate, strongly encourages the Boston School Committee to reform its student assignment policy in order to improve the availability of neighborhood schools to residents, to promote family and community engagement in the and to reduce costs.

Favoring Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol R. Johnson’s proposal to replace the current three-zone model for assigning elementary and middle school students with a five-zone model, Brad Williams recognizes the benefits of neighborhood-based schools and acknowledges the frustrations many families have endured under the current policy.

“I had a conversation with a West Roxbury resident who was moving his family to Westwood because he has four children under age 9 and he not only can't get them into neighborhood schools, he can't even get them into the same school,” said Williams. “Private school would be too expensive with four school-aged children; so they are moving to a significantly smaller house in Westwood in order to make it possible for them all to attend the same public school. How many times has this scenario been repeated?” (continued...)

Brad Williams Qualifies for the November Ballot

6-8-2010

Williams Files 578 Certified Signatures to Appear on Ballot for State Senate in Suffolk and Norfolk District.

Brad Williams, the Republican candidate for State Senate in the Suffolk and Norfolk district, has filed 578 certified signatures to the office of the Secretary of State, far surpassing the 300 signatures required to make the ballot in November. "Our campaign has reached a major
milestone,” said Williams.

Williams continued, "We collected signatures from all six towns in the district: West Roxbury, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Dedham, Westwood, and Norwood. We started in the snow and ended with sunburn. Besides personally meeting most of the signers myself, I particularly enjoyed
collecting signatures alongside the Boy Scouts from Troop 5 when they were selling tickets for their Pancake Breakfast. I remember the 18 year-old Norwood resident who had just registered to vote; signing my nomination paper was her first act as a registered voter." (...continued)

Williams Calls on State Representative Rush to Fully Disclose his Dealing with the Massachusetts Probation Department

5-28-2010

West Roxbury, MA – State Senate candidate Brad Williams called today for State Representative Michael F. Rush to give a full accounting of his involvement with the Massachusetts Probation Department.

Representative Rush recently sponsored an amendment to the budget that would force the offices of Robert A. Mulligan, the Chief Justice for Administration and Management of the Trial Court, who oversees facets of the Probation Department, to relocate from its current downtown Boston location to an uninhabitable floor of the Charleston District Court.

Purportedly, the amendment was offered as a cost saving measure, but at the time he sponsored the amendment, Rush had already given a deposition under subpoena as part of an ongoing lawsuit involving his father’s tenure as chief probation officer of West Roxbury District Court charging discrimination on the basis of race and sex.

According to a Globe article from May 23, “A source with direct knowledge of the matter said Rush had spoken of wanting to punish Mulligan... for how his father was treated." (...continued)