“Beacon Hill progressives call for action on legislation” — Katie Lannan, State House News Service (5/4/2017)
“We have a fully Democratic Legislature, supermajorities. We have a governor who’s a Republican, but we have veto-proof majorities, so what’s the issue there?” said Harmony Wu, who serves on the group’s board of directors. “Something’s been missing. Many things have been missing, but one piece that we haven’t had in Massachusetts is a sustained, long-term, grassroots-organizing, citizen-advocacy push where we are speaking up with one voice saying we are tired of this way, we’d like to see leadership in this way.”
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John Kirk, a member of the group’s Needham chapter, said the lobby day is part of an effort to help the state “fulfill its progressive promise” by letting them know “the passion’s real” behind the issues.
“Since it’s a Democratic-controlled Legislature, why don’t we pass these obvious bills that everybody’s in favor of and make perfect sense? Well, we’re trying to figure that out,” said Kirk.
