Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, sent letters earlier this week to Saks and FAO Schwartz, blasting them with words like “insidiously offensive”, “stigmatizing” and “demeaning”.
The reason for Mr. Pertman’s fury? A new toy called the “Newborn Nursery Adoption Centers”.
Month: October 2005
$108,000
That’s the allocation of public funds FROM MASSACHUSETTS ALONE that have been granted by the state Legislature for EACH evacuee transported from New Orleans to Camp Edwards on Cape Cod.
Put another way: that’s over half a million dollars for a family of five.
In addition, evacuees can choose between a federal cash benefit of $26,000 for housing, transportation, etc., or assistance covering 100 percent of rent and utilities for a year.
Peter, Bonnie and the kids should be so lucky.
Dice Polls
Dice, the popular job search site for IT pros, runs regular polls, and unlike many surveys, both the questions and the available answers are grounded in reality rather than HR-inspired sophistry.
Here’s some recent examples:
Showtime
Today was the first session of the Cape Technology Workshop.
Seeing all those little faces – 15 of them – what a feeling…
Utter Nonsense
Last Friday, officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston met with several dozen business leaders here and made the incredible statement that “the Cape’s economy has been a bright spot in the state”.
Overnight, with Grands
Had a great time with P&B’s kids, an unplanned overnight visit that extended into Saturday with a trip a local farm for pumpkin “picking” and later to the Kennedy Memorial Skating Rink in Hyannis.
Spoiled?
Maybe it’s the weather or coincidence, but recently, 3 women in my acquaintance have reported issues, 2 pretty serious, resulting from a common cause: mothers spoiling their daughters rotten and getting bitten in the backside as a result.
Melanie’s Bill
Massachusetts legislators have been notoriously lenient on drunk drivers, theory being that a lot of them make a good living as defense attorneys for clients charged with DUI.
Examples of same include House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and Reps. Michael Costello, Daniel Webster and Eugene O’Flaherty.
DiMasi, in fact, appointed the latter three to the conference committee which has been tasked with reconciling the Mass. House and Senate versions of Melanie’s Bill.
Good News, Bad News, Worse News
The MetroWest Daily News reported yesterday that bankruptcy filings in Massachusetts have quadrupled this month as compared to last October.
Reason is, the new bankruptcy law takes effect this coming Monday.
Jenson v. Eveleth
This is the lawsuit that inspired the film “North Country”, which is opening later this month, October 21.
Here’s a link to a timeline for the actual lawsuit.