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Holder swears in first woman and Hispanic US attorney in Mass.
In our round up of notable Milton events we made (at least) one glaring omission; the nomination of Milton’s Carmen Ortiz as the first woman and Hispanic US attorney from Massachusetts. She was sworn in yesterday by US Attorney General Eric Holder.
from The Boston Globe
They met 30 years ago when he was a junior lawyer in the US Justice Department in Washington and she was a George Washington University Law School student with a summer internship in his unit.
Today, Eric H. Holder Jr., the nation’s first black attorney general, officially swore in Carmen Milagros Ortiz as the first woman and Hispanic US attorney in Massachusetts. The ceremony was held at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse before hundreds of judges, dignitaries, lawyers and supporters of Ortiz. (Read the full story here.)
Attorney General in Boston for New U.S. Attorney from Milton
from Wicked Local Milton
Attorney General Eric Holder is in Boston today for the installation of Carmen M. Ortiz of Milton as the new U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts.
The ceremony was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Moakley Courthouse in South Boston. (Read the full story here.)
Wednesday is deadline to register for US Senate special election
from Boston Globe
Wednesday is the last day for Massachusetts residents to register to vote in the Jan. 19 special election to fill the US Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy.
The race pits Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, against Republican state Senator Scott Brown. Independent Joseph L. Kennedy is also contesting in the race. (Read the full story here.)
Milton’s political wallet is big
A story in today’s Boston Globe discusses the financial contributions various towns on the south shore have made to the different candidates for US Senate.
Milton is one of three communities that appears in the top five lists of not one but three of the four democratic candidates! Whoa. Coakley reportedly raised $45,000 followed by Capauano with $20,000 and Khazei with about $8,000.
You can read the full story here.
Democrats Hold First Debate In Senate Race Tonight
This hasn’t received much attention; but there will be a debate this evening among candidates for the U.S Sentate.
Coakly, Capuano, and Khazei will square off at 7:00pm this evening (10/26/09). You can watch the debate on WBZ-TV, channel 4 and also online at wbztv.com
The debate sponsored by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate. The subject hasn’t been limited, and it will be moderated by former WBZ Radio political analyst Peter Meade.
Milton Parks and Recreation Red Sox Game
BOSTON RED SOX GAME
JULY 27, 2009 @ 7PM
BOSTON RED SOX VS OAKLAND A’S
TICKETS WITH TRANSPORTATION ONLY $59
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*(CHILDREN UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED
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BUS WILL DEPART MILTON HIGH SCHOOL LOWER PARKING LOT @ 5:30PM
For Tickets, contact the Milton Rec Department
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MHS student, Siobhán O’Grady, speaks at Town Meeting in support of contingent budget
MyTownMatters Commentary
The other night at Town Meeting there were quite a few speakers who said their piece about various articles.
One of them was a Milton High School senior, Siobhán O’Grady, who spoke in support of the contingent or override budget.
We asked her permission to publish it, not because of the position she took, but because of the courage, intelligence and heart it required of her to compose it and deliver it.
This is what Ms. O’Grady said:
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Thank you Mr. Moderator for granting me permission to speak.
My name is Siobhán O’Grady. I live at 9 Oak Road, and I am a senior at Milton High.
Last month, as my A.P. teachers prepared for the final stretch before the May exams, my English teacher assigned our class an essay to work on “writing for an occasion.” She gave us a few situations to choose among, one of which was pretending that we had been asked to make the opening remarks at Senior Awards Night. The following is an excerpt from my essay:
“This is my fourth Senior Awards Night. I have watched both of my older sisters walk across this same stage to accept generous awards from various organizations and as a member of the student government I have acted as a photographer to document other senior recipients. And while each year I never cease to be amazed by the generosity of our wonderful benefactors, I am also amazed by the wonderful accomplishments Milton High School’s students have achieved over their four years at this school. Milton High’s seniors have been leaders of organizations, captains of sports teams, and officers of clubs and musical groups. But we have also completed at least 140 hours each of community service, raised thousands of dollars for charitable organizations and rallied together to support overrides that have preserved not only our own quality of education but also the education of future generations. We have built a real community in the school, a community that reaches out to those in conditions worse than our own, that comes together to cope with loss and struggle, and that works to make all students feel comfortable and welcome. The daily bulletin is overflowing with reminders for club meetings, always encouraging new members to join, and the end-of-school announcements reinforce just how much is going on in our school.”
After writing my essay I went back to proofread the whole thing. I read and re-read that opening paragraph I just shared with you, and I realized that four years from now, a senior will not be able to write an essay like mine. His or her classmates will not be the officers of clubs and musical groups because if this proposed override foils then next year, all after-school music groups are slated to be cut, and the school will not be able to fund stipends for faculty advisors, thus leaving clubs behind. And who knows if in four years there will be sports to captain, as the gap between costs and funding seems to grow each day.