BOSTON If you ask Democratic Sen. Harriette L. Chandler how she managed to pass controversial legislation on reproductive and civil rights throughout her time in the Massachusetts Legislature, she’ll tell you her only secret is working with lawmakers across the political aisle without looking for credit.
With over 20 years of experience in politics, the senator, who started her career as a Republican, has championed civil rights, health care and education reforms by going beyond partisan lines.
“Legislation is all about bringing two sides together to get to yes,” the 83-year-old Worcester Democrat said. “If you can understand the other person’s point of view, you can get a lot accomplished. It’s not yielding to them but finding the common thread that brings you both together.”
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AS BUDGET LOOMS, BOSTON POLICE ROCKED BY SCANDAL Acting Mayor Kim Janey took the helm at City Hall weeks ago, and has been a mayoral candidate for even less time. But Janey already has two major police scandals on her hands.
Former head of bus drivers’ union at WRTA fired for giving news interview while driving
WORCESTER A judge has ruled that the former head of the bus drivers’ union at the Worcester Regional Transit Authority was fired because he gave an interview to a news crew while driving, not because he spoke out against possible budget cuts.
“The uncontroverted evidence establishes that (plaintiff Christopher Bruce) was not terminated for speaking out to Telemundo on a public issue, i.e., proposed budget cuts, but for committing three serious Class II infractions: willful disregard of safety rules and/or common safety practice while driving a bus, failing to follow work orders and procedures, and giving an unauthorized interview to the press,” Massachusetts District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman wrote in a March 16 order. “Put another way, Bruce was terminated for permitting Telemundo to interview him while he was on duty driving a bus, not because he gave the interview, or