The Transportation Committee recently unanimously voted to move the statewide texting ban forward with a favorable report. For a copy of the bill or a summary please contact David Isberg in my office at 617-635-4220.

The legislation calls for a ban of texting for all operators, and an outright ban ...   more »

Boston City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. today refiled an ordinance that would create replacement standards for Boston Fire Department frontline and reserve fire apparatus.

Councillor Tobin filed the legislation at the City Council’s weekly meeting today, Wednesday, February 3.

The legislation would require that all frontline fire apparatus, which ...   more »

The following was released by Kyle Cheney of the STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE on January 28, 2010.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 28. 2010…..Texting while driving would be banned for all Massachusetts motorists and junior operators would also be banned from talking on cell phones while driving, under legislation backed by ...   more »

OFFERED BY COUNCILLOR JOHN M. TOBIN, JR. & COUNCILLOR MICHAEL ROSSAN ORDINANCE REGARDING LOCAL ADOPTION OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX WORK-OFF ABATEMENT


WHEREAS, The costs associated with Housing in the City of Boston have been a burden on the residents of the City, particularly for the senior citizen ...   more »