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Toomey says he voted for casinos for job, local aid benefits The Cambridge Chronicle | April 20, 2010 Cambridge — In voting to pass the bill to expand gaming in Massachusetts last week, the House took an important first step to secure new sources of revenue, provide both temporary and permanent jobs, and implement casino gaming in the commonwealth in a responsible manner.
Toomey supports interim Senate appointment legislation The Cambridge Chronicle | September 1, 2009 State Rep.Tim Toomey (D – Cambridge) announced that he will support legislation to allow the Governor to appoint an interim Senator to represent Massachusetts in Congress until the seat is filled in a special election set for Jan 19, 2010. “With such a wide variety of meaningful and consequential legislation currently being debated in Congress, from Health Care to Education to Climate Change, it is essential now more than at any other time in recent memory that Massachusetts has two senators in Washington to ensure that our Commonwealth is fairly and adequately represented,” said Toomey.
Cambridge mourns Sen. Kennedy's death The Cambridge Chronicle | August 26, 2009 Cambridge — He was a member of the state’s most famous family, graduated from one of the country’s most prestigious universities in Cambridge, and marched on as a political leader despite his yearlong battle with brain cancer. On Tuesday night, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy passed away at the age of 77 at his Hyannis Port home, according to his family. Those from Cambridge who worked closely with the longtime Massachusetts politician fondly reflected on the legacy he left behind.
Cambridge city councilors blast city manager over handling of Gates' arrest aftermath The Cambridge Chronicle | July 27, 2009 Cambridge — For the past week, city councilors say they have been kept in the dark about the details of the Henry Louis Gates, Jr. case and decisions City Manager Bob Healy has made on behalf of Cambridge. On Monday night, a handful of councilors took Healy and Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas to task for not keeping them informed about past press conferences and in the loop about the decision to form a committee to investigate the city’s police department.
Toomey Boosts Child Booster Seat Bill The Somerville Journal | March 6, 2008 Somerville - Rep. Tim Toomey (D-Cambridge) stood Tuesday in the State House with State Senator Stephen Baddour and State Representative Michael Costello, along with doctors and State Police Officers to advocate for Senate Bill 2018, An Act Relative To Child Passenger Safety. The bill would require that children up to eight years in age, or 57 inches in height, sit in booster seats while riding in motor vehicles. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children. “The saddest part is that the leading cause of death for our state’s children is also the most preventable,” said Toomey. “We now have a great opportunity to significantly stem the tide of these unimaginable yet often avoidable deaths, and we ignore it at our children’s peril.”
Major Progress for Green Line Extension The Somerville Journal | November 29, 2007 BOSTON – Somerville’s legislative delegation announced the inclusion of money in Governor Deval Patrick’s transportation bond bill to fully fund the Green Line extension into Somerville and Medford. The bill will allow the state to issue bonds for the full $600 million estimated cost of the project. “The citizens of Somerville, Cambridge and Medford have been waiting a long, long time for this project to happen,” said Representative Toomey. “I’m happy that there is finally concrete progress to report. This is great news for our roads, for our environment, for local businesses and for the people of these cities.” The state announced in October that a contract had been signed with a consultant to begin the 18-month environmental review process, and a community advisory group has begun holding public meetings. For more information and to stay up to date, visit the project’s web site at www.greenlinextension.org.
Toomey Announces Passage of Bill to Support Cambridge Troops Cambridge Chronicle | November 8, 2007 Representative Toomey today announced that a bill he sponsored to guarantee that city of Cambridge employees called to active military duty receive full base salary and benefits for the duration of their service was signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick. House Bill 4079 makes Cambridge the first city in the state to legislate that its municipal employees continue to be paid in full, regardless of any pay received by the U.S. military. The bill also guarantees that a Cambridge employee serving overseas will not lose any seniority or any accrued vacation, sick or personal leave time. “For all the conservative politicians who love to scorn Cambridge, it’s time for them to explain to their constituents why when it comes to keeping faith with city employees serving in the military, every city in America doesn’t act a hell of a lot more like Cambridge,” Senator John Kerry said.
Will Brit car seat troubles give bill a boost? Boston Herald | January 16, 2007 OK, here’s the deal: Rep. Toomey - long disturbed about car accidents involving children too big for infant/toddler seats but not big enough for seat belts alone - has filed legislation requiring bigger children to sit in booster seats. Currently, the law requires car restraints for children up to 5 years old or 40 pounds. The Britney Bill would require restraints for children up to 8 years old or 57 inches tall. Spears, you may recall, was notoriously photographed driving with infant son Sean on her lap, no car seat at all, claiming she was escaping paparazzi. No one believed her.
Toomey Unveils "Britney Spears Bill" State House News Service/Boston Globe/Local Papers | January 13, 2007 Taking a jab at pop star-turned-tabloid punching bag Britney Spears, Rep. Tim Toomey (D-Somerville) announced Friday his filing of the “Britney Spears Bill,” aimed at requiring children under eight years old or shorter than 57 inches to be strapped into a child passenger restraint while in a car. The bill would expand a provision that required children under five to be buckled into child seats and used a child’s weight, rather than height, as a determining factor for required child seat usage. Spears notoriously carried her baby on her lap while driving, claiming she was protecting it from paparazzi, eliciting ridicule from tabloids and celebrity gossip magazines across the country. “I trust that 99.9% of the Massachusetts population is brighter than Britney Spears and would never even think of driving while holding a young child in their laps,” Toomey said in a press release. “But using her name and her very public gaffes can only help draw attention to the serious issue of child passenger safety, and some of the outdated thinking surrounded it.”
You Shall Know Them By Their Fruits Cambridge Chronicle | August 17, 2006 The recent sophomoric actions by ProjectUSA and its founder, Craig Nelsen, in response to Cambridge's resolution to reaffirm its status as a sanctuary city for immigrants would be comical if the people behind Mr. Nelsen were not so dangerous, with goals antithetical to real immigration reform.
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