Loring is the most qualified State Rep candidate running for the newly created Middlesex 8th District seat because she is the only one who has successfully navigated complex public and private sector relationships with insights from current issues facing our four towns. As well, she is the lone businessperson among the politicians in the field. She understands what it takes to make a difference as an advocate for Holliston, Hopkinton, Millis, and Sherborn.
Achieving new DEP water quality, lead service line removal, and Stormwater standards has pushed our towns into competition for partial capital grants. Taxpayers have no opt-out of these new obligations. The idea spigot that travels east to Beacon Hill and connects Holliston, Hopkinton, Millis, and Sherborn needs to be set at full pressure.
I am recognized for my communications skills, public relations-based programs, campaigns, crises, and turnarounds, including sectors within the 8th Middlesex
I was one of eleven Accredited PR professionals who was inducted into the Public Relations Society of America’s College of Fellows (Class of 2017)
To be understood by customers, employees, vendors, municipal leaders, regulators, and partners, different opinions need to be at the decision-making table
This is something I have taught as business adjunct faculty and practiced
"I am not redundant to anything our towns have now or have ever had. I am as far from a career politician as you could find."
Open Up Beacon Hill - State Open Meeting Laws should apply on Beacon Hill with equal stringency to what is required of town government. I have a record of “walking the talk,” by improving transparency, accountability, and information sharing.
Reality-Based Energy Policies – Gratuitous soundbites may grab headlines, but leaders legislate with facts over fiction. Pretending that conversion to an electric grid is as easy flipping a switch denies these realities: Massachusetts’ skyrocketing energy costs exacerbate financial pains of inflation. Utilities forewarning of blackouts during an expected harsh winter and simultaneously seeking approval for 60%+ rate hikes over last year shows a grave imbalance of policies, not natural resources. Mindful that fossil products are required for asphalt, wind turbines, batteries, building materials, technology, and multi-modal transportation that upon which global import and export channels depend, we need energy experts over political posturing to inform safe, realistically timed, and affordable energy legislation.
All of Us - I put people over politics. I will work hard for everyone.
Slow Increase of Taxes - Taxpayers want government to slow down on spending. Exorbitant State mandates on top of inflation are hurting families, businesses, and town services. Taxpayers want value. Let’s start by getting the legislature to return our $3B revenue surplus.
Take Care of our Seniors - It’s time to acknowledge the unmet needs of seniors, our fastest growing population. If we can have State funding programs for schools ($15.9B since 2004) and libraries ($420M since 1989), then we surely can replicate this model for building quality senior centers. I would file this legislation.
Grow School Funding Sources - Protecting educational excellence requires more sources of funding for our children so that schools can adequately address mental and behavioral health. Participation by agencies focused in these areas (DMH, MABHA, MAMH, etc.) should be established to supplement DESE Ch. 70 education budgets and expertise.
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Make MA Easier to Do Business - Over 99% of MA employers are small businesses, yet our state is the most expensive in the US for operating a business. State government can address regulations and fees to become an economic growth and business retention partner. The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) has endorsed my candidacy.
Cultivate Public–Private Partnerships - As legislators impose laws impacting fast growth innovation industries – renewable energy, biotechnology, clinical research, cybersecurity, among them – we need their experts informing policy, particularly for the push into a clean energy economy with conservation best practices. I have been recognized for public–private partnerships.
Fill Empty Jobs - We have a serious labor crisis. Sectors like retail, transportation, agriculture, and restaurants need legislators to work with them, or MA will continue to see economic and employment losses.
Open State Purchasing - State purchasing contracts have restricted enrollment periods (by years), potentially shutting out qualified vendors on a technicality of timing. This should be fixed by opening a true open vendor marketplace with real-time business enrollment, giving government purchasers more vendor choice and opening access to State revenue opportunities to more qualified vendors, particularly small and diversity/veteran– certified businesses.