Patrick and O'Leary request Energy Hearing on Canal Power Plant Charges
Boston: State Representative Matthew Patrick, Senator Robert OLeary, and other legislators from the southeastern part of the state sent a letter today requesting a hearing regarding the high cost to...
View ArticleMeet and Greet in Cotuit with Dan Wolf, founder of Cape Air
You're invited to meet Rep. Matt Patrick with the founder and CEO of Cape Air, Dan Wolf Date: Friday evening, October 17th. Time: 5:30 Where: Cotuit Grocery, 737 Main Street, Cotuit Please join us to...
View ArticleRep. Patrick sweeps all local endorsements
Rep. Patrick sweeps all endorsements, Cape Cod Times, Enterprise and the Barnstable Patriot all endorse the 4th term legislator Cape Cod Times says, "Patrick for House, Experience, strength of...
View ArticleElection 2008 Analysis
ELECTION RESULTS NOVEMBER 4TH 2008 Well, the election has been over for quite some time now and its time I updated my website with some reflections about it. Hopefully, you know that I won...
View ArticleSandwich Selectmen Need a Reality Check
Some body has to ask the Sandwich Selectmen if they expect citizens who do not live in their town to continue to pay their tax bills and whether it's worth keeping the plant open if just one family...
View ArticleRep. Patrick's position on gas tax
The radio propaganda machine is in full gear cranking people up with misinformation about the Governors position on the gas tax. Good for them because they forced me to make my position public and...
View ArticleYOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT
Its what they do, said Governor Patrick in a fitting response to a question from the press about what he thought of the critical comments made by Republican leaders regarding the proposed gas tax....
View ArticleCape Wind CZM hearing before Commission
Rep. Patrick's testimony before the Cape Cod Commission 3/30/09 Regardless of all the planning, regulations and laws, a good deal of any project's potential approval is left up to the judgment and...
View ArticleYOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT, Part 2
This is a very difficult time for state and local governments but we have survived bad times before and we will survive this downturn. The economic downturn and background budget pressures that have...
View ArticlePIERCED, Eaten Up, Enough bickering over this bug.
Dear State Representative Matthew Patrick: I used to spend a lot of time in Worcester. Over the years, something called the Asian long-horned beetle has been eating the place, one tree at a time. There...
View ArticleRep. Patrick Files Bill to help Homeowners Finance
Cape Cod: Representative Matthew C. Patrick (D-Falmouth) filed a bill this week that would enable cities and towns to acquire funding through bonds to help residents finance two types of improvements...
View ArticleRep. Patrick calls for unbiased analysis of alternatives to sewering
For a footnoted version of letter please email Rep. Patrick at repmattp@cape.com July 7, 2009 Falmouth Board of Selectmen, Falmouth Board of Health and Falmouth Conservation Commission Dear Members,...
View ArticleTestimony before Election Laws Committee 9/9/09
REP. PATRICKS COMMENTS BEFORE THE ELECTION LAWS COMMITTEE RE: H 656 September 10, 2009 Good afternoon Chairmen Moran; Chairman Kennedy and members of the committee. Let me be clear, I would never vote...
View ArticleSUPPORT BALLOT QUESTION TO FIX BEACON HILL
Today the Massachusetts legislature is not a democratic institution. The birth place of western democracy in the new world is governed by a legislature that is a dictatorship masquerading as a...
View ArticleTaxes as a share of personal income fell in Massachusetts in FY 2007
The amount of state and local taxes paid in Massachusetts as a share of state personal income fell from 10.6 percent in Fiscal Year 2006 to 10.5 percent in FY 2007, according to the U.S. Census...
View ArticleRep. Patrick testifies on Mass Care
There are fifty sponsors of H 2127. That is a significant number for any bill that comes before us and one has to ask why, after all these years this bill has been before the legislature in one form...
View ArticleRep. Patrick leads reform in the House
THE LARGER PROBLEM IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE By Representatives Matthew C. Patrick, Thomas M. Stanley, Lida E. Harkins, William G. Greene, Jr., Will N. Brownsberger, Steven J. DAmico, Joseph R....
View ArticleMatt wins Presbrey Award from Housing Assistance Rabbi Leiberman's Introduction
Rabbi Elias Lieberman Remarks for the presentation of the Presbrey Public Service Award to Rep. Matthew Patrick April 7, 2010 When I was informed, last year, of the HAC tradition that would find me...
View ArticleEquitable Taxation in Massachusetts
Toward a More Equitable Tax System in Massachusetts Speech at the Unitarian Universalist Church, East Falmouth Rep. Matthew C. Patrick July 4, 2010 Recently, I have received a lot of attention for one...
View ArticleRep. Patrick likes NGrid/Cape Wind contracts
RE: DPU 10-54 National Grid/Cape Wind Contracts Dear Chairwomen Berwick and Commissioners Woolf and Westbrook, I believe we must be realistic about our need as a nation to change our current fossil...
View ArticlePatrick initiates letter to Congress pushing PACE
Rep. Patrick and Colleagues Push Feds on PACE Boston Rep. Patrick and 108 colleagues sent a letter today pushing Federal law makers to support legislation that would force FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie...
View ArticleA BRIEF MEMOIR OF TEN YEARS IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE
Its never easy to lose an election because it is such a public process. You cant hide when you are given the news. You must face your supporters and the press and put on a positive face. Yet, lose I...
View ArticleMy Farewell Speech to the House 12.16.10
See it live here by cutting and pasting the following address into your browser: www.statehousenews.com/video/10-12-16farewells-patrick/ Greetings to all my colleagues. Thank you for everything you do...
View ArticleFormer Rep. Patrick Honored by Mass-Care
MASS-CARE Honors former State Representative Matt Patrick Former Representative Matthew C. Patrick of Falmouth was honored yesterday at the annual meeting for Mass-Care http://masscare.org/. Patrick...
View ArticleA Eulogy for Mary Coppola Patrick
My mother Mary Patrick, who inspired me to run for office, passed away 8/18/2011. I gave this eulogy for her at the wake. I want to recognize my sister Maria who did a superb description of my mothers...
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