When I first decided to run for state representative for the First Barnstable District I was motivated by a sense that there was a disconnect between state and local government. At the time I was member of the Dennis Board of Selectmen and saw that, many times, state government just didn’t seem to be on the same page as local governments or just didn’t understand what the actual needs of local communities were.
Representative Turner (D-Dennis) is pleased to announce a new state law that grants physicians the right to treat chronic Lyme disease patients with long term antibiotics.
State Representative Cleon Turner (D-Dennis) is pleased to announce he is currently hosting an art exhibit, America the Beautiful at Doric Hall in the Massachusetts State House until July 30, 2010.
Representative Cleon Turner (D-Dennis) is pleased to announce that the Town of Dennis will receive $799,111 from the 2010 Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
After being contacted by the Special Education Director at Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School about a special education student and that student's extraordinary physical and educational needs, Rep. Turner assisted in getting the student admitted to the Massachusetts Hospital School.
Schools are responsible for a student's special education costs.
Local Aid and Lottery Distributions (see explaination below video):
Lottery Distributions, An Explaination:
It is indisputable that the lottery distribution formula is inequitable to Cape communities. The simple explanation of the formula is that the adjusted value of real estate in the community is divided by the population of the community.
Schools are responsible for a student's special education costs.