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KAREN SPILKA



Term Beginning Term Ending Role Party
2007 2008 SENATOR Democratic
Public Office
Ashland School Committee (chair, vice-chair) Democratic Town Committee, Fiscal Affairs Committee, Charter Review Committee, Personnel Board, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Nov. 2001-2002 (to fill vacancy); 2003-2004, Massachusetts State Senate, 2005-Present.

Districts

  • SECOND MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK. ? Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton and Natick, precincts 1 to 5, inclusive, and 8, in the county of Middlesex; Franklin, precincts 1 and 5 to 8, inclusive, and Medway, in the county of Norfolk.

Committee Membership

  • Election Laws (Vice-Chair)
    Children & Families (Chair)
    Economic Development & Emerging Technologies
    Education
    Health Care Financing

Education

  • Cornell University, B.A., Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.

Organizations

  • Boston Bar Association, Labor Guild, South Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens, Tyler Hamilton Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis, MetroWest YMCA, MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, MetroWest Workforce Development Steering Committee, MetroWest Economic Research Center at Framingham State College, MetroWest ESL Fund, Framingham League of Women Voters, Ashland Education Foundation

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KAREN SPILKA in the News

Millions for green projects - Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Millions for green projects
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 27, 2008
State Senator Karen Spilka, whose father explored the reservation as a Boy Scout, is pleased to see steps taken to protect the land and ensure it can always ...
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Quotes of note - Boston Globe


Quotes of note
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 22, 2008
State Senator KAREN SPILKA "I think - I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you."-- Senator JOHN McCAIN, when asked ...
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For Kennedy and tearful crowd, 'the dream lives on' in Denver - Georgetown Record


For Kennedy and tearful crowd, 'the dream lives on' in Denver
Georgetown Record, MA - Aug 26, 2008
Karen Spilka (D-Ashland), who wept during Kennedy’s remarks, said, “I didn’t think I’d get emotional about it, but you realize the sense of history he ...
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Local Dems head to Denver - Milford Daily News


Local Dems head to Denver
Milford Daily News,  USA - Aug 23, 2008
Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, last week said Clinton supporters simply want to ensure the New York senator is acknowledged as a party leader, but will ultimately ...
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Break in tolls on Pike may go - Boston Globe


Break in tolls on Pike may go
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 22, 2008
... in a very difficult fiscal situation, but eliminating the Fast Lane discount should be off the table," said Senator Karen Spilka, an Ashland Democrat. ...
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Connection to MBTA on the way - Boston Globe


Connection to MBTA on the way
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 13, 2008
The MWRTA was formed under a 2006 law, sponsored by state Senator Karen Spilka, a Democrat from Ashland, that allows communities to join regional systems ...
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KAREN SPILKA in the Blogs

Massachusetts: Emergency Powers Legislation May be Voted on Today ...

State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem (D-1st Middlesex & Norfolk) (617) 722-1639 Cynthia dot Creem at state dot ma dot us. State Senator Karen Spilka (D-2nd Middlesex & Norfolk) (617) 722-1640 Karen dot E dot Spilka at state dot ma dot us ...

source: GunThing Forum

State of Emergency Gun Confiscation Prohibition: Emergency Powers ...

State Senator Dianne Wilkerson (D-2nd Suffolk) (617) 722-1673 Dianne.Wilkerson@state.ma.us State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem (D-1st Middlesex & Norfolk) (617) 722-1639 Cynthia.Creem@state.ma.us State Senator Karen Spilka (D-2nd ...

source: Life In Spain, Costa Blanca British Expatriates community forums

MA Delegation to Denver

Senator Hillary Clinton At Large. Carol Anne Aloisi Patricia Armstrong Katherine Chang Deborah Goldberg State Representative Lida Harkins Kathleen Healy Mary O'Brien Lois Pines State Senator Karen Spilka Lynda Tocci ...

source: DC News Updates

DNC 4 -- Dieu du stage

My state Senator Karen Spilka voted for Sen. Clinton yesterday. I think I will send her a 'thank you" note. Who narrated Obama's biography video? I wonder why the video didn't mentioned he went to Harvard and Columbia. ...

source: Vertigo

School Committee Agenda 8/5/08

Letter from Senator Karen Spilka; Budget to Actual. 2. Guests/Presentations:. None. 3. Discussion Only Items • Policy KF – Building Use – First Reading • Policy Manual Review – First Reading. Policy BCG – Policy Revision & Review ...

source: Franklin Matters

Pervertsville, New England -- the Sequel

The changes are intended to function as "another set of eyes looking at the matter," said state Senator Karen Spilka, Democrat of Ashland. Yup, STATE EYES!!!! If you only new some of the DSS HORROR STORIES around here, folks! Sig Heil! ...

source: Rock The Truth

Notes from the DSC Meeting

Lida Harkin, “Toody” Healey (Westford), Mary O’Brien, Lois Pines, Senator Karen Spilka, Lynda Tocci, Rep. Alice Wolf and Rep. Hank Naughton along with Alternates Cathy Dwyer (Tewksbury), Lucy Rivera and George Barnowski – while the ...

source: richardhowe.com

Completion of the selection of the Massachusetts Democratic ...

Senator Hillary Clinton At Large. • Carol Anne Aloisi • Patricia Armstrong • Katherine Chang • Deborah Goldberg • State Representative Lida Harkins • Kathleen Healy • Mary O'Brien • Lois Pines • State Senator Karen Spilka • Lynda Tocci ...

source: Blue Mass. Group - Recommended Diaries

Whirlwind of a year...

She is the Communications Director for Senator Karen Spilka in Massachusetts. She grew up, for the most part, in a farm house in Amsterdam NY and later moved to NH in high school... We are going to be moving in together in May. ...

source: Dream Big

MASSACHUSETTS: WHAT KAREN SPILKA THINKS OF YOU

For the sake of "fair and balanced" Senator Karen Spilka showed up, too. Here is what she has to say (in part) about our rights: There has to be an element of fairness for rights of all the parties. If the state created the law in 1974, ...

source: The Daily Bastardette

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