• “When I began this campaign last year, I did not expect to see such a massive step backwards in progress for our country. But I will speak firmly now. I stand unequivocally for the right to an abortion. Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is a human right. And Massachusetts must stand on the side of those who seek to exercise this right, even against overreach by the federal government to roll it back. My opponent voted to expand abortion rights in 2022 (H.5090), but against expanding them in 2020 (H.5179). We deserve a more consistent defender of reproductive freedom in the current political climate. I call on the current governor (and the future governor) to work closely with states in the region to make New England and the broader Northeast a safe place for people to make private decisions in consultation with their physicians about their reproductive needs in any foreseeable future. We cannott go backward on this human rights issue, only forward for Bay Staters’ rights.” -TWC

Platform Summary, Sept. 2021. Check out below, and my social media accounts, for more up-to-date info.

Prefer text to video? Terence’s platform in text format is summarized below.

The Five Pillars of Terence’s Platform

(What Terence Will Fight For)

  • Justice and affordability of essentials like housing, healthcare, and education are inextricably linked.

    • We need universal healthcare covering dental, vision, and mental health when our system still leaves too many unable to afford care, even if they have insurance.

    • We need a windfall profits surtax to hold major corporations responsible for unfairly raising prices on working families under the cover of inflation worries.

    • We need a new task force for domestic violence and child abuse to help the vulnerable escape circumstances beyond their control, making social workers first responders where possible.

    • We need to subsidize vacant units as temporary housing for those without reliable homes and build more real affordable housing.

    • We need free drug addiction recovery programs to help people dig out of despair from poor economic conditions.

    • We need a full audit and review of the effectiveness of our education system.

    • We need to establish two commissions to study implementing reparations, one each for American descendants of slavery and for those of Native American tribal affiliation.

  • Combatting climate change and its impacts should be structured to make our coastline safe and grow our economy.

    • We need to invest in a technology strategy for climate change that transitions our state resolutely and steadily to all of the above except fossil fuels.

    • We need a pilot program for offshore wind and tidal energy on the North Shore in consultation with fishing and whale-watching industries.

    • We need to decrease the price of commuter rail.

    • We need our technology strategy to include and invest in renewable energy, hydrogen fuel cells, carbon capture, and safe and meticulously regulated nuclear power, and to leverage non-fracked, vertically-drilled natural gas, the cleanest of the fossil fuels, as our primary transitional fuel.

    • We need a pilot program for sea desalination for drinking water on the North Shore.

    • We need to increase funding for climate resilience in infrastructure on our coast and crucially, to maintain and bolster our freshwater supply.

  • Regional decentralization and cooperation is the democratic gateway to real progress.

    • We need to lessen our political reliance on federal government and build a Northeastern regional alliance for democracy and human rights (including abortion care) so we can build for the future when the federal government can’t or won’t.

    • We need to build regional coalitions to foster policy change on issues like climate change, healthcare, and discrimination.

    • We need to move to a top-two, more representative (RCV/STAR) primary system for electing public officials, which will immediately increase representation beyond the duopoly.

    • We need increased collaboration and transparency between local and state government and the public, starting with more communication between mayors, city councils, and the state legislature.

    • We need to develop innovative methods to hold the federal government accountable for undemocratic and unjust behavior.

  • More democracy in the marketplace makes for a freer marketplace, including for common goods.

    • We need tax incentives for the creation and maintenance of unions.

    • We need to build a new economy around hybrid work, including working from home.

    • We need tax incentives for reorganization into and maintenance of worker cooperatives.

    • We need to rethink infrastructure through new ideas, like a pilot project for self-healing roads.

    • We need tax incentives for worker representation on corporate boards and greater employee stock ownership.

    • We need to grant more workers overtime pay by substantially reducing exemptions that stiff workers.

  • Out-of-control wealth disparities are skewing our politics, dividing us, and keeping us from lifting each other up.

    • We need to lower taxes on the lower middle and working class.

    • We need to raise taxes on the wealthy and large corporations.

    • We need to amend the state constitution to implement a state marginal income tax, including for corporations.

    • We need to put minimum wage increases on a track to catch up to labor productivity, especially for large companies.

    • We need a ballot initiative at the state level proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. FEC.

And there’s more to come…