Miceli Earns 100% Rating from Mass. Audubon Society

BOSTON, MA -- Massachusetts Audubon Society has given state Rep. Jim Miceli a 100 percent rating on its Legislative Report Card based on his voting record on any and all environmental bills or budget line items with environmental implications in the previous legislative year.

“I am very honored to have received a 100% rating from the Mass Audubon organization, and I’ve always been proud to forward their noble pursuits through my role as a legislator. Their staff has always been an invaluable resource for any and all environmental information pertaining to the Commonwealth,” said Miceli, a democrat who represents Wilmington and Tewksbury.

Mass. Audubon organization comes to their grades through an evaluation of the elected officials’ roll call votes, votes where each individual member’s vote is recorded rather than a simple majority vote. Other factors Mass Audubon takes into effect when evaluating legislators are:

• Quality of environmental bills filed or cosponsored by legislators
• A legislator’s personal philosophy, ethic or affiliation with national, state, regional or local environmental organizations
• Time and energy spent by a legislator advocating for specific district related environmental bills, projects or grants

This last factor has been at the front of Miceli’s agenda for the past year, due to the attempts by New England Transrail to move forward with their project on the Olin Superfund Site.

“I’m gravely concerned. We have a situation that could become the greatest environmental issue our district and even our region has experienced, and rather than our community being assured that the Transrail is taking all the right steps and safety measures, they seem to be doing the exact opposite,” he said.