This Earth Day, Belmont’s High School Building Committee will be considering a proposal to remove solar from plans for the new 7-12 school as a cost saving measure. Don’t let that happen! The meeting is tonight (Monday) at 5PM in…
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Many Victories in a Narrow Defeat
Even 14 years ago when I moved to town – let alone the Belmont of 30 or 40 years ago- a Jessie Bennett in Belmont simply would not have stood for election for Selectman, let alone win six precincts and come within 128 votes of winning it all. In that Belmont, nobody would have encouraged her to run and there would have been no infrastructure to carry her campaign to the finish line.
Today is Town Election Day – Go Vote!!
More Thoughts on Tuesday’s Election: Town Meeting by Precinct
My Thoughts on Tuesday’s Election: Town-Wide Offices
The Thuggish Style in Belmont Politics
For Community Path Supporters: Bennett as Selectwoman is the choice
Selectmen: For Belmont Pedestrians Path Route Decision is Life and Death
Open Letter: Making the Right Call on the Community Path
The following is an email communication I sent to Belmont’s three Selectmen dated February 11, 2019. In it, I discuss the Board of Selectmen’s pending decision regarding the route to be followed by the planned Belmont Community Path. The Selectmen…
Twelve Ways of Looking at a Bike Lane
The Boston Globe reported this week that biking advocates are pushing State transportation officials to maintain a physically separate bike lane over the Longfellow Bridge during the Winter. The refurbished bridge, which opened to traffic this Summer, sports a separate…