Author: Judith Feinleib

Judith Feinleib, a Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member, has a doctorate in Political Science and, as an independent consultant, helps people with social media posting, writing and in-house and external corporate communications. Contact her at feinleib@gmail.com. Her If I May articles can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jfeinleib or on the If I May website, at www.jfeinleibifimay.com/

Opinion: Safeguarding Independent Processes in the 3A Universe

Leonard Street paved with Ben Franklins

Now that Belmont has approved its plan for the State’s MBTA Communities Act, it faces a critical issue: how to increase commercial development even as it obeys the requirements imposed by the state’s one size fits all law.

Opinion: Select Board Town Meeting Decision Oversteps Boundaries

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In a blatant display of the dangers inherent in concentrating power in the executive, the Select Board eliminated hybrid town meetings for both the May and June sessions citing misleading information, and silenced one of its members, writes Town Meeting Member Judith Feinleib.

If I May: Civil Service Redux

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In her latest “If I May” opinion piece, Town Meeting Member Judith Feinleib argues that the Town’s proposal to have Town Meeting withdraw the Belmont PD from the State’s Civil Service program leaves lots of questions unanswered.