Somerville divestment focus groups

adamg — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:54:03 +0000

Somebody really, really wants Somerville to sell off its Israel bonds - enough to hire a company to gather up people for a focus group on the issue. Blogorelli, who loves her some focus-group action in general ($50 and a free ham sandwich and she's in) reports on a session last night that she'd been told would be about "issues in the Somerville area:"

... The next 90 minutes were some of the most tense I remember in recent months (and note that I am referring to months in which I developed a jaw clench so forceful that my physician wouldn't prescribe Valium for relaxation purposes because the pills "wouldn't be strong enough.") ...

Somerville Divestment Project
Somerville should divest from U.S.