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Proposed Voter Choice (IRV) Ballot Question would bring more voices and choices into MA elections

amfriedman — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:01:08 -0400

A “Voter Choice” initiative petition turned in to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office on Wednesday would give Massachusetts voters a chance to change to a voting system that lets voters rank their choices instead of voting for only one candidate. The change would apply to key races, including for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary and treasurer, among others, starting after January 2012.

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Discovering Lexington Center

adamg — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:45:15 -0400

Georgy makes the ride from Somerville, discovers it's pretty cool. And has good sushi.

Jay Kaufman, how could you?

adamg — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:50:45 -0400

Dan Dunn, who lives in Arlington, is not at all happy with his state rep, Jay Kaufman, because Kaufman didn't just vote to make Sal DiMasi house speaker, he did so with relish - and then defended him when the Globe first started asking questions about Cognos:

... End of questions about his integrity, Jay? Really? A grand jury still has some questions. So do I. And they're questions about you.

Stimulus where you need it: Hanscom airport taxiways

Brett — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:49:05 -0400

Just a few months ago whilst on the way back from a weekend in Vegas with Adam, Kaz, The Zak and Swrrrly, UHUB-1 hit a pothole in one of the taxiways at Hanscom- causing my monocle to fall into Adam's glass of port, Swrrrly's Cuban cigar to nearly set the Alpacian leather on fire, and the door on The Zak's soundproof chamber to pop open. The latter resulted in a good 5 minutes of ramblings about the libraries in Vegas until we got to our hangar and transferred to HUBBENZ (the Prius is Adam's runabout when he wants to drive himself or the chauffeur has the day off.) Well, we decided to use our massive collective influence in the Boston political and media scene to make Massport ask for $10,000,000 in stimulus funds to fix those potholes.

Unfortunately, with the recent changes around Universal Hub, the Citation had to go- so, we implore Massport: please, we don't need those runway repairs any more! Spend that change on something we can believe in!

Concord Academy grad speaks out on US policy

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:03:11 -0500

Concord Academy graduate Lisa Halaby, known now as Queen Noor of Jordan, appeared on Morning Joe this week to discuss US foreign policy with respect to Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. Her thesis was,

"There needs to be a new approach by the US that is more balanced that holds both sides accountable for their actions."

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Snow closings are flurrying in

shane_curcuru@drupal.org — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:29:03 -0500

Arlington and Lexington have already announced schools are closing between 10AM and noon tomorrow, 19-Dec. What towns are next?

Post your favorite snow closing resources here too:

Fatal crash backs up 128 for 14 miles

adamg — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:07:17 -0400

Channel 4 reports on the accident northbound near Rte. 2A around 6 a.m.:

State Police say two vehicles collided and one of them rolled over several times before landing in the grass near the breakdown lane. That driver was ejected and died. The other driver was not seriously hurt.

Supreme Court doesn't want to hear about the Mad Dad of Lexington

adamg — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:20:20 -0400

Michael Ball reports on the end of the judicial line for David Parker, the Lexington father who doesn't like the way Lexington public schools teach kids about sex and stuff.

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