In the TAB’s profile of soon-to-be Selectwoman Jesse Mermell, the young political activist would have us believe that she exists on a diet of cat food consumed in a tenement on Winthrop Road.
There’s a wrinkle to all this that your publisher has forsworn all reporting on; but an enterprising reporter might find that among Mermell’s [...]
Can you be Massachusetts’ “best run municipality” and lose sight of a $3 million loan payment for the dud of a luxury condo/affordable housing project at the former St. Aidan’s Church?
According to a story in tomorrow’s TAB, Brookline’s affordable housing captain, Fran Price, says she stumbled upon the payment due (on April 21) while preparing [...]
Remember when Congressman Barney Frank (D-Financial Services Industry) held a hearing on affordable housing at Brookline Town Hall and Selectman’s Chair Robert L. Allen, Jr. got all weepy over the fact that town employees can’t afford to live in Brookline? And remember how this site found no sympathy for our civil workforce? [see previous [...]
Gee, for a group who was hell bent to shut down a liquor store for selling to minors (as they did to a Harvard St. package store earlier this year), the Brookline Selectmen sure are taking their time getting two other seeming violations of a liquor license - at Food Center Liquors and The [...]
After several hours of nail biting, word has arrived that my young nephew - an engineering student at Virginia Tech - is safe in his room. Unspeakable is the tragedy that has unfolded there, even more so when you can imagine the prospect of facing your brother’s grief in its aftermath.
I’ve long given [...]
There’s an interesting chart in today’s Globe that details the percentage of tax returns reporting an income of over $100 thousand by zip code. In Brookline’s 02446 the percentage is 20 percent; and in 02445 it’s 25 percent.
That’s right, more than three-quarters of the filers in these two areas are earning (or reporting) less [...]
How’s that St. Aidan’s affordable housing project coming along? Well, in March Fran Price, the Town of Brookline’s affordable housing coordinator told me that, ‘the project is out to bid and (they) expect to hear back in April.”
But word on the street is that no bids will be presented to the Town’s Housing Advisory [...]
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” - Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
Archie files a report from Monday’s public hearing on the Urban Ring project which says that Harvard is “the big tail wagging the Phase 2 dog.” [click here to read article] And he also asks, “how much of the Harvard endowment will go to offsetting the project’s costs?”
I think he’s being rhetorical.
On this date in 2006, the Brookline Selectmen approved a grant application [view] to the US Office of Homeland Security asking for $553 thousand to purcahse new protective equipment (or turnout gear) for the firefighter force. You know, things like helmets and flashlights. In the application, town managers said that Brookline’s current [...]
Three weeks from today, Brookline will hold a municipal election. Surprised? For a town government that that markets itself as “the purest form of democracy”, there sure is a lot of apathy among those who pull the levers.
This is nothing new, though.
Three members of the current Board of Selectmen were elected with roughly [...]
Now why would I call Congressman Barney Frank’s recent “hearing” at Brookline Town Hall on affordable housing a side show? [see previous post]. Today’s Washington Post, in a lengthy article on the new House leadership’s affordable housing agenda (with Frank at the helm), has the answer. [read article]
Here’s Frank — the self-described capitalist [...]
Well, I guess after raising all kinds of fees on residents, the Town of Brookline’s finances are back on track. And soon, so too will be the golf carts at the municipal golf course.
Here’s an item from next Tuesday’s Selectman’s meeting agenda:
“Question of awarding and executing Contract No. PW/07-15 ‘Construct Cart Paths @ Putterham [...]
Are there changes being planned to Phase 2 of the Urban Ring Project? On Monday, the project team will present four “proposed Build Alternatives.” Here’s the listing for Monday’s meeting, as it appears on www.theurbanring.com:
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A report in today’s TAB on Congressman Barney Frank’s housing cost traveling sideshow has Brookline Selectman’s Chair Robert L. Allen, Jr. all weepy over the fact that only 30 percent of town employees can afford to live here.
Well boo-frickin-hoo. It says something that one of the five selectmen who just imposed a raft of [...]
