Now that the Federal Reserve says that Americans are poorer today than they were a year ago, let’s add to the burden with an $8 million taxpayer-financed bailout of Brookline town government. After all, it’s only the price of a cup of coffee (or a can of cat food if you’re on the elderly-resident-trying-to-keep-their-home [...]
Publisher’s note: I’m bringing this back to Page One in advance of Monday’s CAC meeting and the substantive comments added to the initial post.
Archie briefs us in advance of a “citizens advisory committee” meeting on March 10th to consider design alternatives to the Department of Transportation’s Urban Ring project.
Read the installment here.
It deserves [...]
It’s not clear to me when the selectmen’s Chief Daniel O’Leary’s police review panel is scheduled to meet again, but it really doesn’t matter. With word that O’Leary was actively involved in recruiting its members [see previous post], this committee has no moral authority (not that it had much to begin with).
The tragedy [...]
Brookline Schools Superintendent Bill Lupini will present his budget to the school committee tomorrow evening. And there will be waterworks.
See, the school committee just can’t cut any more from its budget, so sacrifices will be needed. But here’s who won’t be asked to sacrifice - the administrative and supervisory personnel in the school [...]
At last night Selectmen’s meeting, Board Chair Nancy Daly said (I’m working from memory):
“Selectman (Jesse) Mermell wanted me to announce that she is not at tonight’s meeting because she is home sick. No, she’s not out campaigning; she wanted me to tell people that she really is sick. And she is probably watching us [...]
A few days ago I made a Public Records request to Brookline Town Administrator Richard Kelliher on the increasingly embarrassing police review panel now showing. The first surprise came in Kelliher telling me that the entirety of documents generated while assembling the panel are two e-mails on whether assistants to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha [...]
Remember when the Brookline Selectmen wanted to issue $100 million in pension obligation bonds? And remember how some objected to the plan saying it was too risky? And remember how the selectmen and the town treasurer said the risk was low because they would time the bond issue to peak market conditions?
Remember that?
Well, last Friday the [...]
There’s been a strange twist in the Arthur Conquest matter and the policy review panel created by the Brookline Selectmen in its aftermath.
I’m waiting for a comment from a press office before I write about this one.
Stay tuned.
Prince’s on the steeple and all the pretty people,
They’re drinkin’, thinkin’ that they got it made.
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things,
But you’d better lift your diamond ring, you’d better pawn it babe.
You used to be so amused,
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used.
Go to him now, he calls you, you [...]
This morning’s New York Times looks into the municipal bond universe and shows us why Brookline town government’s slogan as “Massachusetts’ best run community” is bullshit.
Town administrators say that credit rating agencies rank Brookline’s bonds as Aaa because of the strong management team assembled at town hall. But as the Times article proves, the credit [...]
So far, we are looking at three selectmen candidates for May’s local election.
We could use a few more; especially now with word that former School Committee member Marcia Heist and former selectman Donna Kalikow have signed on to run the campaign of town meeting member Richard Benka.
If you wanted to find two people who have [...]
