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	<title>Will Brownsberger &#187; speak out</title>
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	<description>24th Middlesex District -- State Representative -- Democrat</description>
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		<title>Local Aid Further Update</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3542</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a joint statement from House and Senate legislative leaders issued last night, local aid will be cut no more than 4% and all schools will receive foundation aid at a minimum.  I will seeking specific computations as to my communities.]]></description>
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		<title>Cell tower proposal — are there alternatives?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3539</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3539#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carolinebhuang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Verizon’s proposal to site a tall cell tower in Belmont on Rte. 2 (http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/features/x1520846849/Residents-object-to-Verizon-cell-tower-proposal), are there feasible solutions that would improve our cell coverage but which would use less visible antennae?  What are the trade-offs?
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		<title>FY2011 Budget Priorities</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3528</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3528#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my annual budget letter, I reinforced concern re local aid and health insurance reform and expressed a preference for a budget without earmarks.]]></description>
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		<title>Local Aid Update</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3522</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3522#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News reports of yesterday's closed-door house caucus -- to the effect that cuts of roughly 5% in local aid are likely -- are correct.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawrence Financial Crisis &#8212; House Action</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3506</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3506#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to thank everyone who took the time to comment on this issue before the vote.  I read all of the comments.  I did vote for the bill.  The House did strengthen the bill on the floor in one important respect.  We gave the financial overseer the power to trigger a financial control board at any time.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawrence financial crisis in perspective</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3496</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3496#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Although it is true that Lawrence is a relatively poor city, Lawrence's financial crisis largely reflects relatively recent municipal management decisions, some fairly attributable to the recently ousted Mayor.  And that is grounds for believing that the crisis may be easier to resolve than some fear.]]></description>
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		<title>The Lawrence Bill allows the city to fund its deficit by borrowing from Wall Street, not the Commonwealth. Some confusion on this. A reasonable bill, but there is much work to be done in the City which has about 80K population in a six square mile area.</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3499</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3499#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RichardKobayashi</dc:creator>
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		<title>Lawrence</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3494</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3494#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GeorgeKenrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This seems like a reasonable first step to aide Lawrence toward fiscal stability.
I favor you voting yes. George Kenrick
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		<title>An historical perspective on Lawrence</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3486</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aramhollman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have some experience with Lawrence. In the early 90&#8217;s, I helped create and run the annual Bread and Roses Festival, which celebrates Lawrence&#8217;s labor history. A few years ago, I taught in Lawrence for a year.
Several points.
Lawrence is an immigrant and mill city with a tough history. Historically, its low-wage mill jobs attracted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawrence Bail-out bill support</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3482</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3482#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TimothyCahill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m also in support of the bill &#8211; but I think it should be made contingent upon the newly-elected mayor resigning his State Legislative seat.  There are still many, many people of out work (my one year anniversary is this month), and even a paid, representative position would help someone else struggling with unemployment.
-Tim Cahill, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In favor of support for Lawrence</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3478</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3478#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NancyDonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, Will.  I am in full favor of supporting the bill.  I worked in Lawrence for eight years and have a strong attachment to the place.  I agree that unusually feckless government is not the problem.  Lawrence has struggled hard since the bust of the mill town days and deserves a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Municipal Health Costs and Teachers&#8217; Unions</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3474</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TomRawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am responding to some comments I have seen here and also thinking about today&#8217;s Globe editorial on this topic.
As a teacher and committed union member I think the recent spate of comments about teacher unions are WAY off as a generalization.  I do not dispute that some unions are stubborn about health costs but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawrence Bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3471</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3471#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOHN MCALPIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are extraordinary times and a troubled community  like Lawrence can not be allowed to slip through the cracks. To do so would levy a heavier debt for society in the long run.  Its municipal problems have huge consequences adding to the social problems for its residents. If this bill is a stop-gap that will buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposed to Lawrence support bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3469</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3469#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ssheffler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Will,
Thx for your request for comment.
Having spent 6 years in public office locally, I believe this bill is unlikely to be in our best interests as a Commonwealth.  Since  town and city govt&#8217;s are essentially at an impasse with organized labor, most notably teacher unions, the bill only postpones the inevitable.  As I understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m envious of Waltham for scoring the new BJ&#8217;s Club.</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3456</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3456#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Oteri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Will
There is a new BJ&#8217;s Club going into a large parcel of land in Waltham (or is it Watertown).  Today I read that Lowe&#8217;s was interested in going into Brighton.  Do we not have a parcel of town property large enough to accommodate an anchor store the likes of a Lowe&#8217;s?  Preferably this property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So what now?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3454</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3454#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelDoyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we all know now that companies seek to protect certain intellectual property and business interests. What about the interests of the individuals working for these companies to have a career?
I&#8217;ve posted a couple of times now. My former employer finally stopped threatening me after I gave no response to a drafted complaint they issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes driving legislation</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3437</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3437#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House took action today on its own version of a driving safety bill.  The House version still needs to be reconciled with the Senate version.  
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		<title>Tenant/Landlord Issues: Invasions of Privacy</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3438</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3438#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarmonica T. Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Will,
I’m curious to know if there is current legislation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in regards to Tenant/Landlord laws.  On several occasions, I have experienced blatant invasion of privacy from my current Landlord. He has entered my apartment without notice, or warning, only to discover that I am present.
                I understand that a Landlord [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Local Aid Reference Data Available</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3428</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3428#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out <a href="http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/local-aid-reference-data">our new local aid reference links</a>, which provide current, historical and comparative data on distributions by the state to cities and towns.]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns re salary disclosures</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3340</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3340#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adele Gillis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stag-reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I applaud your efforts toward transparency re: state contracting.  I am a bit concerned, however, re: transparency as understood by the Pioneer Institute. ]]></description>
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