Will One issue which has come up in the Police Shooting in Minnesota is that the officer involved privately took several additional training courses with or without the permission of his department from an outfit that is known for teaching police to be paranoid of situations and to react rather than to think. I believe …
Yearly Archives: 2016
Update on Fiedler Bridge and Bikes?
Hi Will – I was glad to see an earlier post about the Fiedler bridge and the [editorializing] crazy signage regarding walking our bikes. It was from 2014, and there was mention of some updates and communication with DCR. Is anything likely to change? —— Then, just so it’s clear my perspective, I’m a bike …
Lower speed limits?
Language that has passed both branches will give local authorities new flexibility to set lower limits.
Making Duck Boats Safer
Jim Braude of WGBH’s Greater Boston interviewed Ivan and Martha Warmuth about their work to improve duck boat safety.
Beer Distributor Reform
In today’s (Thur) Globe (front of Business section) there is piece about removing the archaic restrictions where brewers are essentially held hostage by distributors. There is a bill before the Senate to reform that.The head of the Beer Distributors of Mass, Bill Kelley, whines on about how this change would hurt working families. Cry me …
Duck boat safety bill gets new push after recent crash
Fox 25 reports on S.2354 An act relative to sight-seeing vehicle safety in the wake of a recent duck boat accident.