Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on S2188, An Act relative to the expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. A similar bill passed the house 131-19. There has been quite a bit of news coverage about this bill, which I have compiled below along with other resources and reports. What do you think? Is …
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Hi Will, I believe we need to have the state legislators begin discussing home health care for elderly who have some or limited assets that they would like to hold onto. Many elderly wish to stay in their homes and our current insurers do not provide more than 6 hours per week when they often …
Will, Can you tell us where you stand on this bill? It’s a house bill but DeLeo is trying to push it through as fast as possible. If you are in favor of this bill, please explain how you think the various provisions will help over and above the laws we already have. Thanks.
The Boston city council has passed and recently upheld an ordinance that requires rental properties in the city to be inspected every few years whether or not a complaint has been made about the property. This seems to me like a gross invasion of privacy for tenants and an unwarranted increase in the size of …
Some Belmont and Watertown residents (mostly towards the eastern side) have been disturbed by new concentrated flight patterns from Logan — almost forgot to post this update, but a jet overhead reminded me. Working closely with me and with Representatives Hecht and Rogers, Congresswoman Clark has been very diligent and helpful in pursuing this issue. …
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Senator Brownsberger sent the following letter to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization to advocate for the inclusion of the Core Capacity Constraints Study in the final FFY15 Unified Planning Work Program. Clinton Bench, Chair Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization State Transportation Building 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150 Boston, MA 02116-3968 June 4, 2014 Dear …
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