Will -I support your stand with the speaker on removing bargaining rights for municipalities on health care. Budgets are being cut to the bone and everything should be on the table in setting town budgets. Health care is also the prime area of expense growth and we all have to share the pain of controlling …
Health care costs
Will, I support your stand on allowing local authorities to modify contracts. All budgets are under pressure and there has to be shared sacrifice. I would like to see some more sacrifice by taxpayers. The tax rate could easily go up. The quid pro quo would be that towns and the State Government would have …
MAPC Bikepath Study Released
The MAPC bikepath study has been released. The next step belongs to the Selectmen to determine what kind of process they would like to undertake before making decisions on the bikepath possibilities.
Additional Observations about the HWM Budget
Many state agencies have taken very deep cuts, but local aid, health and human services programs have largely been protected.
House Budget Spreadsheet
Two versions of a spreadsheet comparing the FY12 House Ways and Means budget to prior years are available: the long form includes summaries of the the data and some analysis breaking out local aid, health care and debt service; the short form includes the history by line item (no summarization) and is formatted for easier …
McCrehan Pool Supervisor Job Opening
I wanted to pass on this summer job opening — this pool is a very important summer recreational asset for North Cambridge and the supervisor can make a big difference in the experience that people have there.