Those were the words of WRKO radio talk show host Jeff Kuhner, who bills himself as “Liberalism’s Worst Nightmare,” speaking in front of Newton’s Ed Center last night, according to this report from the TAB’s Julie Cohen.
Cohen’s story doesn’t say if Kuhner is a Newton resident and she didn’t interview or
And if so have you banished your loved ones to remote corners of your house?
While seven Newton City Councilors have proposed charging consumers a fee for paper bags, a proposal that is gaining traction on Beacon Hill for a state wide plastic bag ban would make any action the council takes now “null and void,” the State House News Service reports (Via Patch)
Under the legislation backed by the committee’s chairs, Lenox Rep. Smitty Pignatelli and Spencer Sen. Anne Gobi, stores would be barred from providing a single-use plastic bag starting Aug. 1, 2019. The bill would not preempt cities and towns from further limiting single-use carryout bags but it would render “null and void” any ordinances or bylaws in place before enactment of the bill.
The city has “backed away” from its assertion that it had met Chapter 40B’s “safe harbor” threshold of having affordable housing on at least 1.5 percent of developable land, The TAB’s Andy Levin reports.
According to the memo, the city has 105.6 acres of affordable housing. In order to achieve 1.5 percent, it would require 107.7 acres. In addition to the Auburn Street project, which was approved for a comprehensive permit late last month, the memo states there are several pending projects that could add to the land mass dedicated to affordable housing.
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has proposed spending a $500,000 to hire consultants to work with stakeholder on creating a vision for the Washington Street corridor.
“It’s important that we take charge of Newton’s future, that we decide what the Washington Street corridor should look like going forward,” [Fuller told the Globe’s John Hilliard’ “…All of us in the city of Newton want a thriving, vibrant Washington [Street] corridor that is of the right scale for the residential neighbors who immediately abut it, and works whether you’re trying to go down the corridor on foot, on a bicycle, or in a car.”
But City Councilor Emily Norton tells Hilliard she’s opposed to a study and “pointing to work already done by city and volunteer groups to determine what kind of development residents want to see along Washington Street.”
