Muni-Wonk: Attention Must be Paid
There comes a time in every budget cycle when the lives of citizens must be spent scrutinizing line items. This is one such time. If you care about a City project, the rubber hits the road now. No dollars = no action. Check the Capital Budget, which is nicely...Perambulator Parade, Anyone?
Cyclists and pedestrians know that Newton is a pretty nice place to get around–in fact Newton’s walkability even snagged mention in Money magazine last summer. Celebrating all that–and pointing out where the gaps exist–the City is putting on...Newton Muni-Wonk: Heading into red
The mayor unveils his budget this week, so all things financial dominate the League’s weekly Digest. That means lots of red (environmental issues took green, so finance took the red highlighting). At the time the Digest debuted, the Citizens Advisory Group was...Muni-Wonk: Angier Advances
Tucked in an “update” in this week’s Friday Packet is the big news: the MSBA has approved the Angier process so far and is allowing Newton to continue to design a new Angier on the current site. “We’re pleased that on Wednesday, April 3rd,the...Muni-Wonk: April Showers’ Dangers
Remember the floods of Spring 2010? Their redux continues to be a danger for low-lying properties, public health and anyone who likes clean rivers. Last week, Aldermen found out that the important work of keeping Newton’s sewers for sewage has stalled. Despite...Newton muni-wonk: Passover and parking
Wednesday starts the week with discussion of a moratorium on banks in first floor retail spaces in some neighborhoods for a year in Zoning. This is proposed by the Economic Development Commission after noting the retail dead zones following financial institutions...Muni-Wonk: elections spring eternal
Remember when we Newton voters were too tired to vote before November on the ward 1 alderman vacancy? Apparently, the Aldermen are still worried about that. On Monday, they will vote on whether to reexamine the proposal they voted down earlier: to hold off on filling...Muni-Wonk: Traffic ahead?
This week’s docket raises more questions than it answers: for instance, does Amy Sangiolo know something about the future plans of the interim Election Secretary? Why do Lenny Gentile and Jay Harney want houses on garage-sized lots? What does “naturally...Muni-Wonk: Uses for pre-owned property
If you like to think about property–and how two, very run-down buildings might best be marketed, refurbished and reused, then Tuesday is the night to visit City Hall. Otherwise, this week continues long-term conversations about cafe seating and making the Zoning...Muni-Wonk: Getting more neighborly
Neighborhood Associations are pushing up green shoots this week–the big spring breakthrough is March 6, when a new association in Newtonville and an expansion of the mother-of-all-neighborhood associations come up for public hearing. The Board’s other...Muni-Wonk: Snowed
What starts on Monday (after the snow cancellations), and my distillation of it, is a bit incomplete this week. I suspect the impending blizzard meant that the folks in City Hall who post everything left a little early this afternoon. But cafe seating and the archaic...
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