by Greg Reibman | Apr 27, 2016 | Charter Commission |
The democratically-elected Charter Commission has been, more or less, accused of being a nefarious, secret agenda-driven, power-grabbing, little-guy-loathing, wholly-owned subsidiary of the League of Women Voters by some commentators here on Village 14 and... by Gail Spector | Apr 13, 2016 | Charter Commission, City Coucil |
In a straw vote, the Charter Commission voted 9-0 to reduce the size of the City Council to 13, with one at-large from each ward and five at-large from anywhere in the city. This could get very interesting Update: I just spoke with Josh Krintzman, who said that the... by Gail Spector | Apr 7, 2016 | Charter Commission, Newton, School Committee |
In a straw (nonbinding) vote last night, the Charter Commission voted to extend School Committee term limits from four two-year terms to six. I’m surprised (probably because I haven’t paid close enough attention) because I would have thought they’d... by Bryan Barash | Apr 3, 2016 | Charter Commission
Our regularly scheduled meeting is this Wednesday, where we will discuss the Executive and School Committee. Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Time: 7:00p.m. Location: Newton City Hall, Council Chambers Please click here to access the agenda and note that twenty minutes... by village14 | Mar 21, 2016 | Charter Commission, City Coucil |
Newton’s Charter Commission is about to turn its attention to one, if not the main, reason why many folks favored opening the charter in the first place: The size of our legislative branch. Presently Newton has a 24 member city council. How many city councilors... by Gail Spector | Mar 1, 2016 | Charter, Charter Commission, David Cohen, Newton |
Jonathan Dame at the Newton TAB reports on former Mayor David Cohen’s comments to the Charter Commission. Read here. And here’s the video of Monday’s full commission hearing compliments of NewTV
