by Greg Reibman | Jan 27, 2013 | Override |
The “3 Questions 1 City” pro-override signs sprouted like crocuses across Newton today (including this one illegally placed on the berm along Woodward Street). Given that there’s an estimated $11.4 million in tax increases at stake, you’d think...
by Greg Reibman | Jan 26, 2013 | Override |
Newton voters will go to the polls on March 12 to consider three tax override ballot questions totaling an estimated $11.4 million. How will you vote? (Cast up to three votes below) Note: This poll has been revised from the prior version, if you voted before please...
by Greg Reibman | Jan 17, 2013 | Override |
Margie Arons-Barron has a thoughtful piece on her blog this week (it also appears in the TAB) about the three proposed overrides that will go before Newton voters this March. In particular, she raises the question about whether seniors and other non-school families...
by Nathan Phillips | Dec 3, 2012 | Override |
Newton’s Board of Aldermen just voted 23-0 (with Alderman Merrill absent) in favor of placing three override questions on the ballot on March 12, 2013, according to Tweets from Newton Patch and wickedlocalnewton.
by Nathan Phillips | Nov 29, 2012 | Override |
The Board of Aldermen is currently discussing putting the override questions on the ballot. It doesn’t look like there will be a vote tonight of the full board. Here are the big surprises to me: 1. Aldermen Lisle Baker and Ruthanne Fuller are concerned that the...
by Sean Roche | Nov 28, 2012 | Override |
This is the third in a three-post series on the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) requirement that Newton pose separate debt-exclusion ballot questions for two school renovation/replacement projects. Perhaps most frustrating about the MSBA’s policy...
by Adam Peller | Nov 27, 2012 | Override, School Committee |
With all the discussion of project planning and MSBA ballot requirements, it’s easy to miss how much more needs to be done to keep our schools running besides rebuilding Angier and Cabot. After seeing Deputy Superintendent Sandra Guryan’s Enrollment...
by Sean Roche | Nov 27, 2012 | Override
This is the second in a three-post series on the Massachusetts School Building Administration (MSBA) requirement that Newton’s debt-exclusion override requests have to be posed as separate ballot questions. The bigger the municipality, the more schools...
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by Greg Reibman | Nov 26, 2012 | Override
Newton Mayor Setti Warren will meet with the business owners on Tuesday Nov. 27 at 8 a.m. to explain his three overrides proposal. The meeting will be held at Newton Healthcare Center, 2101 Washington St, Newton and is open to all.
by Greg Reibman | Nov 19, 2012 | Override |
Last month, I was more than a little critical of the website launched by the pro-overrides group Building Newton’s Future. I am surprised that a group with this much gravitas would debut with a website that is clearly not yet ready for prime time. What’s the...
by Nathan Phillips | Nov 7, 2012 | Override |
Moving on to the next election (assuming no special elections between now and March 13): Jeff Seideman, who was a leading opponent of both the 2008 override and the 2007 site plan approval vote for Newton North, wrote a column in last week’s TAB supporting Mayor Setti...
by Greg Reibman | Oct 19, 2012 | Override |
Newton Patch has this story about Building Newton’s Future. This is from Building Newton’s Future’s press release… Building Newton’s Future is a grassroots organization co-chaired by Newton residents Emily Prenner and Marcia Tabenken, and...
