by Greg Reibman | May 29, 2016 | Newton |
This week’s The Arguement feature in Globe West pits Charter Comission Chair Josh Krintzman and City Councilor Brian Yates on reducing the size of Newton’s City Council to 13 members.
by Greg Reibman | May 1, 2016 | Newton |
Newton;’s Charter Commission to will tackle yet another hot topic “Article 7: Planning” when it meets Wednesday May 4, 7 p.m. at Newton City Hall. The meeting will include both a public hearing and panel discussion. Confirmed Panelists include: Councilor Ted...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 29, 2016 | Newton |
About ten years ago, when I still worked at The TAB, one of our reporters was writing a story about how a group of political insiders was looking to recruit a candidate to run against then-alderman (and habitual thorn in the side of then-Mayor Cohen) Ken Parker. To...
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 Greg Reibman | Nov 1, 2015 | Newton |
Newton Villages Alliance is at it again. This time instead of resorting to Tea Party/Ann Coulter -like fear mongering about “importing poor people” the NVA sent an election weekend e-mail to supporters which challenges the motives of the League of Women...
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by Howard Haywood | Oct 18, 2015 | Newton |
The League of Women Voters of Newton (LWVN) invites all voters to meet the candidates for Charter Commission at two more open house events before the election. Ask your questions in person and hear why each candidate would like to review the City Charter and help...
by Greg Reibman | Oct 17, 2015 | Newton |
Our city’s streets are speckled with Charter Commission candidate lawn signs and sometimes it seems like you can’t go out for a cup of coffee without running into one or more of the 22 citizens who are running for the 9-member commission. But all that...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 14, 2015 | Newton |
The League of Women Voters Newton is hosting an Open House to meet all the candidates running for Charter Commission at Newton North High School cafeteria from 7 – 9, tonight, Oct 14. The candidates will each introduce themselves and then talk with attendees...
by Greg Reibman | Oct 12, 2015 | Newton |
In a recent election in a small town in Iowa, a man ran for his town’s school board and received zero votes. That’s right, he didn’t even vote for himself.* No worries. Turns out the other members of the school board appointed him anyway! But...
by Greg Reibman | Aug 25, 2015 | Newton
Save these dates… All About Charter Commissions panel discussion on Tuesday, September 1st at 7:00 pm at the Newton Free Library. Panelists will include Marilyn Contreas, a charter expert recently retired from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Hanlon,...
by Greg Reibman | Aug 4, 2015 | Newton |
Add Chris Steele to the list of declared candidates for Newton’s Charter Commission. If you’re running — or thinking about it — please tell us why in the comments section.
by Greg Reibman | Jul 21, 2015 | Newton |
The TAB’s Jonathan Dame has an update on all this fall’s contests, including this about the Charter Comission… Six candidates — Tom Sheff, Charles Shapiro, Howard Haywood, Ward 3 Alderman at-large Ted Hess-Mahan, Zoning Board of Appeals Chairwoman...
