We’re taking to the streets again on Saturday, October 18, for another nationwide "No Kings" day of protest. In Great Barrington, South County Resistance will be gathering in front of Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
You stated, “The project started in April and included site visits to routes, stakeholder interviews, and the open house, with a final report due later this month.” That is not true. The project started the summer before.
As a broker, I have represented companies with the same choice: consolidate in an existing facility or build new at another location. In my experience, a new building has a better chance of estimated costs being accurate, which is of prime importance.
From the minute I walked through the metal detector to the minute I was free to go, I felt something increasingly in short supply in daily life: dignity and respect.
According to the latest Gallop polling, about six in 10 Americans say it is too easy to get a gun and most gun owners say they want a gun for safety reasons. Making guns unavailable to those who should not have them would certainly help alleviate those safety fears.
There may be formal paperwork to be filed, but blaming the town for the company’s continued delays is disingenuous. HWW has been fully aware that the litigation will be resolved so that it may proceed with the work.
While it may be possible that happiness runs in a circular motion—whatever that means—it is much more likely that violence, particularly political violence, runs in a circular motion, too.
I began at Rusk Rehab barely able to move more than a step or two and ended after a week by walking four city blocks, though my feet gave in at the end of my walk.
The cost of building a new high school or attempting to patch the old one is nearly identical, about $89 million. That means one thing is certain: Our taxes will rise no matter what. The real question is whether we take on this obligation strategically or stumble into it piecemeal at a higher cost.
This project proposal reflects years of work and extensive input from the project team. The Finance Committee members have a duty to be well informed and accurate in their statements.
Scholars like Jason Stanley ("How Fascism Works") and Anne Applebaum ("Twilight of Democracy") warn that this tactic is central to authoritarian politics: define an enemy, stir fear, and justify repressive measures.
