Just wondering:
- HOW could you Fred and Barney.
- IF downtown Northampton should have designated loading zones for deliveries to eliminate the unsafe practice of tractor trailer truck drivers unloading merchandise in travel lanes.
- IF Northampton’s elected officials and candidates should refuse contributions from people who do business with the city.
- IF retired Smith College Professor Don Robinson would consider running for Mayor of Northampton.
- IF the repulsive race for governor and its corresponding media coverage will induce people to not vote on election day.
- WHY former U. S. President Carter and former Vice President Mondale waited until after U. S. Senator Ted Kennedy expired to criticize him publicly in their recent books.
- IF City Councilors are supposed to lead or follow.
- IF for-profit media outlets should be making political endorsements.
- IF Jill Stein can build a grass-roots organization before her next run for office.
- WHY voters return incumbents to office time and again and expect different results.
- IF the mainstream media’s command and control hierarchy can cope with the burgeoning content provided free by decentralized bloggers and videographers.
- WHY some Northampton volunteer board members seem more humble to serve than others.
- WHAT form of public comment period would best serve the needs of both the Northampton public and its City Council.
- IF the number of children who use media like television, radio, newspapers and the internet to follow Sports contributes to editorial decisions to feature extensive local high school sports coverage which crowds out reporting on other topics. See 2001 Amateur Athletic Foundation and ESPN study (PDF) for more information.
- WOULD cutting the state sales tax to 3% really create 27,199 private sector jobs and raise wages by $1 billion while eliminating 9,885 private sector jobs and $2 billion in tax revenues.
- CAN the GOP gather Tea Party activists under its umbrella before it implodes.
- HOW the community and the media will respond to City Councilor Angela Plassmann’s anti-drug positions undertaken on behalf of Northampton’s parents and children.
- IF portions of Smith Street should be depaved.
- WHAT is holding up investments from those who support trickle-down economics.
- HOW union critic Charlie Baker swung a labor endorsement.
- WHY Governor Patrick needs outside help from President Obama and Al Gore.
- WHAT stocks and bonds public officials invest in.
- IF the State Legislature should be subject to an open meeting law.
- HOW is it that despite repeated claims by politicians and public officials to the contrary, 70% of people surveyed nationally by Rasmussen Reports believe the government does not spend taxpayer money wisely.
