by Tom Vannah | Jun 25, 2009 | News
Odd as it is to see voters cheering en masse an increase in their tax bills, I was hardly surprised that the supporters of a $2 million Proposition 2 1/2 tax override in Northampton were celebrating last week. The Vote Yes! Northampton campaign came away from a June...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 25, 2009 | News
Springfield City Councilor Bud Williams hopes to unseat Mayor Domenic Sarno this fall—and apparently, he hopes to do it by exploiting an issue that served Sarno well in the 2007 election: the city trash fee.At last week's Council meeting, Williams introduced...
by Mary Serreze | Jun 30, 2009 | News
Private developers have their eyes on four Western Massachusetts communities—Russell, Springfield, Pittsfield, and Greenfield—for large-scale wood-burning electrical plants. If brought on line, the plants would add another 175 megawatts of energy...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 30, 2009 | News
Next week marks the departure of Springfield's Finance Control Board, which has overseen financial matters in the city for the past five years. And while, in theory, it's good news that local control will finally return to city government, it's hard not to...
by Our Readers | Jun 30, 2009 | News
Don't Bash State WorkersWhy is it that when the mainstream media in Massachusetts is allergic to heavy lifting, it trots out union- and state employee-bashing? Unions are the last line preventing the American people from becoming a nation of wage/debt slaves. In...
