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Here’s what the councilors had to say on the appointment of Gerry Nutter: Gerry Nutter appointment. Move to approve by Lorrey, seconded by Martin. Councilor Elliott comments: When he saw it on the agenda he thought it was a typo or a mistake. He thinks it’s a joke because no…
Read More »Here’s a new feature that I’m launching today. “Lowell Week in Review” will be published each Sunday (typically earlier in the day than this one) and will review political events in Lowell during the past, especially those that got attention on the local blogosphere. Here goes . . . At…
Read More »The following motion appears on the agenda of the upcoming October 15, 2013 Lowell City Council meeting: 24. C. Elliott. Req City Mgr modify Council email system This issue first came up at the council meeting this past Tuesday night. Here’s how I described it in my report on that…
Read More »Subcommittee consists of Councilors Bill Martin (chair), Rodney Elliott and Vesna Nuon. Much of what was said by councilors and members of the public seemed productive (aside from a racist rant blaming all problems on “illegal immigrants” and “slum landlords” by the first member of the public to speak). Here’s…
Read More »City Council candidate Derek Mitchell shared the following press release this evening: From Derek Mitchell, candidate for Lowell City Council Lowell — In contrast to recent community commentary, I believe the perceived distinctions between new and old Lowell to be false. We are all simply, ‘Lowell’, with common aspirations to…
Read More »Lowell City Council meeting – October 2, 2013 A relatively brief and quite cordial meeting. Here’s my report: Sean Harmon of Harmon Paints briefs the council on his efforts to organize a voluntary, donated renovation of the City Council chambers. Councilors express their appreciation but have questions about the cost…
Read More »I was interested to hear two people in two days refer to the consequential vote by the Lowell City Council in 1994 to put the City on record as backing the new owners of the Wang Towers, which were re-born as Cross Point. On Wednesday night, at a panel discussion…
Read More »Long ago there was an unwritten rule that councilors would refrain from placing motions on the agenda on election night so they could get back out and meet the last few voters of the day. For good or for ill that tradition ended a while ago. Tonight there are eleven…
Read More »The video has become a requirement in today’s campaign world. Most local campaigns are all about social media, too. Not everyone makes full use of the options on the web, but more often than not the candidates are going digital. It was a ground-breaking move when local candidates started making…
Read More »In this space I’ve written about the house party and the “time” as building blocks of a political campaign. Another staple of any campaign is the “stand out.” Some people call this “holding signs,” and the insiders refer to this activity as “viz” or “doing a visibility.” The stand out…
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