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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. photo SafeNebraska Remember the old days when the term “designated driver” evoked A.J. Foyt or Mario Andretti? By the 1980’s, however, we learned that “designated driver” meant the guy (or gal) at the party who wouldn’t drink…
Read More »The median American household has only about $12,000 in savings. This quotation is from today’s New York Times, a guest essay on the opposite-editorial page by Caitlin Zaloom about the high cost of a college education and the financial impact on families who are not wealthy. Here’s the essay link…
Read More »Last evening (August 27, 2019) the Lowell City Council chose the two finalists of the six voting system options presented by the settlement of the federal Voting Rights lawsuit brought against the city in 2017. The vote was unanimous, 8 to 0 (Councilor Cirillo was absent) for the two finalists…
Read More »An essay from David Daniel in honor of the first day of school, with a lesson for all of us . . . 2,860 Miles in Lowell By David Daniel Roughly the distance from Boston to L.A. or back and forth to NYC seven times. That’s how far we went.…
Read More »Agenda for tonight’s Lowell City Council meeting: Date: August 27, 2019 Time: 6:30 PM Location: City Council Chamber, 375 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA ROLL CALL MAYOR’S BUSINESS VOTE-APPOINT CITY AUDITOR AND ESTABLISH SALARY Presentation – Habitat for Humanity on reaching housing production…
Read More »The settlement of the Voting Rights lawsuit against the city of Lowell identified six new ways of electing city councilors and school committee members. This coming Tuesday, councilors will select two of the six as the “finalists.” The two will appear on the city election ballot on November 5, 2019,…
Read More »Regular readers perhaps miss the weekly record of Lowell City Council meetings I used to post on this site right after the meeting ended. Because of scheduling conflicts, I have stopped doing that and have no immediate plans to resume. However, the City Clerk does produce detailed minutes of council…
Read More »The city of Lowell hosted an information session last evening at the Lowell Senior Center to acquaint residents with the election system options available in the settlement of the lawsuit against the city for alleged violations of the federal Voting Rights Act. The primary speaker was Professor Theodore Arrington who…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. No one has a right to hold onto an office in perpetuity, but having served a long time shouldn’t necessarily be a disqualifier. Senator Ed Markey has been in public office nearly half a century. The one-term+…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barrons own blog. photo Getty In a speech prepared for him to read from the Oval Office, President Trump has condemned the shootings in Dayton and El Paso, calling for unity in opposing hatred, white supremacists, violence, especially on the…
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