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Casino Kool-Aid

Uncategorized - 1 Comment » - Posted on March, 31 at 8:10 pm

The mayor of Somerville, Joseph Curtatone, has courageously and accurately called casino revenues “fool’s gold,” while other mayors, such as Michael Bissonnette of Chicopee, are shilling for the casino industry—along with Governor Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray. The reality for Somervillians is that bringing a casino into the Greater Boston area will cost them money, eventually quite a bit of money.…

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have your cat spayed/neutered inexpensively

Events - No Comments » - Posted on March, 31 at 4:58 pm

There is still time to sign up to have your cat spayed/neutered at low cost on Saturday, April 26th.

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Hotel Davis Square: What’s in it for us?

Development and Zoning, Politics - 4 Comments » - Posted on March, 30 at 9:25 pm

It isn’t often that the words “surplus” and “parking” are associated with Davis Square. But the request currently before the Board of Alderman to declare three municipal parking lots surplus property in our hippest square does that as well as bring up the long simmering, but little acknowledged question of responsible management of city owned real estate.…

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Gentrification in Somerville

Housing - 16 Comments » - Posted on March, 20 at 9:55 pm

Gentrification—when wealthy people push less wealthy people out of a neighborhood. It’s about to get worse when the Green Line arrives. Here’s a provocative film about it.…

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