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		<title>False information posted at Ward 5 Online</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/02/accessibility/false-information-posted-at-ward-5-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/02/accessibility/false-information-posted-at-ward-5-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just been alerted to a new posting of inaccuracies regarding my architectural access facility complaint about the Armory.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Courtney O&#8217;Keefe posted &#8220;Armory Gets New Entrance, Support!&#8221; on the Ward 5 online blog.  This post sounds like it rejoices in the malicious attack against myself, Eileen Feldman, and the Community Access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville, MA: Civil Rights Discrimination in Motion, circa 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/29/accessibility/somerville-ma-civil-rights-discrimination-in-motion-circa-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms. Renault-Caragianes' letter is a cover-up on behalf of Mayor Curtatone and designed to distort the facts about why State officials had to quickly step in to relocate the U.S. Surgeon General's visit to the Ville last Friday, March 23, 2012, for the official launch event of the Middlesex County's health wellness and prevention initiative called “Mass in Motion."]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville&#8217;s Curtatone Prevented from Hosting U.S. Surgeon General at Inaccessible Armory</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/22/health-care/somervilles-curtatone-prevented-from-hosting-us-surgeon-general-at-inaccessible-armory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/22/health-care/somervilles-curtatone-prevented-from-hosting-us-surgeon-general-at-inaccessible-armory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=11421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somerville's Mayor Curtatone, who announced on WGBH this week (Boston’s Growing Income Gap, hosted 3/20/11 by Kara Miller) that he is "advising the First Lady on the Let's Move Initiative," attempted to get the US Surgeon General's  launch of a major Public Health initiative at the inaccessible Somerville Armory this Friday (March 23, 2012).]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Variance Hearing 2/27/12: Community Path Cedar to Lowell</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/24/transportation/occupy-somervilles-variance-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/24/transportation/occupy-somervilles-variance-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Monday, the Architectural Access State Board will hear the City of Somerville's request to waive the necessity to place an accessible ramp adjacent to a proposed shortcut between the Lowell St. bridge and the future Community Path Extension.  Public transportation stewardship begins at home!  Let's encourage Somerville's deciders to sTop wasting local and sTate transportation resources on exclusive facilities- and instead, plan for the future by designing accessible multi-modal pedestrian routes at every step.]]></description>
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		<title>If Somerville&#8217;s Mayor stepped inside our shoes, would he be smiling&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/14/accessibility/if-somervilles-mayor-stepped-inside-our-shoes-would-he-be-smiling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/14/accessibility/if-somervilles-mayor-stepped-inside-our-shoes-would-he-be-smiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Community Access Project and other disability rights colleagues appeared at a Hearing to hear how the City rationalized deferring corrections of recent streetscape construction mistakes.  And we discovered that even the surveys are not being completed correctly.]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Provost&#8217;s Smart Framework For Sustainable Transportation</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/05/politics/representative-provosts-smart-framework-for-sustainable-transportation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/05/politics/representative-provosts-smart-framework-for-sustainable-transportation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville Representative Provost has just published a piece at bostinno called:  MBTA Troubles Just a Symptom of Systemic Crisis.  
This Monday February 6, 2012 at 11:30 will be the Public Hearing on Rep. Provost 's House Bill 2659, a bill relative to transportation finance and equity. Location: State House, room A-1.
Rep. Provost article link: http://bostinno.com/2012/02/01/mbta-troubles-just-a-symptom-of-systemic-crisis/]]></description>
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		<title>Current MaxPac Covenant Request via MuckRock.com</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/01/14/special/current-maxpac-covenant-request-via-muckrock-com/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/01/14/special/current-maxpac-covenant-request-via-muckrock-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A MuckRock.com public information request for a complete and current copy of the amended MaxPac covenant  between Developers and City of Somerville is submitted, effective January 17, 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Support our Firefighters!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/01/11/public-health-safety/support-our-firefighters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/01/11/public-health-safety/support-our-firefighters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=11001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 11, 2012:  State and local news organizations report today that the City is suing the local firefighters union and a state panel in order to halt payment on what is legitimately owed Somerville&#8217;s Fire Fighters Local 76.  (See today&#8217;s Boston Globe report)
The Mayor claims that this will cause a $1.9 million shortfall that may cause [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State-run Rinks Offer Adaptive Ice Sleds</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/12/19/accessibility/state-run-rinks-offer-adaptive-ice-sleds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/12/19/accessibility/state-run-rinks-offer-adaptive-ice-sleds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Massachusetts DCR Ice Skating rinks offer independently-usable and accessible ice skating sleds.  These are available during the public skating hours posted for each rink.  Here is more information along with a list of rinks with phone numbers.]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville&#8217;s latest route around our rights</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/12/15/housing/somervilles-latest-route-around-our-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/12/15/housing/somervilles-latest-route-around-our-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Somerville submitted a variance application on December 2, 2011 that stated that a "proposed secondary stair case" was being considered for the west sidewalks of Lowell St. Bridge into the future Max'sGreen.  Since there's already a staircase less than 200 feet away, why does the City want to waste 109K of public funds on that second staircase?]]></description>
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