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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Government Reform</title>
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		<title>BOA Legislative Matters Committee of the Whole : Charter Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/07/events/boa-legislative-matters-committee-of-the-whole-charter-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 9, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] BOA Legislative Matters  Committee of the Whole

Tues. Mar. 9 7:00 PM

Somerville City Hall
Aldermen's Chamber
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF) 

This is the regular meeting of  the Legislative Matters Committee of the Somerville Board of Aldermen.  This meeting will address a Home Rule Petition to amend the City  Charter.

This meeting is important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPO Listening Session on Public Participation Program Revision</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/01/events/mpo-listening-session-on-public-participation-program-revision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/01/events/mpo-listening-session-on-public-participation-program-revision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 3, 2010; 4:00 pm; ] MPO Listening Session on Public Participation  Program Revision

Wed. Mar. 3 4:00 PM

State Transportation Building
Suite 2150
10 Park Plaza
Boston MA (map)

The Metropolitan Planning  Organization is holding a Listening Session to gather input on its  planned revisions to the Public Participation Plan.

Ordinarily, amendments have a 30-day public comment period. The    change is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOA Land Use Committee and Planning Board Joint Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/28/events/boa-land-use-committee-and-planning-board-joint-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/28/events/boa-land-use-committee-and-planning-board-joint-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 4, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] BOA Land Use Committee and  Planning Board Joint Meeting

Thurs. Mar. 4 6:00 PM

Somerville City Hall
Aldermen's Chamber
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF)

This is a joint meeting of the  Land Use Committee and the Planning Board to consider changes to the  zoning suggested by Some Sense.

This meeting is important because the  proposed changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOA Land Use Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/28/events/boa-land-use-committee-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/28/events/boa-land-use-committee-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 2, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] BOA Land Use Committee Meeting

Tues. Mar. 2 7:00 PM

Somerville City Hall
2nd Fl. Comm. Rm.
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF)

This is the regular meeting of  the Aldermanic Land Use Committtee. On the agenda is an ordinance  increasing the allowed density for senior housing.

This meeting is important because it  will affect a current proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It ain&#8217;t wicked smaht to exclude people</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/23/uncategorized/it-aint-wicked-smaht-to-exclude-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/23/uncategorized/it-aint-wicked-smaht-to-exclude-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Somerville, with it's clear mandates and civil rights obligations from Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, continues to be really , truly, obviously unskilled at inclusive community-building.]]></description>
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		<title>Close out the Bad Accounts</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/11/government-reform/close-out-the-bad-accounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/11/government-reform/close-out-the-bad-accounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks and Verizon need to be held to the kind of standards they use to torture their customers.]]></description>
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		<title>Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in Megacities &#8211; Lessons for Metro Boston</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/planning-for-the-unplanned-recovering-from-crises-in-megacities-lessons-for-metro-boston/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/planning-for-the-unplanned-recovering-from-crises-in-megacities-lessons-for-metro-boston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 11, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] Planning for the Unplanned:  Recovering from Crises in Megacities - Lessons for Metro Boston

Thurs. Feb. 11 6:00 PM

MAPC Offices
60 Temple Place
Boston MA (map)

Registration

This is the first in the MetroFuture Speaker Series sponsored by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). Dr. Aseem Inam, Urban Designer and Planner at the Tufts University Department of Urban and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Committee on Legislative Matters &#8211; Home-Rule Petition to Amend the City Charter</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/committee-on-legislative-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/committee-on-legislative-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 9, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Committee on Legislative Matters

Tues. Feb. 9 7:00 PM

Aldermen's Chamber
Somerville City Hall
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville MA (map)

Agenda (PDF) 

This is a special meeting of Committee on Legislative Matters, meeting as a whole. The Committee does the final review of ordinances to be passed by the Board of Aldermen.

This meeting is important because it is taking up a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Workshop on Redirecting Military Spending to Meet Human Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/02/events/workshop-on-redirecting-military-spending-to-meet-human-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/02/events/workshop-on-redirecting-military-spending-to-meet-human-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 9, 2010; 3:00 pm; ] From http://justicewithpeace.org/node/819 :
Redirecting Military Spending to Meet Human Needs


The 25% Solution Task Force of UJP is conducting an interactive workshop on military spending and the campaign to redirect it to meet human needs at home. With the U.S. facing devastating economic and environmental crises, with our states and cities forced into layoffs and cutbacks, now [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>less parking idiocy; more snow vigilance!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/01/government-reform/less-parking-idiocy-more-snow-vigilance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/01/government-reform/less-parking-idiocy-more-snow-vigilance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that the city has enacted onerous and unpopular parking regulations because it&#8217;s desperate for funds.
What if the city were as aggressive about clean, i.e. non-icy, sidewalks as it is about parking? I walked from Davis Square to Ball Square today, often in the road to avoid icy sidewalks. At one point I [...]]]></description>
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