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		<title>Coffee with Carl</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/20/events/coffee-with-carl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/20/events/coffee-with-carl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 20, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. March 20, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. April 24, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. May 22, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. June 19, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. July 24, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Approximately fifteen people crowded around two small tables this afternoon at the Danish Pastry House in Medford to share their concerns and questions in a wide-ranging conversation with State Representative Carl Sciortino at his first district coffee hour of the year.  

The discussion covered topics including the difficulty of getting parking permits in Medford, poor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davis Square Task Force Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/14/events/davis-square-task-force-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 24, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Davis Square Task Force Meeting

Wed. Feb. 24, 7:00 PM

Tufts Administration Building (TAB)
169 Holland St.
Somerville MA (map)

This is the regular meeting of  the Davis Square Task Force, one of the longest running activist groups  in Somerville. It came into existence around the extension of the Red  Line to Davis Square.

This group is important [...]]]></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>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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		<title>Petition to Oppose the Senior Housing Zoning Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/07/housing/petition-to-oppose-the-senior-housing-zoning-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/07/housing/petition-to-oppose-the-senior-housing-zoning-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<title>VOTE Today! For Martha Coakley!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/19/uncategorized/vote-today-for-martha-coakley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/19/uncategorized/vote-today-for-martha-coakley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 19, 2010; ] In this close race, your vote counts more than ever!

Find your polling place here and then go vote while you can before 8pm.]]></description>
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		<title>Young Somerville Advisory Group</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/11/11/events/young-somerville-advisory-group-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/11/11/events/young-somerville-advisory-group-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Stark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 16, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Are you a Somerville resident 21-35 years old? 

Do you have recommendations to offer to improve city services?

Are you interested in becoming more active in the Somerville community?

Are you interested in getting more Young Somerville residents active in the Somerville community?

If you answered "Yes" to any of those questions, the Young Somerville Advisory Group invites you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All American?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/17/development-and-zoning/all-american/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/17/development-and-zoning/all-american/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>intrepid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In RE: Joe Lynch on Joe’s Original Crosswalks
The situation you describe, Joe, in which the Magoun Square project consultant told you that cost is the reason that a principal location, one where safe wheelchair access is crucial, will not be built in compliance with ADA specifications- is scandalous. I join you in believing that readers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss The Somerville Electoral Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/04/events/dont-miss-the-somerville-electoral-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/04/events/dont-miss-the-somerville-electoral-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 7, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] As part of 'Our Voices, Our Vote,' a civic participation campaign, Centro Presente would like to invite you to an Electoral Forum (Oct 7, 6pm) to hear from local candidates on the issues of concern to the community of Somerville, to talk about how to increase civic participation in the city, and to educate ourselves about the next electoral process.]]></description>
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		<title>garbage out, maybe not garbage in?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/09/27/government-reform/garbage-out-maybe-not-garbage-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/09/27/government-reform/garbage-out-maybe-not-garbage-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nan Levinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this via email from Sean O&#8217;Donovan, my alderman, as a follow-up to a phone conversation about trash citation screw-ups.  Would it be useful for others to contact their aldermen as backup?

&#8220;But because of our conversation I submitted your idea/request [NL: that it should be possible to appeal online or in writing, rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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