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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>Progressive Dems To Discuss Elections and Future Direction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 23, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] After six years as an organization, PDS is spending some time assessing our work and visioning about our efforts moving forward.]]></description>
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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>Pieces of Somerville&#8217;s History</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/09/politics/pieces-of-somervilles-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having only lived in Somerville for about three and a half years, I have much to learn about the city&#8217;s past. Here are some historical articles that may be of wider interest. I hope others will share other stories that can inform the newer residents of what life was like in the good/bad old days.

Somerville [...]]]></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>Cambridge-Somerville for Change To Hold Post-Election Community Meeting, Feb. 9th</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/02/events/cambridge-somerville-for-change-to-hold-post-election-community-meeting-feb-9th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/02/events/cambridge-somerville-for-change-to-hold-post-election-community-meeting-feb-9th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 9, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Cambridge-Somerville for Change will host a "Debrief, Regroup, and Go Forward" community meeting at the Cambridge YMCA on Tuesday, February 9th from 6:30-8:30pm. ]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Democrats to Caucus for 2010 Mass Dem Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/29/events/somerville-democrats-to-caucus-for-2010-mass-dem-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/29/events/somerville-democrats-to-caucus-for-2010-mass-dem-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 8, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Registered Democrats in Somerville will be holding a caucus at the Capuano School, 150 Glen St. on Monday, February 8 at 7:20 PM to elect 8 delegates and 3 alternates to the 2010 Massachusetts Democratic Convention to be held on Fri June 4th and Sat, June 5th at the DCU Center in Worcester. At that time, Democrats from across the state will gather to endorse statewide candidates.]]></description>
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		<title>Let us count the ways</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/21/politics/let-us-count-the-ways/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/21/politics/let-us-count-the-ways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perversely (in both literal and political sense), the Shanley case shows that Brown may not have been as bad a choice as Coakley. And that gloating rarely makes up for lousy organizing on behalf of an arrogant and opportunistic candidate. Thanks Carl, Thanks Martha for the lesson. We will remember.]]></description>
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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>Local Group Organizes to Support Martha Coakley&#8217;s Senate Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/12/24/uncategorized/local-group-organizes-to-support-martha-coakleys-senate-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/12/24/uncategorized/local-group-organizes-to-support-martha-coakleys-senate-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 3, 2010; ] This post came today from Cambridge-Somerville for Change:
The Elections Team held their first meeting Monday night, and we're working on a bunch of initiatives. We'll be holding our first phone bank on January 3rd. In addition, we'll also be working on GOTV (Get Out The Vote) locally and state-wide. And, finally, we're planning a local [...]]]></description>
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