Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

dew2459 t1_jef1ucv wrote

Reply to comment by MOGicantbewitty in Ramifications of the "Right to be Rude" in Massachusetts by abhikavi

>Also know that the public MUST be able to speak at Town Meeting, but not every municipality has Town Meeting.

Sorry to be pedantic, but this is not exactly right. Every registered voter has the right to speak at a Town Meeting. A Town Meeting is a legislative body, and only "legislators" (voters) have an unconditional right to address it (much like only city counsellor have the right to speak in a city council meeting). Since I'm being pedantic, state and local laws also allow some others to address Town Meetings for specific things (like town department heads).

If a board has a "general public input" time, they cannot restrict who talks to even "just residents" or what they say. If a Town Meeting had that kind of "open mic" time they presumably would have to let anyone (voters and non-voters) speak, but I have never heard of a Town Meeting having that, usually you can only talk about specific warrant items.

If someone wants the long discussion of why Town Meetings (as opposed to generic town board meetings) can restrict speakers: 1st US circuit court opinion in Curnin v. Town of Egremont. It is short and readable.

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RandyCheeseburgers01 t1_jeeze9p wrote

Reply to comment by dede_smooth in A new report found that Mass. has the highest GDP per capita in the country and is among the states least dependent on federal dollars. by truthseeeker

To be fair, (Greater) Boston, with its huge student population, is part of the Northeast Corridor, which connects cities from Boston to DC and has the best intra- and intercity passenger rail in the US-- not that that's a very high bar, but still.

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Jimmyking4ever t1_jeeyr2g wrote

Reply to Places to live near Fall River? by doasisay_notasido

North end is perfectly fine. Lived there with and without kids for years.

My uncle still lives there in a condo hasn't had any issues.

The only thing I'd warn you about is South Winds. Everything is included in rent but you don't get your deposit back.

Worst thing to happen there was the upstairs neighbor had their dog pee on the balcony and it got my roommate.

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charons-voyage t1_jeeybbk wrote

Reply to comment by End3rWi99in in A new report found that Mass. has the highest GDP per capita in the country and is among the states least dependent on federal dollars. by truthseeeker

Europe isn’t some magical utopia either lol. Lots of places have shit infrastructure and shit politicians and huge income inequality too but for some reason American redditors see one picture of a bike lane in Amsterdam and a train in Germany and think that’s how all of Europe is 😂

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charons-voyage t1_jeexdtm wrote

Reply to comment by woohooguy in A new report found that Mass. has the highest GDP per capita in the country and is among the states least dependent on federal dollars. by truthseeeker

You clearly don’t have kids if you think people sending their kids to daycare “can’t be bothered to raise” them themselves lol. Both parents NEED to work in MA since everything is so fucking expensive. I wish we didn’t need daycare, but we do.

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