Darryl Clark: Time to embrace progress and growth in Amherst
Friday, May 17, 2013
To the editor: I love Amherst, but we have trouble making pro-business decisions. It costs us in tax collection and in decreased school funding. Some years ago, we rejected a real parking garage, a short-sighted decision that made parking worse in town. Recently, we rejected smart growth/zoning in a near-moribund North Amherst. And now, I fear, a take-no-prisoners attack on “The Retreat” may preclude a fair hearing for student housing …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
To the editor: We have never seen so many Northampton public school administrators put in their resignations during the same year. There are people leaving and the Northampton school board is struggling as is, with these changes, how are they realistically going to take on the day-to-day budget and purchasing decisions of Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School? Independence is the reason Smith …
Friday, May 17, 2013
To the editor: Fewer than 100 residents made major decisions at Shutesbury’s Town Meeting May 4. For at least the fourth consecutive year, everyone’s property taxes were raised by the maximum allowable, 2.5 percent, or $108,000 this time. The increase will show up in our tax bills, but was not needed to run the town in fiscal 2014. Rather, the entire amount will …
