Protect,Cherish and Re-Energize downtown.... it needs a kick in the ass to put it back up in the rankings for a great, creative and powerful downtown. Downtown Northampton is/was a special place and it needs to go back to that. Support local shops, growers and the like.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply, Larry.

Nothing puts a little backbone into orchestral guitar than extraodinarilly Yellow guitar! It's just a known fact. Ask Yngwie Malmsteen.

Speaking from many years of direct experience, I have never heard of a salary range being set *after* the candidate interviews have begun.

Raze the thing to the ground - cut your losses and get out - turn the property into a bird sanctuary or open space. Stop wasting taxpayers time and money fooling with the stupid thing where it will continue to be a problem. It was a bad decision to bail out the cry-babies...and stick the taxpayers with the "bill"...do something positive with it now!

Thank you for this, Joe Manning! It was so nice to laugh really hard at 6:00 am as I headed out to work (don't generally feel like laughing then).

are you a stripper? trying to cling to the hope that someone will respect you? people who accept a few bucks to be used aren't aren't people you bring home to mother.