From steveo@syslang.net Thu Sep 16 11:14:19 2004 Date: Fri, 20 A0B43elcome to frambors' newest columnist: Bob Moore I am proud to a?@BBC€@€WU ”VÊ good but I suspect the readership may be higher. I find it interesting that a minor bit of misinformation from the Carlisle Foundation Director was used as an excuse to terminate Bob's tenLUU œÞ +ÿÞÞÞ! here. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 02:59:52 EDT From: Edmoore4@aol.com To: steveo@syslang.net Subject: Ag 20 Moorecol-08-19-2004 HED : Housing Plan - Everybody's headache By BOB MOORE First off, this is my weekly column. But it was not written for The Tab. We have parted company since last week's column w (cy group supported by Carlisle. I have just sat do%&(()¸ 8UU ”VÊ dèT üTÊ üTÊ Ø XUU ”VÊ  ‚& ÄçT ø xUU ”VÊ # comment  ˜XU ”VÊ èT üTÊ üTÊ üTÊ QˆVU °QU ÿÿÿtèT ÿÿÿtèT ˆ0h†& ”VÊ dÄË VU m§aNBit::( MajordomoaØ·Ì x6Í `ô B(80eU ”VÊ \G([^\x00-\x1f\x80-\xff :=]+)\s*=\s*ùÀzU °QU `Ë  YU  WU ôYU ÄLU $œWU ”WU -‰ÀWU pñÔÔWU ´YU ìXU œÞ Þ-' @þÿÿÛÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÞ.&Þ!=&ÞÞ disclosure. Readers who called me got the point. Had Ross made that disclosure in March, the flurry of questions that kept this affair alive might have been gone with the wind. I set out to check when the $33,000 grant started. It runs from Nov. 3, 200$"%Ø ¸XU ”VÊ # comment ø ss to "balance the books." WET BLANKET - Well, theÀ-U PaU g an unwelcome visitor. Kathy Bartolini, director of Housing and Economic Development that proposed the plan, is under pressure. If you watched, as I did, you wondered if Kathy was going to finish a sentence as objections piled uàbU ˆVU "([^\"]*)\")|\G(=\?[^?]*\?[A-Za-z]\?[^?]her person could find the words. It was that kind of night. Planning Board Chairman Tom Mahoney lent direction to [U DcU ÄLU wü\U ô\U €ter Plan, now 15 years old and in need of rethinking. He worried that a consultant hired to draft the Housing Plan might lack this broader viewpoint. Charlie Sisitsky insisted that the consÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ!? þÿÿþÿÿfore selectmen for approval. One problem has been that Kathy insists that time is of the essence if the town wants to qualify for grants from the MAPC. Another problem is that the plan it submits to win grants may have some provisions which Town Meeting would not let in the door. Town Meeting will be a big factor in the slow drag to a solution. LOW TURNOUT - Those who've worried about low turnout election time have gone to great lengths to "get" people to come out and vote. It's good for you. You owe it to yourself to go to any lengths to get to the polls. Spinach is great for kids; they get healthy if they can take it. But adults have other problems : working long hours, time for the kids, planning for the future - and finding what they need in local government. But in all plans to stimulate the voter, has anyone stopped to ask whabecome "a voter"? Will his vote get something done? But for the worriers, courage - this is a presidential year and town clerks will tell you the numbers always swell when there's a president or a governor on the ballot. OVERHEARD - "I don't know what to do. I can't warm up to Kerry and Bush is hopeless." His friend came back : "Hey, you're bound to vote this year for someone you can't stand. I'll bet most people will decide at the last moment. The team that bats last will win." ______________________________ You can reach Bob Moore at edmoore4@aol.com or at 1-508-620-1449. -- steveo at syslang dot net TMMP1 http://frambors.syslang.net/ Do you have neighbors who are not frambors?