Just received this email from the Department of Planning Development with regard to the City’s Five Year Consolidated Plan and an attached survey. It’s very quick and a great opportunity to provide (anonymous) feedback about your neighborhood and your overall quality of living in the City of Lowell
The City of [...]
It will be due to the coming blizzard. I was amused to read that the opening of the NOAA Climate Change Dept had to be delayed due to snow. Here's their BS:
NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information to individuals and [...]
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: Did LSD really kill the 1950s?
Is it a tragedy for languages to be lost?
Re the Trapp family, here's a good chronology
Pajamas: Hard truths about the immigration debate
At Volokh: What is the EU all [...]
Good move by Ron Mercier last night recommending that the board send a letter to Senator Scott Brown asking him to speak at the High School Commencement.
After having Rep Niki Tsongas last year, this would be a good balance and shows non-partisanship on the part of [...]
The President and the House Republican caucus exchanged political blows yesterday over health care, and specifically the President’s call for a televised health summit on February 25. The Republicans are demanding that the President not use the House and Senate Democratic health bills as a “starting point” for these discussions, [...]
I was happy to be able to attend the MAG Mortgage grand opening of their Methuen Office at 213 Broadway last week. Senator Baddour and Rep. Campbell also took the time to attend. Congrats to the Company. We appreciate their investment in Methuen. All the photos are here.
This past Saturday social media enthusiasts and avid bloggers alike found their way to PodCamp WesternMass 2, an all-day event held this year at Westfield State College.
Following up on last spring’s inaugural PodCamp, which was held at Open Square in Holyoke’s historic canal district and attended by [...]
Will Wilkerson uses the quote below as a take-off point to try to understand the Progressive's view of the Constitution:
The majority in Citizens United believe that the U.S. Constitution establishes a government of limited and defined powers. They asked: “Does the Constitution give government the power to prohibit' [...]
Yesterday’s Lowell Sun “The Column” had an item which made one scratch their head and say “What?” Unfortunately, I cannot link to it since the Sun has decided not to make this feature available on its free, on-line edition.
Here is what was written (in part):
“Speculation (my italic) has been that [...]
Tonite’s meeting of the School Committee finalized and signed a contract to bring on Elaine Espindle as Interim Superintendent starting Mar 4th extending through the end of June. The contract allows for a reasonable daily pay scale, with a maximum amount that she can make being about 30,000, and the [...]
To the Chinese, this is a year of the tiger. It should be the year Dems in D.C. find their spine.
There was an epidemic of enuresis on The Left when “they” noticed that Sarah Palin had a message written on her left palm.Â
Was it Satan’s own stigmata, a diabolical code of some sort, a message to her armies of followers to commence the fascist sh**storm promised by Chimpy Bushitlerhaliburton?
 Worse. [...]
(I think this is one of the photos that “The White House” is now claiming copyright.)
For that reason, I’m using it here free of charge. Come and get me, you halfwits…
[...]A nice article in the Lowell Sun about Move Lowell Forward’s push for more transparency and availability of Committee documents at the Greater Lowell Technical HS. The GLTHS SC was very receptive to our members’ request, and we appreciate their prompt action to address this. One of the [...]
Mrs. BD preferred to watch The Sound of Music during the Superbowl. As is well-known, at least in New England, the Austrian von Trapp family (they dropped the von in the US) settled in Stowe, VT, where they opened the Trapp Family Lodge in 1950. The family [...]
Two interesting articles:
Europe Risks Another Global DepressionÂ
You had to wonder how long the financial transfusions from the productive to the un-productive would last.  This is not good. It will almost certainly spell the end of the fanciful notions of the EU, and aggravate [...]
From Ben Stein's piece of the above title:
What would my ancestors from the 15th century, probably one day away from starvation each day, have thought about their descendant living in a home with palm trees and a swimming pool and another with a view of the [...]
I’ve personally seen some of my progressive friends throw their own temper-tantrum and lament the filibuster rule in the Senate, openly proclaiming that “since when is 41 greater than 59″ and that the European’s parliamentary system doesn’t suffer from the problems our system does. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Well, Arnold Kling has [...]
Representative John Murtha (D), from Pennsylvania’s 12th district, has died from complications after gall bladder surgery, as reported by Yahoo News.
Murtha was born in 1932, joined the Marines in 1952, became a drill instructor at Parris Island, joined the Marine Reserves, volunteered to go to Vietnam where he served [...]
I’d like to know who was the dumass that hired that band? They SUCKED years ago!
Now they sounded like a cross between cats getting enemas and pigs being gelded in a metal building.
That halftime show had to be sponsored by [...]
We've all heard the stories before of people blaming their child's autism on vaccines. And yet there have been numerous reports by reputable sources that there is NO LINK between them.
example -
The CDC disputes a connection between the vaccine and autism, saying, "The causes'" [...]
City Council packet and agenda posted on Move Lowell Forward’s home page, as well as the schedule for upcoming SC meetings (note: this week’s budget hearing was postponed to next week due to the impending snow).
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Jay Cost at RCP with America is not Ungovernable. A quote:
The solution the country ultimately settled on had five important features: checks and balances so that the branches would police one another; a large republic so that majority sentiment was fleeting and not intensely felt; a [...]
Treasurer Tim Cahill unveiled his first TV ad, buying time during the Super Bowl. What do you think? Too early? Good ad? Tim for Governor is off and running.
[...]I happened to be in the Town Clerk’s office today to witness Mr Taylor sign the register as he took out nomination papers to join the race for the position on the Dracut Housing Authority.
Its starting to look like the DHA race may be the race to watch this year. [...]
In my ongoing coverage of the rapid extinction of GOP women holding elected office, I have more bleak news. The NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) has added 14 new candidates to its "Young Guns" program, and promoted 15 of its Young Guns to "Contender" status. Of the 14 added, one [...]
Despite getting urged by many conservative supporters to run for Lieutenant Governor in a primary against Richard Tisei, it is becoming cleared by the day that Polito will make no such move and is considering a strong run for the position of Treasurer. A facebook group popped up today [...] 
