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Ah thanks! Not being an expert on the limitations of the governor's line-item veto, I presume he can just axe this provision if he wants to? This definitely seems like something that municipalities would blow their brains out over.

A board of directors would have that CEO out on his ass pretty damn quickly.

I missed this in the econ bill the legislature passed at the 11th hour: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/11/business/new-law-would-require-high-density-housing-near-t-stations/?event=event25 Of course the muni association is urging a veto.

Might be in one of the infill threads but this works!

Most bus lanes are also bike lanes.

The off-topic tangent about the YWCA that got political fast. But use it for anything you want on the topic.

There’s been a lot of political angst over driving in Paris over the last few years. Here’s the latest in the city’s plans to restrict automobiles: https://t.co/aijA834aYZ

Yeah, so not a tunnel, but the path will overhang the trench in this spot.

From one of the Globe's State House reporters:

And he's poaching Raimondo for Commerce https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/07/metro/governor-raimondo-set-be-tapped-join-biden-administration-commerce-secretary/ Two New Englanders heading up the tag-team of Labor & Commerce.

So what's the mayoral race going to look like now? Who will run against Wu? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/07/nation/biden-taps-walsh-labor-secretary/

Mostly amazed that law enforcement was utterly unprepared for this. It's shocking.

Schools will be as safe (for staff in particular) as the community that houses them.

A variety of Kings tried to do just that a couple times in the 17th and 18th centuries with... poor results lol. The annexation rebellion in the late-19th century showed that the impulse for local control perpetuated. In some ways, the highway revolts in the mid-20th century followed similar...

Indeed. Through all the change the communitarian ethic of the Calvinists has largely prevailed and it's one of the best aspects of the New England political culture. Unfortunately so has the provincialism and hyper-local governance that prevents regional planning.

New Amsterdam was also incredibly diverse due to the relative paucity of Dutch willing to leave the Netherlands for America as well as the tolerance of the Dutch for religious differences so long as order was maintained. The colony bustled with a variety of denominations of Quakers, Lutherans...

The Mayor said in his announcement today about COVID rates in the city that adult non-surg ICU beds in city hospitals are at 93% capacity. https://whdh.com/news/walsh-extends-covid-19-pause-in-boston-warns-of-more-restrictions/

Not to drag this out with a "me too" but the broken image does link to the proper image. Weird.

Bounced the LA convo here.

Cool! Consequence of this news from October? https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/international-marine-terminal-gets-41m-to-expand-intermodal-capacity