When in doubt… GET IT OUT!

I support all three articles (Articles 54, 55, and 56) regarding water fluoridation.

The BOS office received an interesting e-mail from James Reeves. James Reeves is a retired civil engineer from Lafayette, LA. He writes:

“From: James Reeves [mailto:james.reeves@lusfiber.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:59 PM
To: selectman@templeton1.org
Subject: My Professional Opinion
Importance: High

To:          Board of Selectmen, Templeton

From:    James W. Reeves,  Ph.D.,  Retired Professor of Civil Engineering,   Lafayette, LA,   70506
                   Tel. (337) 981-3255

Regarding Virginia

Since there seems to be some interest in my side of the Virginia Wilder statement / letter of resignation, I thought I would write a small blog on the subject. First off, I was very surprised that Virginia would resign, I thought she would stay and work for those who elected her. She was one of the group known as Let the People Speak so why would she not stay and work for and speak on behalf of those who supported her? Then the vision of Virginia speaking at a selectmen meeting in the cafeteria at NRHS saying to a Police Officer " remove that whole section over there" and the vision of that night tends to make me ask myself if Virginia was there (as a selectmen) for the people or for some other reason. Hard for me to understand how someone could be a leading member of a group called Let the People Speak and then turn around and attempt to toss out a whole group of towns people from a public open meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The BOS is there to among other things, Let residents speak, listen to them and help them if we can. We are not there to toss them out en mas, that to me is real bullying at its worse! After the recall and reorganization of 2012,

From: "Katherine Cohen (SEN)"
To: "Katherine Cohen (SEN)"
Cc: "Meghan Kelly (SEN)"
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:15:17 PM
Subject: FY 2013 9C Reversals

Dear Local Official:

Senator Brewer is pleased to inform you that he just received a phone call from Glen Shor, Secretary of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance, relative to the Governor's decision to restore key education accounts that were cut earlier this year through the 9C process:

* $1 million to the Regional School Transportation Account;

* $5.25 million to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Student Transportation Account; and,

* $11.5 million to the Special Education Circuit Breaker.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information.

Sincerely,

Kate

Kate Cohen, District Staff Director
Chairman Stephen M. Brewer

Senate Committee on Ways and Means

State House, Room 212
Boston, MA 02133
p: 617-722-1540
f: 617-722-1078

www.stevebrewer.org