Archive for November, 2022
Election central
18Nov22
For the past few years, we’ve been subjected to endless lectures informing us that voting is incredibly difficult and we must do everything in our power to make it easier for voters to participate in elections. Anything less would be VOTER SUPPRESSION! We’ve been told that democracy shouldn’t place even the slightest burden on the […]
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Tags: ballot, centralized voting, democracy, disabled, drivers license, early volting, Election Day, elections, Galvin Middle School, high school, illegal aliens, mail-in ballot, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, News, Opinion, parking, Politics, polling place, polls, precinct, professional development, schools, senior citizens, teachers, vote, voter suppression, voting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefielld MA
School choice
04Nov22
Most of us know at least one person who grew up in Wakefield, attended Wakefield Public Schools and then had to reluctantly leave his hometown as it became increasingly unaffordable. Well, living in Wakefield is about to get even more expensive, if the current plans for a new high school go through.
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