Posts Tagged ‘Julie Smith-Galvin’
Environmental justice
Monday’s Wakefield Town Council meeting felt like karma. And you know what they say about karma. On Monday, the Town Council pulled the plug on the “Decarbonization Roadmap.” Creating the Roadmap was key step in the process of joining the state’s “Climate Leader Communities” program. To appreciate why this is so delicious, return with me, […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 1 Comment
Tags: Attorney General, boondoggle, Climate Change, Climate Leader Communities, Decarbonization Roadmap, Ed Dombroski, electric cars, environmental justice, Environmental Sustainabilty Committee, Global Warming, Humor, Joe Wakefield, Jonathan Chines, Joseph Conway, Julie Smith-Galvin, karma, Mark Sardella, Mike McLane, net-zero, Open Meeting Law, Opinion, Politics, Scot McCauley, taxpayers, Town Council, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Town Council
Greens gone wild
Things got a little hot for representatives of Wakefield’s Environmental Sustainability Committee at last week’s Town Council meeting. But for once, they couldn’t blame climate change. The leading ladies of the ESC must have been a bit dumbfounded by the criticism leveled at them. After all, they’re the good guys (or gals) who are “doing […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, Nature & Wildlife, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 10 Comments
Tags: climate, Climate Change, Climate Leader Communities, conservation, cost, Edward Dombroski, energy, environment, Environmental Sustainability Committee, environmentalism, ESC, Global Warming, Humor, Julie Smith-Galvin, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Melissa Eusden, Michael McLane, mission statement, Opinion, planet, policy, Politics, recycling, Specialized Building Code, Tiana Veldwisch, Town Council, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA
Fire engine green
In her second to last Town Council meeting before she rides her bike into the sunset, Julie Smith-Galvin has cemented her legacy. She may have also sealed the town’s fiscal fate for decades to come. And not in a good way. By pushing the Wakefield Town Council to literally buy into the latest radical climate […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | Leave a Comment
Tags: budget, Climate Change, climate denier, Climate Leader Communities, decarbonization, diesel, Edward Dombroski, electric vehicles, environment, existential issue, finances, fire engine, fossil fuels, green, Humor, Julie Smith-Galvin, Mark Sardella, Michael McLane, net-zero, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Town Council
Thickly settled
If there’s one thing the public has made abundantly clear of late, it’s that they hate overdevelopment and especially all the new multifamily housing being built around town. The discussion of overdevelopment dominates conversation in the public square, the local coffee shops and on social media. It’s a far greater concern than potholes or a […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 1 Comment
Tags: affordable housing, Anne Danehy, building, by right, Chapter 40A, construction, density, development, district, Edward Dombroski, EOHLC, Erin Kokinda, globalism, Greenwood, housing, Jim Hogan, Jonathan Chines, Julie Smith-Galvin, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, MBTA communities, Michael McLane, multi-family, Opinion, over-development, overdevelopment, Politics, population, residential, units, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, West Side, zoning
The new one percent
You probably remember the term “one percent” or “one-percenter,” which became popularized during the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Theoretically, it referred to the richest one percent of the population, who are said to have most of the money, property, and power in society. In reality, it was used to demonize any productive individual who had the audacity to earn and accumulate any quantity of wealth. […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 8 Comments
Tags: 1 percent, 40A, automobiles, bicycle, Bicycle lane, bike, bike lanes, cars, Climate Change, commuting, cycle, cyclist, developers, driving, Erin Kokinda, housing, Humor, Julie Smith-Galvin, Lake Quannapowitt, MAPC, Mark Sardella, Marxism, Massachusetts, MBTA, one percent, one-percenter, Opinion, parking, pedestrian, Politics, Safe Streets Working Group, schools, spandex, SSWG, transit, transportation, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, walking, wealth, zoning
Power to the people
Remember all the way back to last week, when we had a four-day heat wave? I realize that the return to winter weather over the July Fourth weekend tends to blunt the memory of what came before. But three of those days, June 28, 29 and 30, brought temperatures of between 97 and 100, coupled […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 1 Comment
Tags: Breathe Clean North Shore, capacity, carbon, climate, climate activists, CO2, electricity, energy, environmental activists, environmental justice, Environmental police, Eversource, fanatics air conditioning, fossil feuls, heat wave, Humor, Julie Smith-Galvin, Mark Sardella, MMWEC, National Grid, natural gas, Opinion, Peabody, peak power, peaker, Politics, power, power cpmpanies, Project 2015A, renewable energy, solar power, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, Wakefield Town Council, weather, wind power, WMGLD
That’s entertainment!
“How do you do it?” is a question I am frequently asked. “How do you sit through all those boring government meetings?” I should probably answer that I selflessly attend these meetings in order to be your eyes and ears. I should say that I go to these meetings so that you don’t have to. […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, theater, Wakefield | Leave a Comment
Tags: agenda, Ann Santos, Common Street, control, Edward Dombroski, entertainment, government, Humor, Jonathan Chines, Julie Smith-Galvin, Mark Sardella, meetings, Mehreen Butt, Opinion, Paul DiNocco, Peter May, Politics, soap opera, Stephen P. Maio, theater, Town Council, town hall, Wakefield MA, warrants
‘Tis the season of giving…
It’s Christmastime and, if I may so boldly observe, it’s cold outside. Meanwhile, Rudolph has contacted the Reindeer Rights Commission to report bullying and harassment. Climate change has claimed the life of Frosty the Snowman and gender fluid Santa Claus is coming to town. Into this season of gloom, I bring a ray of light […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | Leave a Comment
Tags: ATM, Bob McLaughlin, cat, Christmas, Climate Change, Daniel Lieber, electric car, famine, Fred Rich, Frosty the Snowman, gender fluid, holidays, homeless, Humor, Julie Smith-Galvin, Lake Quannapowitt, Mark Sardella, MSBA, Opinion, Paul DiNocco, pestilence, Peter May, plague, Politics, Public Safety Building, recycling, Robert Mitchell, Rudolph, Santa Claus, School Committee, Seth Moulton, Shaw's, solar panels, Town Council, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Fire Department, Wakefield High School, Wakefield MA, Walton School, Wayne Tarr, Wendy Dennis, William Carroll, windmill
Mark Sardella 