Posts Tagged ‘overdevelopment’
Minority rule
Tuesday is Town Election Day, and if past is prologue, fully 10-15 percent of Wakefield’s registered voters will exercise the right that President Jimmy Carter called, “the foundation of our democracy.” The remaining 85-90 percent of you will be on social media railing about the condition of the roads, overdevelopment and wondering how we ended […]
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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 […]
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Zoning out
So, now they want Zoning Board of Appeals meetings to be televised. The suggestion was made recently at a televised Town Council meeting. Misery loves company, I suppose. There’s nothing TV viewers would rather watch than deliberations over dimensional variances and nonconforming uses — unless you count the Watching Paint Dry Channel. To help promote […]
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