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According to SPOA, the Rent Control Board, the Board of Zoning Appeal and the Inspectional Services Department rely on inconsistent standards and have on occasion ranked the same building as containing both four units and three units. As a result, landlords are generally forced to pay more when doing repairs...
Jewett's statement that PBHA is "in most cases, and independent student association," only tells half the story. Many important organization-wide decisions-- hiring, for example--are made only with Johnson's express approval.
THE professional staff is able to exercise so much power over the students because some students are in tacit collusion. Those students who share the staff's agenda are not as disturbed when the staff makes decisions without consulting them.
A POWERFUL mystique surrounds PBHA. Its record of good works tends to deflect criticism of the organization's operations. But the fact is that there are problems at PBHA that need to be addressed. Staff-student relations must be high on the agenda of PBHA's upcoming reorganization.
State funds for cities and towns across Massachusetts are likely to be cut if legislators and adminstrators on Beacon Hill do not find a solution to the $830 million state budget deficit this month, the House assistant majority leader said yesterday.