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...benefits to the nation and to the world as a whole, not necessarily to Watertown. The residents don’t have anything against universities; they just don’t want to pay to host one. The decision to exempt Harvard from taxation was made by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which does not bear evenly the cost of its decision. Thus, cities like Watertown have reason to adopt an attitude of “Not In My Backyard,” something more frequently encountered in discussions of nuclear plants than institutions of higher learning...
...Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office recently dropped all charges against Davis, as well as his high school friend Trombly, after determining that “sufficient evidence does not exist to allow the Commonwealth [of Massachusetts] to sustain its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” Trombly and Davis were originally charged with drinking in public and resisting arrest, among other counts...
...complaint was sent to Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham ’72, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, Acting Governor Jane M. Swift and Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin. If the House-passed redistricting becomes law, the complaint will likely become a lawsuit within a month...
...individaul owns and representative seat in any part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts—these belong to the citizens,” Toomey said...
Should the matter appear for their consideration, the citizens of the Commonwealth should reject the proposal. Ending bilingual education would leave thousands of children struggling to keep up. While we understand that the current bilingual education program must be reformed, Unz’s proposal would through the proverbial baby out with the bathwater—bilingual education needs help not because it is too large a program, but rather because it is too limited for the population it seeks to serve...