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Weld met yesterday with Rep. John E. McDonough (D-Jamaica Plain), who had shepherded the original plan through the legislature. Weld adamantly opposed two of McDonough's suggestions: the continuation of rent control boards and of vacancy decontrol plans, in which units are removed from rent control when their occupants leave. Boston and Brookline currently have vacancy decontrol programs...
...question is, 'What is a ballot per se?'" state Rep. John E. McDonough (D-Jamaica Plain) said in an interview last Friday. "This is new legal terrain, not just for Massachusetts but, as far as we know, for any state...
...John E. McDonough (D-Jamaica Plain), the chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Election Laws--which first approved the bill allowing Connolly to provide the paper summaries--said he had not anticipated the constitutional challenge...
...Jamaica Plain resident Harold Kaplow, 71, says Question 9 has forced him to become politically active...
...bottom line is I would be homeless if Question 9 is passed," says Kaplow, who has lived in Jamaica Plain for 20 years. "I'm very nervous about the prospect of being evicted, but I am turning my energy to a positive role by volunteering and getting involved with the SOCC...