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On the article AXED: Several Teachers Let Go to Accomodate Special Ed Costs
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On the article Restoring the Past – Ridgewood Cemetery Restores a Garden Cemetery
Michael Quinlan
11:24 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
ReplyThe cemetery is particularly beautiful in the Fall.
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On the article Should Marijuana Dispensaries Be Blocked?
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On the Blog Post Bay State Bike Week: May 11-19
Michael Quinlan
11:13 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
When you're in a 'drive-thru' you need to drive. If you shut off and then restarted your car each time you stopped in a 'drive-thru' you'd use fantastically more fuel, you'd annoy all others in line and prove yourself to be certifiable.
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On the Blog Post Bay State Bike Week: May 11-19
Michael Quinlan
10:55 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
Amber B. - Link (above) on bike rules shows:
•You may ride two abreast, but must facilitate passing traffic. This means riding single file when faster traffic wants to pass, or staying in the right-most lane on a multi-lane road.
Shouldn't cyclists obey this rule and 'facilitate traffic' by returning to single file when cars need to pass?
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On the Blog Post Bay State Bike Week: May 11-19
Michael Quinlan
10:54 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
ReplyAmber B. - Link (above) on bike rules shows:
•You may ride two abreast, but must facilitate passing traffic. This means riding single file when faster traffic wants to pass, or staying in the right-most lane on a multi-lane road.
Shouldn't cyclists obey this rule and 'facilitate traffic' by returning to single file when cars need to pass?
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On the article Is a Beaver Pond Keeping This Gem From Selling?
Michael Quinlan
10:03 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
ReplyWere there beavers there when they built the house?
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On the article Should DUI Alcohol Limit Be Lowered To 0.05 Percent?
Michael Quinlan
6:11 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
I think their desire to lower the limit is a means of increasing government control. Soon everyone, no matter who (except illegal aliens of course), will technically be in violation of the law so the government will always have a pretext to arrest whenever they have a need. Just look at the current tax code. Nearly every tax filing (beyond the most trivial) are in violation.
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On the article Town Meeting Citizen Advocates Announced
Michael Quinlan
5:55 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
ReplyJohn Fouhy and Phil DeCologero are hard leftists. DiSalvo selects cronies; no surprise.
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On the article Bye-Bye, Bradstreet
Michael Quinlan
10:07 am on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Eagle-Tribune has: 'Hearthstone has promised to pay the town $300,000 for the Bradstreet School property while Oakgrove offered $250,000.'
Michael Quinlan
6:09 pm on Monday, June 17, 2013
The Special Ed costs have ballooned wildly in North Andover (and presumedly all other towns) over the last twenty years. They are now more than 30% of the NA Education budget. I believe the 2013 Town Meeting funded an additional 6 special ed positions. Now, combined with the job cuts, the relate growth of the special ed cost will be dramatic. It is curious that the Ed Dept 'identified a large potential shortfall of about $670,000' but did not see to mention it at Town Meeting when we were asked to approve F2014 budget plans.