Public Comment: Town Needs Enforcement In Back-In Parking Zones
The following written public comment was submitted to the Amherst Town Council on October 3,...
Year: 2021
Letter: Jones Library Renovation Offers Sustainable Design
I am glad so many people in Amherst are thinking critically about building sustainability and...
Letter: Carbon Sequestration Makes Jones Renovation An Investment In Sustainability
As an Amherst resident, I want to be sure our new library is a financially...
Letter: For Better Planning And An Appropriate Post-Pandemic Jones Library, Vote No
Voting “NO” on the library ballot question is not a vote against anything. It’s a...
Letter: Jones History Can Still Be Preserved With A No Vote And A More Modest Renovation
My heartfelt applause for all who participated in creating the soon-to-be-inaugurated Amherst Writers Walk. What...
Letter: Sunrise Amherst Condemns Councilor Hanneke’s Statement On Racial Quotas
Sunrise Amherst stands with the Progressive Coalition of Amherst and the BIPOC community in condemning...
Opinion: Defund 413 Condemns Councilors Hanneke, Steinberg, Ross, and Ryan For Their Failure To Support Racial Justice
By Defund 413 Amherst Note this statement is not an endorsement of any candidate. Rather...
Opinion: Amherst Forward Presumes To Speak For BIPOC People While Simultaneously Silencing And Oppressing Those Voices
When candidates run for local office in Amherst, they have the opportunity to be endorsed...
Opinion: Jones Library – A Better Path Is Possible
The Jones Library Trustees are trying to convince us that if we don’t agree to...
Opinion: Checks And Balances In Amherst Town Government. Reflections By A Soon-To-Be-Former-Councilor On How This Town Council Fails To Meet The Promises Of The Charter, Democracy, Transparency, And Public Participation (#3)
Checks and balances are a cornerstone of democracy. The point of providing checks and balances...
Opinion: Love Justice And Climate Change – What’s A “Fair Share” And Who Should Pay It?
President Biden told the United Nations recently that by 2024 the U.S. will provide $11.4...
Opinion: Outrage Over The Selling Of Our Future
This column also appeared in The Daily Hampshire Gazette. Although I was a radical in...