ISSUES/ANALYSES

Jeff Lee May 24, 2024 5

Amherst has a gambling problem. The Mayo Clinic defines gambling as being willing to risk...

Art Keene May 17, 2024 4

Note: the following analysis draws substantially from the blog Radical UMass that was started around...

Jeff Lee May 10, 2024 0

Throughout the long, contentious, and ever-costlier history of the Jones Library Renovation-expansion plan, critics have...

Amherst Indy April 26, 2024 0

by Adam Federman The following article, “The War on Protest” by Adam Federman, appeared originally...

Jeff Lee April 5, 2024 5

Potential Bidders Continue to Seek ClarificationThe Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) has contractually imposed...

Jeff Lee April 5, 2024 0

Paid Fundraisers Not IdentifiedA recent post describing lack of transparency by the Jones Library’s private...

Jeff Lee March 29, 2024 1

Fundraisers Shape Library Programming and Town SpendingThe Friends of the Jones Library System, Inc. (the...

Jeff Lee March 22, 2024 2

Voters Squash Nine-year-old Library Plan as Public Safety Complex Costs JumpAs Amherst awaits construction bids...

Jeff Lee March 1, 2024 2

Wealthy Boston Suburb’s Project Planning and Decision-making May Offer Lessons to AmherstLike Amherst, the town...

Jeff Lee February 24, 2024 5

Amherst Public Schools Face Painful Cuts and a Fiscal CliffHome to two colleges and the...

Michael Burkart February 17, 2024 12

During the 32 years we have lived in town, I have seen public conversations take...

Jeff Lee February 9, 2024 0

Library Project Bid Documents Now Available OnlineAfter two years and close to $2 million in...