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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Keeping Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in prison while he awaits a new trial in the 1975 slaying of neighbor Martha Moxley "would be a miscarriage of justice of the highest order," his attorneys said on Monday.
Skakel's attorney, Hubert Santos, wrote in a legal brief that a judge who overturned Skakel's murder conviction last week has the authority to grant him bail.
Connecticut Judge Thomas Bishop ruled that Skakel's trial attorney, Michael Sherman, failed to adequately represent him in 2002 when he was found guilty in Moxley's golf club bludgeoning. Skakel and Moxley were 15-year-old neighbors in wealthy Greenwich at the time of her death.
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If someone offered to make you healthier and wealthier, would you take it? Apparently, some Oklahoma officials would not. In the past few weeks Oklahoma officials have rejected an offer to pump billions of dollars into the state economy and improve health care access for thousands of Oklahomans.
As a part of the Affordable Care Act, states have the option of expanding their state Medicaid programs to cover adults earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level. To assist states in making this expansion, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the expansion costs during the first three years of the program, and progressively smaller percentages until they pay 90 percent of the costs in 2020. By that time, the cost to Oklahoma taxpayers, according to various estimates, will be $25 million to $40 million/year (using conservative estimates the Oklahoma Health Care Authority cost to Oklahoma in 2020 would be $28.6 million). Meanwhile, the federal government will be sending an additional $225 million to $400 million to Oklahoma health care providers and an additional 180,000 Oklahoma adults would have insurance coverage.
Despite the promise of billions of dollars in new economic activity, on Nov. 19 Gov. Mary Fallin informed the Obama Administration that the State of Oklahoma would be rejecting the billions in federal dollars the state could collect for expanding its Medicaid program. Citing the estimated cost of the expansion, the governor claimed that the program would "require cuts to important government priorities such as education and public safety." In short, the governor says we cannot afford to do this.
A careful evaluation of the evidence though, shows that we cannot afford to not do this.
There are several reasons why accepting the Medicaid expansion money will result in a financial benefit to Oklahoma. First and foremost, by choosing to expand Medicaid an estimated $270 million to $360 million of federal funds will flow to Oklahoma health care providers each year. This means extra income, extra spending and extra tax collections. According to an OSU economic impact study, the Medicaid expansion would produce more than 9,000 new jobs and nearly $30 million in additional state income and sales tax collections. Remember, initially that benefit comes at no cost to the state. By 2020, an additional 9,000 jobs, $280 million increase in payrolls and $30 million in additional state tax revenues costs only $28 million in state spending.
But that's not all. Oklahoma already spends nearly $50 million annually providing health care services to the uninsured population through the Departments of Health and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Of course, only a portion of this serves the population that would potentially be covered under the proposed Medicaid expansion. But if Oklahoma was to expand its Medicaid program the federal government will pick up 90 percent of these costs for that population too.
Furthermore, across Oklahoma the uninsured population consumes an estimated $600 million of uncompensated care costs annually (according to the Oklahoma Hospital Association) — the health care consumed by mostly uninsured people who never pay for their care. As a result, these uncompensated care costs raise the costs of health care for everyone meaning the insured population must absorb some of this cost in the form of higher premiums. By covering more Oklahomans, this proposal would reduce the uncompensated care costs borne by taxpayers and the insured population.
In short, the proposed Medicaid expansion would provide billions of dollars of additional economic activity over the next decade with little cost to taxpayers (thanks to cost-savings elsewhere and additional revenue generated). Meanwhile, an additional 180,000 Oklahomans would enjoy the security of having health insurance coverage.
From an anti-poverty perspective, turning down billions of federal dollars for Medicaid was a mistake. From an economic development perspective, it was a mistake — an incredible opportunity wasted. Healthier and wealthier? Apparently not in Oklahoma.
MICKEY HEPNER is the dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Oklahoma. Hepner serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for The Oklahoma Academy.
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Whether viewed as the fallout of modern health-care's transition from cost-based to performance-driven measures or simply as collateral damage from the effects of partisan politics, the growing trend of hospital closures in the United States has failed to command the attention it deserves. Across the nation, both rural and urban areas are struggling daily to maintain the necessary infrastructure to provide support for residents. The loss of even the smallest facility places additional strain on the already tenuous existence of neighboring institutions. - More Opinion Headlines
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This is my second Honda, my first being a 1998 civic hatchback and that was a great little car. I decided to go with Honda again because of it's reputation of building quality cars, I was wrong.
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I hope premature brake wear issues that plagued the 2008-2009 models don't affect the 2010. IF so I'm probably going to sell this car and get something more comfortable.
My other 2 choices prior to getting this car was a Subaru Legacy 3.6R or a CPO 328i. I thought I was getting a good car, maybe I should have just gone with my gut and go with one of the others.
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IT looks like the Federal Government has dug itself into a hole over the resources super profits tax. The more it tries to justify the proposed tax the more costly it is proving electorally and the harder it will be to dredge a way out of the minefield it has created.
Framing a Budget forecast back in the black based on syphoning the rich profits of the big miners to fill a deep deficit must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
However, the Rudd Government underestimated the protests from the powerful resources lobby. The Prime Minister says the Government's latest $38.5 million advertising campaign on the RSPT will counter a "scare campaign funded by some very, very big vested interests".
But gauging from opinion forums on online news sites in the past week it will be hard to sell as Australians are increasingly confused about the resources super tax and its merits.
The Government has to convince not just the mining companies, but also the electorate that this is a fair tax – or at least that it won't have a negative effect on the nation's resources-dependent economy.
Many online comments have criticised the Government for targeting a sector of the economy considered the country's "golden goose" during the recent global financial crisis.
Paul Champness commented on The Courier-Mail site: "(Most people) are opposed to the tax because of the massive contribution made to our wellbeing by the mining boom we are enjoying. No one wants to kill that golden goose, except maybe the Government."
Thatmosis of Isis Central added: "Here we have a Government who for some reason known only to themselves is determined to destroy maybe the most significant export entity that exists in this country by introducing a tax that is grossly unfair and is putting Australian jobs and the future of some towns in jeopardy."
But Tim Swinden of Perth commented on Perth Now: "The mining companies have been picking the pockets of the Australian taxpayer for years. China needs our rocks. The mining companies have no choice but to invest, dig and sell them to China. The rest of the world cannot supply the complete demand. The rocks belong to every Australian citizen. Do not let the mining companies bluff us out of our due."
Basically that has been the message the Government has been trying to sell since the Budget earlier this month. But spending millions of dollars to promote the proposed tax is not proving popular.
Ben of Adelaide said on Adelaide Now: "This is an outrage! I am used to the Government wasting my taxpayer money. But using it for a political propaganda campaign is completely wrong."
Matt of the Gold Coast said on news.com.au: "Funny that Rudd was unable to put the facts on the table the first time around. So now we have to pay for it. In a word, pitiful."
On the other hand, Hayden wrote on ABC Online: "The mining companies are funding a misinformation campaign using profits that belong to the people. I thank the Government for funding adverts that present a counter argument in the hope the proposed tax change survives. It's worth a small up-front investment to reap the reward of getting a fair price for our minerals into the future."
The problem is that the Government is struggling to convince the electorate that it is on the right track with this tax. Worse than a bigger black hole in its budgetary planning, what it needs less is another bungled policy that will hurt its re-election chances.
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John A Neve says:
Is the proposed SPT on mining fair? The answer is clearly No. But then our tax system is unfair. Was it fair to increase tax on smokers, isn't that targetting one section of our community?
This country is in debt, irrespective of who wins government at the next federal election the debt must be paid. If the money does not come from the mining sector and smokers, where will it come from?
The real answer is a totall revamp of our taxation system, but the top end of town does not want this. The fight currently being put up by the mining sector, would be nothing compared to the war that would ensue if we tried to get the top end to pay their fair share.
If it is a toss up between the mining companies paying or the PAYE taxpayer, I'll support the proposed tax every time.
But I still believe a Financial Debits Tax is the fairest way forward for all Austrians.
persephone says:
Er, no.
The budget is not framed around relying on the RSPT to put it back in the black. Without the RSPT, the budget will still be in the black, within the timeline outlined; it's just that changes to company tax, super and tax rebates on interest payments won't go ahead.
It has nothing to do with filling black holes or paying off deficits.
Perhaps if the media started reporting issues honestly the government wouldn't need to advertise.
There have been numerous economists explaining why this tax is sensible, well thought out and will not have an overall negative impact on mining, but should instead expand it - but I don't think I've seen an article like that on this site, for example.
The government wouldn't have to struggle so hard if you guys did your job properly.
Sloppy reporting, as evinced by this article, doesn't help anyone.
Against the Man says:
Why is the government in debt? Did the government make best use of taxpayer monies? If I worked for a private company and spent the way rudd did with no profit to show for, trust me I would be sacked in 2 years. Rudd has overstayed his welcome and made a fine mess. The mining tax is a short term fix which will lead to long term losses for the Australian people. But Rudd won't be held accountable in 10 years time and he will care even less than he cares now (if that is even possible.)
Richard Dobson says:
The government wants to grow and expand, which doesn't benefit all Australians, in fact in is to the detriment of most Australians because we have to support it with our productivity. The government doesn't have any wealth with it didn't steal from someone in the first place. What we don't need is more taxes, what we do need is government spending cuts.
Don Clark says:
I agree with Persephone.
A wider reading, of eg a number of sensible (non-party political) articles in this past weekend's SMH and Fin Review, gives a fair, plain, understandable summary of how this tax will work. And work it will - for the national benefit.
Overall, its now beyond argument that the mining lobby has been trying to have a bit of a lend of us all.
As for the loud rantings of particular individual industry billionaires, well, pffffffft. As soon as I hear "commie" and "socialist" in 21st C Oz policy debates, I start to giggle - just before I switch off - total bulldust, and more a vote loser than winner.
rust digger says:
This is a true test of the mettle of the Rudd government.
Gutless people give in to the whingers and the fearmongers.
True leaders stand up and tell the people what's going to happen because it's good for them.
The mining tax will ensure that the Australian community actually benefits from the so-called resources boom and not just a few companies and their shareholders (or the minority of overpaid tradesmen that work there).
The miners can get a deduction for the losses they make, too, so it's not like they will be significantly disadvantaged.
The effective tax rate for using our resources is 57% if the tax is passed. Which seems pretty "fair" given the fact that it's our rescources.
Hopefully, the government will show some true leadership and put the money to good use and build something for the nation that we need.
len says:
When Australia "Rode on the Sheep's Back" there was no "Super Sheep's Wool Tax".
And I think that is a fair analogy when you look at the Resources Super Tax.
If Rudd reckons that the miners are making a lot of noise, imagine the noise from a million sheep cockies if he slapped a Wool Super Tax (WST) on them back when wool, not mining was king of the export trade.
Bob says:
Yet more misinformation crap. Essential Report shows the majority support the RSPT. Strongly support - 12%, Support - 31%, Oppose - 22%, Strongly oppose - 14%, Don't know - 20%. Giving 43% support RSPT and 36% do not support it.
steve says:
Hey Pheromone
Looks like no-one care that you can't add up
let me help youBudget bottom line minus $12 billion over 2 years equals
Government (and Us) still in debt
Surplus is gone and they are now running the country by ticking everything up on the China bankcard.That is how it will be until there is a change of Government
Evan Findlay says:
Marcus, you state that the Rudd government is failing to sell it's RSPT because it cannot get it's message across. This is ardently true. But one only has to read the daily splatter of headlines and see why the governments task is so difficult.
The media in this country no longer sources positives from newsworthy stories, instead, it focuses on the negative and sensationalist aspects to sell it's journals. The majority of headlines, subsequent stories and saturated coverage in relation to the RSPT have been predominately in favour of the miners and their associated councils. Add a financially desperate and vocal Liberal party into the mix and it becomes blatantly obvious where the news story lies. Not with a tax that has economic merit and substantial benefits for the shareholders of Australia's minerals, the Australian people and tax reform, but a cashed up, self serving, extremely influential and narrow section of our business community.
How is it that the media is not courting the opinion of BHP and Rio in regards to the Liberal party's 1.7% tax to fund paid parental leave? Do they not realize that they will be bankrolling the more than generous parental leave for the whole of the country? Surely there is more merit in funding infrastructure, reductions in corporate tax, superannuation and small business tax reductions through the RSPT than in paying for the country's mothers, mothers who don't even work for them! Where is the benefit to BHP or Rio? Maybe they have constructed a deal with the Liberal party. Maybe the Liberal party have an understanding with the mining groups whereby they fight the good fight in the political arena and side with big business and in return the mining groups will fund their election campaign. Once the Liberals are elected to government the 1.7% tax on big business to pay for the nations parental leave scheme can become a non core promise. You remember non core promises don't you Tony?
My question to you Marcus is simple, if the right wing Murdoch press to which you are aligned to, began to balance your articles and opinion pieces, to initiate a fair and an unbiased coverage, to stop toeing the line of big business and the mining companies and presented the reader with both sides of the argument, do you think the Rudd government would have to spend 38.5 million dollars to repudiate the mis-truths and misinformation being peddled by the mining council?
Joe says:
Before the election Rudd lied in saying he was outraged with governments who spend money on advertising and that he would ever do such a terrible thing. He even called it a 'cancer'. But like most things Rudd has totaly backfliped and shown he has no morals here.
Chris says:
Hang on, doesn't the constitution state that the "rocks" in the ground belong to the state in which they are mined? If that is the case, then the Federal Government may be trying to introduce an illegal tax
Barry says:
I sort of given in on the mining issue, the miners have the money and therefore they win. They can pretty much do what ever they want any way. Have a look at the impact it has on rural communities, they are getting the heart ripped out of them yet they cannot do a sweet thing about it. It not about people it all about money and how much we can get.
John says:
This issue here is that this cockup is one of Rudd's own doing…again. The mining industry was not against paying an icreased tax, similar to the oil and gas industry( which we all own too).
The problem was that the tax was announced before any consultation with the relevant stakeholders and then announced in the budget as a done deal.
Then Swan dug his toes in and both sides are now at odds with each other.
I thought this turkey of a PM was supposed to be a diplomat.
And I haven't even touched on the backflip about taxpayers now funding his politcal position, whose content is also a lie as it does not include company tax paid by mining. Rudd would be better off doing nothing on all his initiatives ( BER, home insulation, illegal immigrants etc etc etc) as everything ends up costing all of us more.
I for one switch channels, or radio stations the moment he comes on now. as I can't stand to see or hear him anymore…
Don Clark says:
Chris says:10:42am | 31/05/10
Hang on, doesn't the constitution state that the "rocks" in the ground belong to the state in which they are mined? If that is the case, then the Federal Government may be trying to introduce an illegal taxStrictly, no, The Constitution does not, and no, the Federal Govt proposal is not.
While The Crown in right of the State/s does own nearly all on-shore minerals, and while the Constitution of Australia does not list minerals as an area over which the Federal Parliament has jurisdiction, a number of Federal powers and laws cover mining operations and have done for many decades.
Section 51 of the Consitution is of very particular relevance here:
"51 Legislative powers of the Parliament
The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to
make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the
Commonwealth with respect to:
(ii) taxation; but so as not to discriminate between States or parts
of States;
(iii) bounties on the production or export of goods, but so that
such bounties shall be uniform throughout the
Source: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/constitution/Any legislation of the Commonwealth based upon these powers will override any inconsistent State legislation.
Red herring, this one.
Serious says:
The Fiberal political machine is again in overdrive. You minions need to get you facts right. The budget remains in surplus even if there is no mining tax. The money raised from the tax, among other things, funds the reduction in the company tax rate. As for destroying the mining industry - wasn't that going to happen when WorkChoices was abolished? Wasn't that going to happen when the rent tax was introduced on the Petroleum industry? And of course the Fringe Benefits Tax was going to destroy the Restaurant Industry. However, I notice one or two still open. As for the mining companies going offshore - what a joke! Brazil -ha ha ha. The ships carrying Iron Ore cant go through the Panama Canal as they are too big so the extra cost in transporting to Asia is astronomically higher. Countries in Africa? Now that's a great idea - particularly when you are as afraid of 'sovereign risk' as Albanese and Rio profess to be. Those African countries sure do represent the certainty that the mining companies suggest they need. NOT. Our mines are the closest to the source of their profitable destination - China and India - than any others in the world including Canada. That is why they make so much money and is why the Mining companies won't be going anywhere else.
Dognuts says:
There are a couple of points that need to be remembered when discussing the new RSPT or Rent Tax or whatever name it is to go by.
1) Mineral resources are finite. If we fail to capitalise on their value, then once they are exhausted, the option to profit from them is gone as well. While I agree that calling it a Super Profits tax lends a whiff of class envy to it all, ultimately as long as the revenue is diverted to alternative futire industries, it is a good concept that benefits eveyone (commies and fascists alike!!)
2) Miners go to where the resources are. The cost of minerals will only rise in future due to high demand and diminishing resources, so while there is money to be made, and we have what the miners want, they will stay.
3) Australia lacks a diverse value-add economy. While we aren't exactly the Banana Republic some would like to think we are, we do lack truly diverse value-add export industries. When the resources start to run out, something will need to take the place of mineral exports if we are to prop up our standard of living. I would hope that revenue from this tax will be used to help develop these industries.
4) We have a mentality of entitlement that requires new ways of raising revenue. Even the most rabid right and left wingers here would have to agree that both sides of politics have failed miserably in creating an entitlement mentality among Australians, and since I can't see voters foregoing the 'free lunch', you have to find new ways of raising revenue.
We only need to looks at Europe for a salient lesson in moderating one's standard of living. Both sides of politics wear responsibility for our problems as even though public debt has increased under the current government (and seemingly unnecessarily so), private debt blew out to biblical proportions under the previous (and much of that went and parked the nations savings into unproductive real estate). One gets the feeling that the Eurozone situation and the likelihood of a moribund US economy for the forseeable future will translate to us all having to take our medicine. Like it or not, this proposed tax is just the first of many if we hope to keep living in the manner to which we are accustomed
Martha says:
Until Coalition will get their act together we (my family and friends) will vote Labor no matter what they do.
It is simply protest vote against Abbott.
Against the Man says:
There seems to be a huge anti-rudd force gaining momentum all over the country. Just remember right now all your bils/private health insurance are higher then ever thanks to ruddy. If the mining tax gets through, please say bye bye to having more money in your super. Rudd is hitting you where it hurts baby!
Beans says:
The miners have lost no value due to the tax. The rest of the market is down by about 15% from the start of May, but the miners are on close to where they started May. Fortescue at start of Arpil was $5.25, at the start of May was $4.50 and currently are on $4.20. Rio at start of Arpil was $80, at the start of May was $68 and currently are on $67. The miners lost more in the month leading up to May, than they have since the RSPT was announced.(May 2).
Saskia says:
Would really be better if Rudd just resigned now.
His govt is in disarray and there are fires everywhere. This mining tax/attempt at class war is simply the final cherry on top of the worst administration this nation has known.
Rudd needs to be sacked by the ALP. He is dangerous and out of control. They have zero hope of winning the next election with him and slightly more with Gillard the architect of the BER debacle as leader.
Bleeding Heart says:
It will be interesting to see wether all of those who protest vote to the greens actually like what they end up with.
Whilst Bob and his cronies like to say how the cake is carved up, it will be interesting to see how interested they in having a hand in making it in the first place and thus, chance being branded the same as all the rest.
For all their rhetoric, do the greens have the balls to jump off the fence?
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Last October, British stylist Charlotte Stockdale announced she was leaving her post at i-D, a pillar of British street and underground fashion, and joining Garage magazine as its fashion director. The über-cool stylist's first efforts for Dasha Zhukova's biannual art and fashion mag were unveiled today, when issue six hit newsstands. Garage gave us an exclusive first look at its Nick Knight-lensed covers (above), which feature Karlie Kloss and Cara Delevingne. As evidenced by Garage's new snaps, Stockdale can seamlessly transition between high-gloss and grit—a skill that no doubt came in handy during her stints at Dazed & Confused and Harper's Bazaar, and while styling shows for the likes of Dolce & Gabbana and Fendi. She's worked with Karl Lagerfeld on the latter's runway looks and campaigns for the last five years. Here, Style.com caught up with Stockdale to talk about the state of British fashion, leaving i-D, and her vision for Garage.
What drew you to Garage?
Everything about it. I remember the first issue coming out and thinking it was something different, courageous, seriously beautiful, and sometimes quite shocking. It's not safe and it's incredibly sophisticated. I talked on and off with Dasha about shooting for her, but it never worked because I was too busy with i-D. Then we met for tea after the summer—I was quite relaxed from holiday—and she said she was looking into a fashion director, and obviously that evolved into a conversation.
Did you feel that i-D was no longer those things—courageous, shocking, and beautiful? Is that why you left?
No, that's not why I left. Not in the slightest. I enjoy conceptual fashion, and there isn't a lot of space left for it anymore. Garage is a venue where conceptual fashion is still the right thing. When I started at Dazed & Confused at the beginning, conceptual fashion was the thing. I like exploring it on multilayers, not just mixing jackets and trousers for a good picture.
And how does that translate in terms of your vision for this magazine?
I would like to keep a delicate mix of sophisticated and playful. Humor is very important, but it can't be silly, and beauty is really important. The art content is serious. I don't mean serious in a way that it is not amusing. Some of it is very amusing, but they put in heavyweights. The fashion needs to balance that out. I love working with the stylish photographers and new photographers and new designers. So far, most of them are saying "yes."
On the subject of new designers, who are you particularly excited about right now in London?
It sounds awfully predictable to say, but I am very interested in J.W. Anderson and Christopher Kane. London right now has finally hit its stride. There's Peter Pilotto, Mary Katrantzou, etc., and they have all found this balance between creativity and the business, which are equally important. That wasn't so much the case when I was young. Some succeeded and others didn't—the balance wasn't correct. I have seen so much talent leave Britain and move to other cities. We have always felt it was such a shame that these kids aren't back at home building proper brands themselves.
How do you think this momentum with London fashion will progress in the next few seasons?
I think the momentum will continue. With Natalie Massenet at the helm of British Fashion Council, everything has stepped up a few notches. Obviously, she is a lady of no fear. These young designers all have solid bases, and they are building proper businesses. The month is a very crowded month, and it is pretty challenging for [fashion] people like ourselves. London used to be a three-day thing and you could miss it. Now it's a solid five-day event full of high-class content. It is the most interesting fashion week aside from Paris.
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- Andrew, I m sending you a list of PDFs I ve collected for the LET S PRETEND series. I assumed I d update Otter....eventually, it was never a priority.Sep 10, 2008View SourceAndrew,I'm sending you a list of PDFs I've collected for the LET'S PRETEND series.I assumed I'd update Otter....eventually, it was never a priority.I hope they help you decide what to do.Ben K
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Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 7:53 AMIn the 1970s, there was a series of 50 Let's Pretend stories re-created
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Greenfield — A proposal for a Buddhist temple in a heavily residential neighborhood is in its early stages, but it already faces several challenges as it tries to win city approval.
Phuoc Hau Buddhist Temple of Milwaukee, which has purchased a 43,000-square-foot parcel in Greenfield near 44th Street and Edgerton Avenue, wants to build a facility that would hold about 80 people and possibly include living quarters for a clergy person/family.
The group, now located in Milwaukee near 15th Street and Oklahoma Avenue, has hired Wauwatosa-based SchultzWerk Architecture. A rendering has not yet been released.
The architect has asked the Greenfield Plan Commission to delay taking up the proposal until Feb. 9, said Chuck Erickson, Greenfield planning and economic development director. But commission members have already, albeit briefly, discussed the proposal, and some issues of concern have emerged.
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The land is between two houses on Edgerton Avenue and adjacent to a park. Besides the possible difficulty of a religious temple fitting in with the rest of the neighborhood, the parcel would have to be rezoned from residential to institutional.
Edgerton Avenue is not equipped to handle the traffic such a facility would bring, Mayor Michael Neitzke said during a Jan. 12 commission meeting.
It may work better on a main thoroughfare, said Neitzke, who also said Phuoc Hau did not present any plans to the city prior to purchasing the site.
Tax-free facility
Because it is a religious institution, the group would not have to pay property taxes. However, city officials and Phuoc Hau have discussed a Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, agreement.
Phuoc Hau is open to such an arrangement but differs with the city on how to calculate the property's value, Greenfield officials said in a report to the Plan Commission.
Representatives from Phuoc Hau and SchultzWerk did not respond to requests for comment.
The land was assessed at $103,900 in 2009, according to online city records.
Altering street plans
The city would have to vacate a portion of two as-yet unbuilt city roads - 44th Street and Holmes Avenue. As a result, it's possible those roads would never be constructed there.
Reaction from neighboring property owners would be a critical factor in the decision to vacate and generally for the project going forward, officials said.
A neighborhood informational meeting would have to be held prior to a final vote.
WHAT: Greenfield Plan Commission
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 9
WHERE: City Hall, 7325 W. Forest Home Ave.
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The Reason Why I Would Never Go Shopping At Chanel Shopping Center
I pray for people who lost their dignities (and broke their pants) at Chanel Shopping Center aka Chanel show last week. At first, the shopping center showed us how amazing Karl Lagerfeld really is. He put fashion in a place where fashion itself never really belongs. And not just that, he makes a joke out of it (written on the products inside the Chanel Shopping Center), it's not a critic. It's a…
I broke my own record! 8 hours for editing and choosing the right photos for my Tumblr blog! Boo-yeah! Now I am officially the world's laziest human being! Wait, I will read my speech later.
It's not like I don't have anything to upload (well, okay maybe I do have limited photos). Listen fellas, I have my own priorities. Cute doggy videos and cat weird faces (holly crap! Do you know cats can frown like Hannibal Lecter?!?) are just on the top of my list. Hey, we are all the same, right?
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Right right… need to stop babbling around. Actually, I wanted to talk more about Chinese Lunar New Year aka New Year aka the only day in a year where chinese people stop planting, counting, building, making things, cooking, cleaning, and just laying around with their families eating pork bellies and sweet cookies.
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Hello and welcome to Peppermint Swing! A blog (or Tumblr?) dedicated to my continuous blabbering about everything except politics and other hard things that will make my brain (and possibly yours too since I believe this is not a place where Obama usually hang out with his pal) melts away. What is my goal? To be the Jennifer Lawrence of Tumblr. That way, I will make you all impressed with my sassy, funny yet intellectual words.
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Our next meeting will be March 12, 2014 at the Centerville Rec building 524 main street, Centerville, MA. (map below) at 7pm. If you are a registered Democrat and not currently on the mailing list and are interested in the agenda, please send an email to Read the rest of this entry »
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Press Release: Barnstable Caucus to Elect Delegates
February 11, 2014PRESS RELEASE
The Barnstable Democratic Town Committee (BDTC) will hold a caucus for registered Democrats in Barnstable at the Centerville Rec Building, 524 Main Street, Centerville on Saturday, March 1, at 9am. All registered Democrats are welcome; participants do not have to be members of the BDTC to either run for delegate or vote in the caucus, but must have registered as a Democrat with the Barnstable Town Clerk by Jan. 31, 2014.
Barnstable will elect 22 delegates,11 women and 11 men and four alternates to the 2014 Massachusetts Democratic Convention. The convention will be held on Friday June 13 and Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the DCU Center in Worcester. Barnstable delegates will join Democrats from across Massachusetts who will vote to endorse candidates for statewide office.
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CAUCUS ANNOUNCEMENT: March 1st, 9am
February 4, 2014The Barnstable Democratic Town Committee will hold it's caucus March 1, at 9am, in the Centerville Recreation Building, Main St. Centerville.
Watch this space for more information, or sign-up for our email alerts in the right-hand column.
Our next regular meeting will be February 12, at 7pm in the same location.
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Don't Miss this Year's St. Patrick's Day Brunch!
January 29, 2014New and improved!! A larger venue, great food, 2014 election candidates and more!
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IMPORTANT: Last day to register or change registration Jan 31
January 28, 2014This coming Friday Jan 31, is the last day to either change your registration or register as a Democrat to be able to participate in local caucuses.
If you are a "unenrolled" aka "independent" or even a registered Republican and you want to be involved in our upcoming caucuses, please visit the town clerk and make the changes. If you are not enrolled in Barnstable and this is your primary resident, you need to visit the town clerk's office and enroll.
Barnstable's Town Clerk is located in Town Hall. This is her page: http://www.townofbarnstable.us/TownClerk/.
Directions to Town Hall: http://www.townofbarnstable.us/TownHall/directions200Main.pdf
Please note, Barnstable Democratic Town Committee's caucus is tentatively scheduled for March 1, at the Centerville Rec Building at 9am.
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MEETING WILL BE HELD Wed.
January 3, 2014update: We will hold a meeting at our regularly scheduled time to discuss caucus etc January 8, 2014 at the Centerville Rec Building – members associates and friends welcome.
Please let me know if you will be making our meeting on Wed the 8th of Jan. – I want to be sure we will have a quorum. Send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com or to the chair.
Caucus tentatively scheduled for March 1, 2014 – a.m. details to follow….
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Meet 3 Gubernatorial Candidates in Barnstable (and close by) Saturday!
December 20, 2013Take a few minutes out of your busy day to Meet and Greet these candidates for governor
Don Berwick — http://berwickforgovernor.com — Nancy Ayotte will host Don at 64 Goose pt Rd., Centerville. 4-6pm — call Nancy with any questions, please come by! 617-945-2618
Attorney General Martha Coakley – http://www.marthacoakley.com Diane Parvin and friends will host Martha at The Wianno Green Cafe', Osterville, 2:45 pm, RSVP and/or for more information contact
Diane Parvin: 508-364-4350
Juliette Kayyem – http://www.juliettekayyem.com (in Falmouth) The Moorings Lodge - 207 Grand Ave, Falmouth, 3pm — RSVP or information: Brenda Joyce 774-223-0846
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