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Thursday, December 3
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Hosted by Joan Robbio, 4 Bradley Road
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 | This year our guest speaker will be Leslie Kirwan. Leslie is an Arlington resident who recently served as the Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance. She is now the Dean of Administration and Finance for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. | |
| Friends and family members are welcome. |
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The LWVA will provide rides to the polls from 9 am to 4 pm. Call Claire Maytum at 781-643-9241. Or if you can work a shift as a driver, call Claire
LWV of Concord-Carlisle is co-sponsoring an engaging set of evening programs on climate change issues, Life in the Balance: A Public Forum Series.
Our nation needs this Public Option as a safety net. It should provide quality and affordable healthcare coverage to all U.S. residents regardless of pre-existing conditions, employment status and ability to pay.
Without a Public Option, there is no incentive for private insurers to provide quality care at a reasonable rate and maximize the percentage of our premium dollars for actual health care.
Ask your SENATORS and REPRESENTATIVES to Support and VOTE for the Public Option today!
At the Legislative Brunch sponsored by the League at the home of Carma Forgie, State Senator Ken Donnelly and State Representatives Will Brownsberger, Sean Garballey, and Jay Kaufman spoke to League members and guests about revenue, health insurance and other current issues at the State House.
State Representatives Sean Garballey and Jay Kaufman, State Senator Ken Donnelly, State Representative Will Brownsberger
How about a discussion of Arlington issues with the workers, makers and doers of the town, along with interested others?
Everyone is welcome to the Friday brown bag lunches sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Arlington.
The November First Friday Lunch with feature Ruth Yannetti, Recycling Coordinator, on Nov. 6
Friday Lunch Discussions are held at the home of Carma and Jim Forgie at 11 Stony Brook Road in Arlington. Discussions are planned to go from just after noon to just before 1 o'clock for those coming during their lunch hour, with the option to stay for a longer discussion when possible. Beverages will be provided by the hosts to accompany brown bag lunches brought by those attending.
On-street parking is available near the Forgie home, which is at the end of Stony Brook Road off Hillsdale Road. For further information or to arrange for transportation, please call Clare Gordon at 781-648-0004.
These brown bag lunches are held monthly the first Friday of the month. Note: The First Friday lunches take a winter break. The next lunch after November will be in February.
Stony Brook Road runs off Hillsdale Road between Brantwood and Brunswick. From Arlington Center, take Jason Street through the flashing light at Gray Street. Soon you will come to the main entrance to Menotomy Rocks Park on your right and a "Y" intersection just ahead. Take the left fork of the "Y" and bear left at the next "Y" intersection, Then take a sharp left on Stony Brook Road. Number 11 is the last house on the right partly around the cul-de-sac.
 Our guests for April’s First Friday Lunch were Jack Jones, Arlington’s Director of Housing and Disability Programs, and Kerrie Fallon, Chair of the Disability Commission. | March’s First Friday Lunch featured Mark Ryder, Director of Special Education. |  |
On Nov. 7
2009-2010 LWVA Dates to Note:
5,473 people voted, 18.49% of the 29,598 Registered Voters in town.
25,447 people voted, 84.48% of the 30,122 Registered Voters in town.
6,732 people voted, 23.4% of the 28,772 Registered Voters in town.
5,228 people voted, 25% of the 21,066 registered voters in the affected precincts.
18,167 people voted for Presidential candidate. 11,479 people voted for State Representative candidate which did not involve all precincts. The count of registered voters on that date is not available.
4,516 people voted, 16% of the 28,058 registered voters in town.
7,385 people voted, 29% of the 28,058 registered voters in town.
8,135 people voted, 29% of the 28,022 registered voters in town.
20,152 people voted, 71.9% of the 28,022 registered voters in town.
This information is from the Arlington Town website.
Arlington Election Results History
Interesting information about Youth Voter Registration Rates
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Voters
Guide to the Candidates for the Arlington Town Elections,
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Voters
Guide to the Candidates for the State Primary Election, September 16, 2008
Voters
Guide to the Candidates for the Arlington Town Election, April 5, 2008
Voters
Guide to the Candidates for the 23Voters
Guide to the Candidates for 4Voters
Guide to the Candidates for Arlington Town Election, April 2007.Voters
Guide to the Candidates for Arlington Town Election, April 2006.Voters
Guide to the
Candidates for Arlington Town Election, April 2005.
Voters
Guide to the Candidates for Arlington Town Election, April 2004.
The Mass. Ave. Corridor Project consists of traffic and streetscape improvements from the Cambridge line to Pond Lane. It is anticipated to include roadway and sidewalk reconstruction, replacement of existing traffic signals, new signs and pavement markings, improved lighting, landscaping, and amenities. Project objectives include the following:
The Planning Dept. has sponsored two public meetings this past month which were each attended by over 70 residents and local business people. The second of these was an interactive workshop aimed at identifying current problems and gathering ideas for solutions and desired improvements and enhancements. Participants generally agreed that the Lake Street intersection was a major problem in terms of pedestrian and bicycle safety and traffic flow. Other problem intersections included Bates Road, Orvis Road, Grafton Street, and the entrance to the CVS parking lot. Pedestrian and bicycle safety while trying to cross Mass. Ave. was considered a problem along most of the corridor, especially near bus stops.
Most people favored marked bike lanes, though some did not. Many wanted a median divider, but most seemed to prefer wider sidewalks and didn’t feel there was enough room for both without impeding traffic flow. There was general agreement on the need for many more bike racks near the business areas, as well as trash and recycling containers. There was also agreement that bus shelters would be a good addition. Trees, other plantings, and benches were requested by many. But there was also concern that sidewalks retain a smooth clear pedestrian lane wide enough to comfortably accommodate wheelchairs and strollers. Everyone wanted more parking near the business areas, but there were few ideas as to where to put it that wouldn’t impede traffic flow. Some of the suggestions to enhance pedestrian and bicycle safety at busy intersections, such as sidewalk bump outs and pedestrian islands, were also considered by others to be impediments to traffic flow.
The Town’s consultants and project manager from Fay, Spofford and Thorndike and Waterfield Design Group will add this information to the results of studies they are conducting of current use patterns by motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. They, along with the Arlington Planning Department and the Transportation Advisory Committee, will formulate a preliminary plan for the project. These plans will be presented at additional public meetings, probably in January.
Additional information and summaries of the two previous public meetings are available at the Town website under the Planning Department. Questions and comments may be sent to Laura Wiener, Senior Planner, at lwiener@town.arlington.ma.us, or Planning Department, Town Hall, Mass. Ave. Corridor Comments, 730 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA 02476.
Latest
information on the redevelopment of the Symmes site
is available at www.symmesarlington.org and www.symmesconstruction.com.
You will find, for each of the 4 proposals submitted, the executive
summary, a site plan, and photographs of a scale model developed for
the site.
League Email Lists
by
Carma Forgie
For your information and
possible enjoyment: The League of Women Voters of U.S. has several
different specialty discussion lists on the internet to which members
can subscribe. They get you in touch with members all across the
country who are interested in the specific topic. There is a
presidents list; an outreachlist; one discussing reproductive rights,
webmaster list, etc.
A list that I have enjoyed is not sponsored by LWVUS but is composed of league members. All kinds of league issues are discussed with this group. Several hundred members belong. Some, as they say, are lurking members, and some contribute to the discussion very often. It is called LWVTopics. If you would like to learn more about it, call or e-mail me. You can subscribe and unsubscribe whenever you like. To subscribe send an empty e-mail (An empty email has nothing in the body. The subject can be blank as well) to LWVTopics-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Contact your US Senators and Representative, by phone and by e-mail. Phone calls can be made through the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121. Click www.firstgov.gov, to send e-mails to your members of Congress. The Contact Your Government link is in the left area of their web page.
Sample letter to Rep. Markey (Massachusetts Seventh District)
If you have questions or need additional information, please email lobbying@lwv.org.
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Updated Aug 29, 2009