Yes! Northampton announces a 90-minute public forum: Ballot Questions 2010: Get Educated on What Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 would mean for your community. Special focus on Question 4 and the override to give Northampton a new Police Station. 10/20/10 @ 7 pm, JFK Community Room. See also: Gazette: “Northampton mayor, chief to speak […]
Local Politics
Videos: Public Safety Meeting of 10/4/10; Sienkiewicz Summarizes Case for Police Station Tax Override
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 10/4/10 meeting of Northampton’s Public Safety Committee. City Councilors Angela Plassmann, David Murphy (chair), Jesse Adams and Maureen Carney attended. The meeting included an update from Building Commissioner Louis Hasbrouck and a speech from Police Chief Russell Sienkiewicz on why a new downtown police station is needed. […]
Video: Public Safety Committee, September 7, 2010; Murphy, Adams, Carney Indicate Support for Police Station Tax Override
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 9/7/10 meeting of Northampton’s Public Safety Committee of the City Council. Councilors David Murphy, Jesse Adams and Maureen Carney attended. Councilor Angela Plassmann was unable to attend. (This meeting was not part of the committee’s original schedule.) The meeting (no votes on substantive matters were taken) is followed by an informal […]
Video: City Council Enacts Drinking Water Protection Ordinance
A lengthy and intense campaign by Water Not Waste culminated in the enactment of the Drinking Water Protection Ordinance by Northampton’s City Council last night. The councilors were 6-2 in favor, with David Murphy and Maureen Carney dissenting (Paul Spector, who voted against the ordinance at its first reading in July, was absent from last night’s meeting). This ordinance prohibits […]
Video: District Attorney Candidates Debate; Jason Vassell Case
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 9/1/10 debate between the Democratic candidates for Northwestern district attorney, Michael Cahillane and David Sullivan. The debate was sponsored by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Recorder, Northampton Community Television and WHMP. It took place in the community room of JFK Middle School. This video is 1 hour 22 minutes long […]
Video: Cahillane Debates Sullivan for Northwestern District Attorney
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/24/10 debate between the two Democratic candidatates for Northwestern District Attorney, Michael Cahillane and David Sullivan. This video is 1 hour 9 minutes long and was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. The Daily Hampshire Gazette will host a debate between the two candidates on September 1 at JFK Middle School on Bridge […]
Video: City Council Meeting of 8/19/10; Upper Roberts Meadow Dam; Extended Producer Responsibility
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/19/10 meeting of Northampton’s City Council. Download the agenda (PDF). This meeting includes a discussion of preserving Upper Roberts Meadow Dam (see the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting and then the councilors’ debate during 0:38:50-2:01:22 on the video) and promoting a waste-reduction initiative, Extended Producer Responsibility. The EPR […]
District Attorney’s Office Finds Plassmann, Tacy Did Not Violate Open Meeting Law
This announcement appears today on the website of Ward 3 City Councilor Angela Plassmann: A recent item in Northampton Media aired the concern that fellow councilor Gene Tacy and I had violated the Open Meeting Law in meeting with Police Chief Sienkiewicz to gather information. The District Attorney’s office has investigated and found no violation. I value […]
Video: Social Services and Veterans Affairs Committee Disfavors “Bring The War Dollars Home”
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 7/19/10 meeting of Northampton’s Social Services and Veterans Affairs Committee. Two of the three city councilors on the committee, Gene Tacy (Ward 7) and Angela Plassmann (Ward 3), voted to send the “Bring The War Dollars Home” resolution to the full council with an unfavorable opinion. The third councilor […]
Videos: City Council Approves Drinking Water Protection Ordinance 6-3
Northampton’s City Council approved the Drinking Water Protection Ordinance last night at its first reading. The ordinance forbids landfills from being established or expanded over aquifers or in Water Supply Protection districts. It would have the effect of preventing expansion of the Northampton municipal landfill over the Barnes Aquifer. The council is expected to take […]