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2009-02-06 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by mhw 2009-02-06 12:38|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Don't know Walz, but Bryon's one of the legitimate town kooks.

Posted by tu3031 2009-02-06 13:59|| 2009-02-06 13:59|| Front Page Top

#2 State Rep. Byron Rushing tells The Boston Globe that people should be allowed to enjoy as much sunlight as possible when in public spaces

Fool, don't you know that unregulated nuclear power generator kills tens of thousands of people every year through skin cancer! Why next you'd be calling for exposure to all sorts of other harmful natural elements in the environment.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-02-06 15:37|| 2009-02-06 15:37|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess Boston's not all that interested in construction jobs. Will they pass on their share of the ~~pork~~ stimulus bill?

Posted by DoDo 2009-02-06 16:15|| 2009-02-06 16:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, there may be a little sense here. High rises can really screw up an area, by turning areas into constant twilight, which drives pedestrians away and hurts street level business.

Or by having reflective windows that make streets scorching hot and raise the cooling bills of the adjacent buildings by tens of thousands of dollars every month.

In either case, neither the architect nor the building owners usually give a damn whose business they mess with, until after the building is built and big, honking lawsuits start happening.

And since city councils and zoning boards will do anything that such businesses want, no matter how annoying, the State intervenes to keep city cores from turning into Blade Runner nightmares.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-06 18:03|| 2009-02-06 18:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Again, REDDIT > THE NUMBER OF US STATES DECLARING THEIR SOVEREIGNTY IS NOW UP TO NINE [including MA].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-06 18:51|| 2009-02-06 18:51|| Front Page Top

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