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Monday, January 14, 2013

Newton League of Women Voters Throws Support Behind Override Proposal

The league recently voted whether to support the mayor's $11.4 million override proposal.

With roughly two months to go before the Newton voters decide whether to support Mayor Setti Warren's $11.4 million override package, the Newton League of Women Voters has voiced its opinion on the proposal.  During its member meeting on Thursday, Jan. 10, the Newton LWV "voted overwhelmingly" in support of all three override questions, according to the Newton LWV's website.  With the vote, the Newton LWV can now advocate on behalf of the override, the website says. The override stance will also be added to the Newton LWV's 2012-2013 program. Newton residents will consider the mayor's override proposal in a special election set for March 12. The proposal includes three ballot questions: For more details on the override and what will be …

Susan Huffman

9:03 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013

I will be voting against all 3 of the overrides. I do not believe that they were well thought out at all. There is no need to increase the size of one of the elementary schools when they have not even considered giving Upper Falls back our neighborhood school. If we were to instead build a school over here, then our children would not have to be split up and bussed to other differing …   more ›

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

More Signatures Needed for Newton Charter Commission Ballot Question

The League of Women voters collected around 2,500 signatures on Election Day 2012 -- but there is more work to be done.

Although many local campaigns ended on Election Day, the Newton League of Women Voters (LWVN) is pressing on with its mission for a charter commission ballot question.  The LWVN is currently collecting signatures for a ballot question that would ask voters in November 2013 whether the city should form a Newton Charter Commission, a nine-person committee that studies the Newton charter and proposes changes to the city government. The LWVN spent Election Day 2012 collecting signatures for the ballot question and managed to gather approximately 2,500 names. But, there's still plenty of work to do. According to LWVN Co-President Sue Flicop, the LWVN needs to collect about 4,200 more signatures to add to previous collection efforts and meet the…

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