Seven Villages, Janet Joakim

CCA ANNUAL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 at OUR LADY OF VICTORY PARISH HALL - 7 PM

Featured speakers will be:

• Dave Curley, Director of the new Youth and Recreation Center
• Madeline Taylor, new Director of the

Continue reading centerville civic association annual meeting…

Continued report of this past weekend’s conference……

Throughout the Massachusetts Municipal Association Conference anyone who was directly associated with the Governor shared the message that he first gave during his address at the opening comments.

He is having difficulties getting any of his own initiates approved by the legislature.

One issue he is pushing with passion and fervour is Continue reading massachusetts municpal association conference- governor’s message “casinos will save our economy”…

As it is a Monday morning after a long weekend away, and I have a desk full of work that is piled higher than most Mondays - I am going to break this report of this weekend’s Massachusetts Municipal Association Conference, into a few parts.

 This was my seventh time attending this conference which for most is a weekend full of back-to-back Continue reading mma conference - deficits, lottery and casinos — part 1…

Regardless of your politcal persuation  - this is something to consider ….

From today’s New York Times:

 (please read this and print it out to share with the women in your life who don’t read emails  …..and pass it along ….. regardless of your political persuasion the contents are worth consideration)

Published: January 8, 2008

THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer,
married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6.
Herself the daughter of Continue reading women are never front runners…

Saturday evening I convinced my husband to join me in attending the Art’s Foundation of Cape Cod’s exhibit “Self Portrait Cape Cod.”

The exhibit features fifty-five Cape Cod artist’s own Continue reading the arts foundation of cape cod presents “self portrait cape cod” a *must* see!…

Recall? Again?

No.  There have been a few inquiries in the past several weeks about a recall effort being spearheaded by one of the charter commission candidates who lost the Continue reading lets focus on the real work and ignore the distractions…

I am amazed at the interesting links to my post about my trip to Washington D.C. with a group of local officials to meet with Mineral Management regarding Cape Wind’s proposed development of Horseshoe Shoals.

I have spent some time backtracking, or following the links people have created into my DC report.   This has been an education in the kind of P.R. game Jim Gordon and friends have been playing.  It is, admitedly, an effective campaign and worth the millions he Continue reading cape wind: money, power, politics, and p.r. — (someone should to write a book!)…