As one of many Somerville homeowners and residents who showed up at city hall to oppose the home rule petition. I want to thank everyone who attended or spoke at the meeting, sent emails, wrote letters or watched it live.
I think we garnered more than a little attention by the amount of people who attended or spoke. Along with the four hours of testimony we turned in more than 300 signatures over half of them were acquired during the meeting.
The interest and efforts of everyone will help us defeat this measure as we move forward with the process.
On Monday April 9 th @ 6:00 P.M. at City Hall the Board of Alderman will meet to discuss the TRANSFER TAX. The meeting will be open to the community however there will not be any public input. I strongly urge everyone to attend and hear the discussion by the BOA.
Anyone who did not get to attend the meeting and voice your concerns you can give written testimony via email to the Board of Alderman or the City Clerks office. It must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. on Friday April 6 th. Those wishing to hand deliver their testimony must do before 12:00 noon on Friday April 6 th.
In order for this to pass by the Board of Alderman they need to have a two thirds vote. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN OPPOSITION TO LOBBY YOUR WARD ALDERMAN AND THE AT LARGE ALDERMAN AND ATTEND AS MANY MEETINGS AS YOU CAN.
A final vote will likely occur at the regular scheduled Board of Alderman meeting on Thursday April 12 th @ City Hall. Be there and be seen.
SOMERVILLE LEADS THE WAY. STOP THE TRANSFER TAX coming to a street near you.
Thanks
John L. Sullivan and the Committee