Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

My family and I are long term and early supports of the Mayor. The Bus lane was a reasonable idea, but it is not working in practice.

Uhuru Solidarity Movement presents: Days of Reparations to African People speaking tour REPARATIONS: A REVOLUTIONARY DEMAND

A call for white people to stand in solidarity with African liberation and the Black Power Blueprint.

By William Tauro

In 2017 Federal charges were sought on six people including Mayor Joseph Curtatone of Somerville. Over the past two years, more people have been named as accomplices and their names have been submitted over to the federal authorities.

Over the past year alone these people have been dropping like flies and/or getting very sick.

Names that were sent to the federal authorities seeking charges just to name a few were

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 38-0, approved an amendment raising from $602 million to $800 million the annual funding cap that the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) is allowed to spend on school building and renovation projects.

By Bob Katzen

This bill (H 352) Prohibits robocalls to cell phones and other mobile electronic devices. The measure exempts messages from school districts to students, parents or employees; from companies advising employees of work schedules;

By Bob Katzen

Restricts telemarketing companies doing business in the state by allowing businesses to sign up for a “Do Not Call” list and fining companies up to $5,000 if they call a business on the list.

By Bob Katzen

Bill (H 3708) – Caps the compensation of CEOs and other executives of nonprofit social service agencies that receive at least 30 percent of their annual budget from state funding.

By Bob Katzen

Bill (S 130) Requires all mobile telephones sold or leased in the Bay State to clearly and conspicuously disclose the following on the product’s packaging: “To assure safety, the federal government requires that cell phones meet radiofrequency (RF) exposure guidelines.

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local senators from recent Senate debate on the the Student Opportunity Act that invests $1.5 billion, mostly in the form of Chapter 70 Aid for local school districts, in the state’s public K-12 education system over the next seven years.

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

You gotta love how they just pick and choose who they want to screw and take care of in the good old corrupt City of Somerville.

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Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and members of the Tufts Partnership Negotiating Committee invite residents to a community meeting on

On Thursday, October 03, 2019 at approximately 3:11 P.M., while traveling South on McGrath Hwy, I observed the operator of a black moped make an illegal u-turn at the intersection of McGrath Hwy and Greenville Street (public ways in the city of Somerville).

On Monday, 9/30/2019, I was working my assigned 8AM to 4PM shift in the East-1 cruiser. At approximately 12:17PM, Officer Thomas Lambert, (East-4) and I were dispatched to a report of a suspicious black male outside of Saks Off Fifth Avenue,

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, the Somerville Health & Human Services, Police and Fire Departments announced that, in collaboration with the efforts of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” program, Somerville will once again participate in “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” on October 26, 2019 from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

Below is an email that I received from  Somerville City Councilor Mark Niedergang in response to the big problem with the bus/bike lanes on Broadway.

Hi again, Arthur,

I’ve written up some of my thoughts for the many people who are concerned about Broadway. I’ve been getting lots of emails from people who are in support of the changes, as well as those who are against.

Come join the Post-Meridian Radio Players for their annual Halloween Radio Spook-tacular! This year’s show, “Beyond Grimm,” features a quartet of spine-tingling tales from all over the globe;

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

I got this on my petition site today.

By Bob Katzen

The House 153-0, approved and sent to the Senate a bill that would require colleges and universities to post financial information online in a publicly accessible fashion, undergo regular budgetary screening and alert state officials if they face imminent closure.

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 39-0, approved and sent to the House the Student Opportunity Act that invests $1.5 billion, mostly in the form of Chapter 70 Aid for local school districts, in the state’s public K-12 education system over the next seven years.

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 13-25, rejected an amendment that would require the state to reimburse cities and towns the cost, minus any federal funding the community receives, of providing transportation to students experiencing homelessness.

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 6-32, rejected an amendment that would require school districts to design plans to ensure that every enrolled high school student meets with a guidance counselor or school psychologist at least once a year.

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 11-27, rejected an amendment to a section of the bill that raises the per pupil minimum aid from $25 to $30.

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 34-4, approved an amendment requiring the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to analyze the impact of Proposition 2½ on the ability of municipalities to make their required local contributions in the short-term and long-term and

By Bobs Katzen

(MS 84), A bill before the Community Development and Small Businesses Committee would establish and implement a 3-year pilot program that gives 100 individual participants $1,000 per month to determine the individual, family and community economic impacts and state-level cost savings of a universal basic income.

By Bob Katzen

The Elections Laws Committee held a hearing on a proposal prohibiting the use of the word “incumbent” next to a candidate’s name on local and state ballots.

By Bob Katzen

Bill (H 2711) –Requires the composition of each appointed state public board and commission to broadly reflect the general public of the commonwealth, including persons of different backgrounds, abilities, interests and opinions and ethnic minorities.

By Bob Katzen

Massachusetts establishes a 19-member special commission to investigate and study the promotion and celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

Photo:Arthur Moore

By William Tauro

Arthur Moore, Somerville’s lead advocate against the new Somerville Bus/Bike Lanes has already collected over 900 signatures in just about 4 days protesting against the

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local representatives and senators from the week of September 30-October 4.

Dear Somerville speak up line in response to last weeks article in this paper about rats eating car wires in our parking lot at Brady towers is not true. I know for a

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

Mr. William Tauro,

People should be very afraid of the New Green Deal climate change because is a fake story. It is the first step in making a country of socialist country.

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

The problem is not just this traffic nightmare. The problem is we have a crew of sneaky and arrogant councilmen like Councilor Neidergang that are wringing every penny out of people in this city with no accountability.

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

Same here. I remember those days well. I’m not for criminalizing drug users–that was just stupid. But do we really need to make it socially acceptable?

Join the City’s Engineering Department to discuss flooding issues on Perry, Dane, and Lake Streets at a community meeting on

By William Tauro

This past Tuesday, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone was present at a Massachusetts State House hearing testifying and lobbying for safe injection sites to be placed in Somerville.

At the same time, in another room of the State House, Former Somerville Police Officer/Detective Mario Oliveira with about a dozen or so Chiefs of police from

Join the City’s Engineering Department to discuss flooding issues on Richdale Ave. at a community meeting on Tuesday, October 29. Residents are invited to share their observations and concerns about flooding on their streets and learn about flood mitigation the City is working on.



Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

If you are a law abiding tax paying resident of Somerville that gets up every morning and goes to work and looks after your family and neighbors, Somerville politicians will not do anything for you.

Johhny MCCLOSKEY (Trafficking Class A, Additional Narcotics Charges and Somerville & Arlington Warrants)

Members of the Somerville Police Department Drug Control Unit and Gang Unit initiated a drug investigation

On September 28th, 2019, I, Officer Sousa, was on duty and assigned to uniform patrol in East-3. At approximately 2:08am, I was dispatched with East-2 Ofc. Moreira to the area of Summer Street at Bow Street for a hit and run accident. East-1 Ofc. Bork, East-4 Ofc. Messaoudi and S8. Sgt Marino also responded as back-up.

On 9/24/2019, I (Officer Devin Schneider) was in full uniform while assigned to marked cruiser East-1 during the 4pm-12am shift. The following report is a summary of the events that I witnessed that day, as they pertain to incident #19055087:

At approximately 8:45 pm, I responded to the area of Pearl Street at Cross Street for a report of an accident

On the above date and time, I was assigned to marked traffic cruiser T4. I was conducting speed enforcement on College Ave, which is a public way in the City of Somerville, with a posted 20 MPH speed limit. I was stationary in front of 205 College Ave, using a hand held LIDAR unit.

Notice is hereby given that Union Leaf, Inc. will conduct a Community Outreach Meeting on the following matters on

FOUND DOG!! PLEASE SHARE!!

This girl was found on the Medford/Somerville line close to Ball Sq in our city.

Photos by Bob Staffiere

By William Tauro

Police were notified of a motorist who was possibly suffering a heart attack while behind the wheel

Hi everyone,

On Sunday, October 6, from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Somerville Poet Laureate Lloyd Schwartz will be joined by David Surette, author of Malden, and Linda Flaherty Haltmaier, poet laureate of Andover, to read selections of their poetry. A reception will follow.

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