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Newton Needs Amy Sangiolo

On Tuesday, September 12, the Preliminary Election, Newton voters will narrow the field of mayoral candidates from seven to two. I urge every Newton voter to …

September 8, 2017 September 8, 2017 by Christopher Pitts

Three Mayoral Candidates Forum

On June 24, 2017, Newton Forum and the Newton Villages Alliance co-sponsored a forum with mayoral candidates Amy Mah Sangiolo, Ruthanne Fuller, and Scott …

September 3, 2017 by Christopher Pitts

Extremism in Newton???

Has extremism has come to Newton? The unbending will of the old right has been copied and embraced by the new left.  The words …

June 17, 2017 June 19, 2017 by Peter Harrington

Real Estate Taxes & our Commercial Tax Base

Top of the day to all. 2016 should be remembered for quite some time.  A most unusual election, with the winner of the popular …

December 17, 2016 December 17, 2016 by Peter Harrington

Batting a Thousand

Like many of you (but not everyone, even in Newton), I still suffer the pain of Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday. I take some …

November 11, 2016 January 16, 2017 by Bob Jampol

Ready For The Next Election Season

Hi all, so this post marks the end of my six month commitment of writing on NewtonForum. I wrote one article a month, until …

August 24, 2016 August 28, 2016 by Cyrus Vaghar

City Council and the Charter Commission

The Charter Commission has been meeting since January of this year to craft a revised charter for the city.  This document is the local …

July 4, 2016 July 4, 2016 by Ernest Loewenstein

THE CHARTER COMMISSION AND NEWTON’S TURNOUT PROBLEM

“The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment.”   George Orwell For …

April 26, 2016 April 27, 2016 by Peter Bruce

Presidential Politics in Newton

As we are all painfully aware, there is a Presidential campaign going on today. Every registered Republican has another chance to cast a vote …

April 14, 2016 April 16, 2016 by Susan Huffman

Newton’s Turnout Problem

If you don’t vote, you don’t count.  At least, that’s how politicians see it.  And from that perspective, 80% of Newton’s registered voters didn’t …

March 22, 2016 March 24, 2016 by Peter Bruce
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