Monday, June 11, 2012
Editorial in the Boston Globe suggests that leaving Norfolk County is the right move for Brookline. What are your thoughts?
If anyone doubted Brookline's decision to leave Norfolk County, the move was praised in last week's Boston Globe. By the end of Town Meeting last month, Brookline Town Meeting Members voted to leave Norfolk County. In an editorial the Boston Globe ran on Friday, the editor suggests that leaving Norfolk County is the right thing to do. Last April, when the Warrant Article initially came up, the concern was that Leaving Norfolk Could Mean that the town could lose Brookline District Court. The editorial observes that court systems are now funded by the state and comparable to state systems. This year's petition was the third time that the warrant article had come before Town Meeting. Last November, the body voted to stay in Norfolk County…
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Brookline votes to pull itself out of Norfolk County, but does not vote to abolish the county altogether. The debate over Brookline's place in Norfolk County continues.
Brookline hopes to get itself out of Norfolk County, but seems to see the county’s value to other towns. At Town Meeting's final night voted on Article 24, which pertains to the removal of Brookline from Norfolk County, and Article 25, which would abolish Norfolk County government in Brookline. The vote means that Brookline will petition the State to remove Brookline from Norfolk County's government, but does not mean the town is out just yet. This recent discussion about Articles 24 and 25 is only the latest in a series of discussions concerning Brookline’s future participation in Norfolk County. These two articles appeared at last year's Town Meeting and Special Town Meeting, and both were voted down each time. Frederick Lebow, who …
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Tuesday's Warrant Article discussion ended with a vote for looking into leaving Norfolk County.
On Tuesday night, the final night of Brookline's Town Meeting, the Town Meeting Members heard testimony and questions about Article 21, asked the question: Should Brookline end its membership to Norfolk County and save $700,000? Apparently, yes. When it came to vote, Town Meeting Members answered the question with a vote of 158-20. They chose an amended version which gives the Selectmen power to form a delegation to look into ways to address the inequity between what Brookline pays in County Assessment tax, what other communities pay, and the services the Town gets in return. Put more simply: The Selectmen will have people look into paying less. Norfolk County is made up of 28 other Massachusetts communities, none of which border …
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Bill Davidson
7:17 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
What's not clear in the Boston Globe editiorial is the nature of the Brookline District Court's "simple lease deal with the state-run Trial Court." Who assumes that lease once Brookline leaves Norfolk County? more ›