Issues & Analyses: Candidates In Contested Races Weigh In On Budget Priorities
By Art and Maura Keene While listening to the League of Women Voters–Amherst (LWVA) forum...
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Opinion: Progressive Coalition Board Encourages A “No” Vote On Jones Library Reconstruction
by the Progressive Coalition of Amherst Board This column was previously posted to the Progressive...
Opinion: Why I Support The Library Expansion
The big question for Amherst residents this year is its proposed library renovation and expansion....
Opinion: The Proposed Jones Expansion – We Don’t Need It And We Can’t Afford It
A version of this column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin Lawn signs are up,...
Letter: For Better Planning And An Appropriate Post-Pandemic Jones Library, Vote No
Voting “NO” on the library ballot question is not a vote against anything. It’s a...
Opinion: Defund 413 Condemns Councilors Hanneke, Steinberg, Ross, and Ryan For Their Failure To Support Racial Justice
By Defund 413 Amherst Note this statement is not an endorsement of any candidate. Rather...
Opinion: Jones Library – A Better Path Is Possible
The Jones Library Trustees are trying to convince us that if we don’t agree to...
Opinion: Checks And Balances In Amherst Town Government. Reflections By A Soon-To-Be-Former-Councilor On How This Town Council Fails To Meet The Promises Of The Charter, Democracy, Transparency, And Public Participation (#3)
Checks and balances are a cornerstone of democracy. The point of providing checks and balances...
Opinion: Outrage Over The Selling Of Our Future
This column also appeared in The Daily Hampshire Gazette. Although I was a radical in...
Opinion: The Jones Library Expansion Is Not A Social Justice Project
The Jones library expansion proposal may be many things but one thing that it is...
Opinion: Hope -Yes, Hope For Our Planet
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The last month smacked us...
Letter: Opposed To Recruitment Of New Amherst Police Officers
Defund 413 Amherst opposes the recruitment of new positions within the police department. Less than...