Another new ally added to
the Allies page; today it’s
No Fracked Gas in Mass., who bring us excellent
tips on getting a resolution your local elected government’s agenda.
“Fighting Kinder Morgan/TGP’s Northeast
Expansion across the Berkshires and Northern Massachusetts. Our mission
is to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and to create a comprehensive
renewable energy infrastructure.”
They have an excellent post about
getting resolutions on your town meeting agenda:
If you are thinking about bringing a non-binding resolution before
your town meeting, time is running out. Each town has its own deadline
for adding items to town meeting’s agenda and its own requirements for
resolutions — in Cummington, we needed to gather just fifteen
signatures and submit them to our town clerk for verification. Ask your
select board members or your town clerk what the deadline is, and what
the requirements are, for your town.
You can download
the Cummington resolution to use as a model (here is a .txt
version); if you are wondering what the
point of a non-binding resolution is, please read
this.
In Massachusetts select board members are what many other places
call city council members.
And many towns in Mass. make it easy for citizens to get resolutions
on their agendas.
Why should it be more difficult anywhere else?
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“Tennessee Gas Pipeline regrets to inform you that its Essex-Middlesex Project is being terminated. Delays from the protracted permitting process have caused the project to become uneconomical to the extent that Tennessee and the project’s customer, DistriGas of Massachusetts, have agreed to discontinue the project.”