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TheManFromFairwinds t1_j6ld0wf wrote

>Harvey Boshart, a Weston Select Board member whose term expires this year, asked Aiu how much funding the Town of Weston had historically received from those programs.

>“I believe it’s been zero,” answered Aiu.

>Boshart argued that “as it currently stands, we’re not giving up anything" if the town chose not to comply.

>But committee member Sarah Rhatigan noted that even if those penalties might not affect Weston, the town could still be in violation of the state law, and housing advocacy groups might be able to sue the town for compliance anyhow.

>“The penalties are probably funds that Weston doesn’t use… (but) there is some concern that if we really didn’t take any action we could be exposing ourselves up to some kind of liability,” said Rhatigan.

>“Or at least, minimally, embarrassment,” said another unidentified committee member.

Imagine if they end up complying because they're afraid of being embarrassed!

Side note: whatever happened to the whopper? I notice that the opposition site got taken down www.preserveweston.org

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POI4433 t1_j6m1oe1 wrote

Remember that in the original proposal Weston was a Rapid Transit town - the same as Newton or Quincy - but somehow got themselves knocked down to Commuter Rail.

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SynbiosVyse t1_j6mfsm3 wrote

Riverside doesn't make it into Weston, though it's on the border. There's no comparison of Newton and Quincy with Weston. Both are dense cities with multiple green and red line stops.

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climberskier t1_j6mmfn1 wrote

If I owned a boston-area restaurant I would for sure have a "weston whopper" on the menu as a joke.

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Honclfibr t1_j6mpwp0 wrote

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, poor people are out to get us.

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DunkinRadio t1_j6mwg1m wrote

Everybody lighten up on the poor denizens of Weston. They all have their BLM signs up - what more do you want from them?

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