John Barrett
John Barrett
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Oh God! The butt of jokes that I received from my fellow mayors throughout the state of Massachusetts. One of them said, 'You don't even know how to spell the word contemporary, never mind know what it is,'
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No prosecutor would accept that from an ordinary witness. You'd get a subpoena the next day and ask specific, pointed questions until you got answers, or you'd indict the guy.
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I think the impact on our local citizens is they're finding that their sons and daughters that they send off to college now have an opportunity to come back here and work,
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I think (adoption) is slowing down. Part of it is that it's hard to get cheaper on the dial-up side than where prices are already at.
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I think even more disturbing was that the president of the company described North Adams as a 'shrinking, depressing city with no future,'
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People are going to park somewhere. I can see confrontations in the parking right now if that happens.
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams,
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It is much worse if someone is working directly with the witnesses to shape their testimony.
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There is a Hershberger cult. People in society are always looking for direction. Sally clearly sees that and is not frightened to have her own image, but also to just say, 'I'm so cool, you guys have to follow me.' People are totally willing to do it.
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My rationale is that both options had common themes. Whichever direction we decide to go, let's implement the parts that are common between them.
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Smaller businesses can open, but they're not going to survive until other businesses remain that create foot traffic, ... To make this happen, property owners have to understand that they have to work with smaller business owners and not jack rents up when their businesses are doing well.
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The laptop market is a mile wide and an inch deep.
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Their strategy is becoming more and more apparent.