League of Women Voters Newton

LWVN Public Forum – No Parking?

aborg — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:52:56 +0000

Join the League of Women Voters of Newton for a forum: No Parking? at the Newton Free Library on Thursday, May 17 at 7:00 pm. Co-sponsored with the Newton Free Library.

Explore the fascinating world of parking management, technology and economics and find out:

If parking policy helps or hurts a business district
What effect parking policy has on traffic and safety
What are Newton’s parking rules and where do they apply?

Guest speakers will include:

Jason Schrieber, Principal at the transportation planning firm Nelson/Nygaard who has developed parking management plans across the country, most recently for Needham and Salem, MA
Candace Havens, Planning and Development Director for the City of Newton who will outline Newton’s current parking practices and the results of trial experiments with parking policy
Matt Cuddy, Chair, Transportation Advisory Committee Parking Subcommittee who will explain the TAC’s parking recommendations

Andrea Kelley, Principal in Landscape Design at Rockwood Terrace Consultants, will moderate. She is a member of Newton’s Design Review Committee and past president of the LWVN. A question and answer session will follow the speakers’ presentations.

The program is free and open to the public. The Newton Free Library is handicap accessible.

LWVN Annual Meeting

aborg — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:51:37 +0000

All members are invited to LWVN’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at 6:15pm, at Papa Razzi in Wellesley.

LWVMA 2012 Day on the Hill

aborg — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:18:01 +0000

This year’s theme is “Democracy in Danger; Money, Media and Manipulation” and will be held on Wednesday, April 25, in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House on Beacon Street in Boston. Registration begins at 9:30am, and the program starts at 10:00am. Keynote speakers are Pam Wilmot, Executive Director of Common Cause Massachusetts, Jay Kaufman, MA State Representative and Robert Kuttner, author. LWVMA Specialists will also discuss important legislation the state League is following.

Lobbying the state legislature is one of the defining activities of the League of Women Voters, and everyone who shows up in person makes an enormous difference to the success of our legislative efforts.

After the program, Newton League members will meet for lunch with members of Newton’s State Delegation. We will be carpooling and/or taking the T; to join us, please email Sue and Anne at info@lwvnewton.org.

LWVMA Council 2012

aborg — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:37:36 +0000

Challenges to Democracy: Protecting Voter Rights and the Influence of Money

All LWVMA members are invited to Council held at Lasell College on May 5 with keynote speaker Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman. For more information including the event schedule follow this link. Please fill out and mail in the registration form by April 20. Each League is allowed two voting delegates, additional members are welcome to attend all events as observers.

All LWVN members are encouraged to join the Newton contingent on May 5. For more information, please email Sue and Anne at info@lwvnewton.org.

LWVUS – New Education Position

aborg — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:25:48 +0000

The LWVUS Board approved a new Education position at their March 2012 Board meeting. The position is based on responses received from the 377 Leagues across the country who participated in the Education Study.

The new position can be found on the LWVUS website.

Thank you to all of the LWVN members who participated in the consensus meetings last fall; your input helped shape the new position.

City of Newton Open Space Survey

aborg — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:55:14 +0000

The city is currently updating its Recreation and Open Space Plan and as part of that process is seeking input from Newton residents.

You are encouraged to take the Open Space Survey on the city’s website at: www.newtonma.gov/gov/planning/lrplan/os/default.asp

April Topic Meeting – National Privatization Study Consensus Meetings

aborg — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:25:51 +0000

Come and be heard. The National League Study on Privatization is not asking us to reach consensus on whether privatization is a good thing or a bad thing, but to educate ourselves so that we understand the details of how and why privatization occurs and the policies that need to be in place to not only ensure that privatizing a public service is not only more cost effective, but that private entities are held to the same standards as government entities in their responsibility to the public. This is your chance to help decide League positions.

Come to either meeting. The first half hour of each meeting will be an opportunity for you to become more informed about the issue and to review the questions. Bring a brown bag lunch for the daytime meeting. Light refreshments will be served at each meeting.

Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012

Times: 11:00am‑1:30pm and 6:30-9:00pm

Location: NewTV Conference Room, 23 Needham St

For more information, see our Privatization Study page.

Is It Time for a Charter Commission?

aborg — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:50:48 +0000

Please see our March 2012 newsletter for an argument in favor of LWVN’s working for a Charter Commission.

Presidential Primary Election – Tuesday, March 6

aborg — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:08:34 +0000

Presidential Primary, Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Polls are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm

All registered voters can vote. There are candidates from the Democratic, Republican, and Green-Rainbow parties for president, as well as for the parties’ State Committees and City Committees. Voters enrolled in a political party may only vote in that party’s primary. Unenrolled voters (not registered with a political party) may vote in the primary of their choice and remain unenrolled after voting.

Important Notice: Due to the reprecinting process some voters will be voting in a different polling place.

Verify Your Precinct Here

There is a new voting district: Ward 2, Precinct 4, which is located at Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street.

List of Polling Locations

For Further information contact:

Newton Election Commission at (617) 796-1350.

If you registered to vote by mail and have never voted in a state election, please bring identification with you to the polls on Election Day.

March Topic Meeting – Local Program Planning

aborg — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:19:29 +0000

Thursday, March 8, 2012, NewTV Conference Room, 23 Needham Street

The meeting will be held at both 11:30am-1:30pm AND 7:00-9:00pm. Please feel free to join us at either time.

Join us to discuss our program proposals for next year. We will talk about the upcoming local Transportation Consensus Study, committee reports and proposals, and action priorities for next year. This is your chance to have input into what the League will be doing next year.

If you would like more information, please visit our League Program Planning page.