[WestMALocals] Fw: STATEHOUSE HEARING 5/11 - SUPPORT PUBLIC LANDS AND YOUR COMMUNITY!!

[Owen Broadhurst]

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From: "Jill Stein - MCHC" <info at masschc.org>
To: thersites at unforgettable.com
Subject: STATEHOUSE HEARING 5/11 - SUPPORT PUBLIC LANDS AND YOUR COMMUNITY!!
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 13:24:49 -0500

> 
> 
> STATEHOUSE HEARING 5/11
> 
> COME SPEAK UP FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND YOUR COMMUNITY!
> OPPOSE THE RUSHED BUDGET AMENDMENTS (790 AND 1266)!
> 
> Dear Friends of Sustainable, Just Communities,
> 
> Please come to the statehouse hearing on
> 
> * Wednesday, May 11 at 1PM
> * State House Room A-1, Boston
> 
> Come tell legislators not to use the budget process to rush poorly scrutinized
> proposals into law as amendments to the state budget.
> 
> These budget proposals make major changes to state public land policies. They
> take decisions over surplus lands away from local communities and put them
> in the hands of Beacon Hill committees which have no accountability to the
> affected communities, and which are vulnerable to the powerful 
> Beacon Hill developer lobby.
> 
> Ask legislators to support community-based smart growth for surplus 
> lands. This
> approach:
> 
> * Allows local residents and officials - who have the in-depth 
> knowledge needed
> for smart growth planning - to be key decision-makers for public land within
> their own community.
> 
> * Allows transfer to municipal ownership rather than sale.
> 
> * Provides accountability and transparency essential for 
> safeguarding the public
> trust.
> 
> * Provides state and regional guidelines to promote affordable housing
> development and open space preservation.
> 
> * Provides for community-based redevelopment authorities to leverage surplus
> lands for urgently needed affordable housing  and open space.
> 
> Come tell legislators why you don't want Beacon Hill agencies - who are not
> accountable to your community - deciding your future.
> 
> Let us know if you can attend. And we'd greatly appreciate a copy of
> any letters you submit. If you can't come, please consider 
> submitting testimony,
> or calling your legislator.
> 
> For more information on the hearing or the bills, see http://www.masschc.org,
> email info at masschc.org or call 781-674-1377.
> 
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