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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ixhc2fn wrote

Reply to State to open temporary shelter at Devens by ak47workaccnt

"Temporary" intake shelter they said.

Up to 60 families (125 people maxium) they said.

Stays at the center will be short they said.

Expected to be open for four months they said.

I suppose they expect it to be open for 4 months because they'll feel more comfortable making people homeless when it's not so cold outside.

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ak47workaccnt OP t1_iwkvycj wrote

Reply to For Massachusetts, no news of a new state seal or motto by ak47workaccnt

>A law Gov. Charlie Baker signed in January 2021 created the commission to review the seal and motto

>The law originally set an Oct. 1, 2021

>Six months ago, members of a special commission unanimously agreed that Massachusetts should replace its state seal and motto.

>Commissioners were hoping to secure a third extension, until March 2023, to give them time to solicit public input.

>At a virtual meeting Tuesday, commission members discussed the possibility of steering the money toward a survey that would gauge what Massachusetts residents want in a new state seal, or using it to hire a graphic designer.

It took them until 6 months after their first deadline to even agree that it should be changed at all. WTF?

Why, after nearly two years, are they just now considering surveying the public?

What is going on here? Is the commission spending all of its time and money figuring out how to get more extensions instead of doing their job?

These lawmakers are on the commission and presumably bear some responsibility for dragging this out as long as possible.

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