Originally Posted by
Archwhorides
Thanks for the link to the ABAC and their meetings. I'm pretty familiar with the current plans in the Center, it is nice to see that the city is collaborating with MassDOT in making progressive choices, unlike the East Arlington project, which was stalled for years by a small and vocal group of opponents.
The point about the East Arlington project is that the Town, along with a coalition of progressive citizen groups, prevailed, in spite of that narrowly-based opposition. What that was really about was changing demographics, and those trends are favorable. Arlington is a town, not a city, btw. Representative Town Meeting, Selectmen, Town Manager. No Mayor, Aldermen, etc. The structural distinctions matter.
rod