Joe Landry provides this video about the history of Franklin, MA from 1940 to 1949.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2020
"confused by infectivity, contagiousness & transmissibility, you might find this helpful"
Fatima Tokhmafshan (she/elle) 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (@DeNovo_Fatima) tweeted at 7:48 PM on Sun, Dec 27, 2020:
#scicomm https://t.co/3McqnBxwVY
Shared from Twitter:https://twitter.com/DeNovo_Fatima/status/1343358162578112513?s=03
If like me, you're confused by infectivity, contagiousness & transmissibility, you might find👇🏽helpful.
Big shoutout to @macroliter @KindrachukJason @angie_rasmussen, @sci_questions for helping clarify these concepts (would appreciate input if inaccuracies detected)
#scicomm https://t.co/3McqnBxwVY
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"The margin surpassed the two-thirds majority needed in both houses to force enactment of the bill"
The Boston Globe has the following:
"The Democratic-controlled House voted Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill.
House members voted 322-87 to override the veto, well above the two-thirds needed to override. If approved by two-thirds of the Senate, the override would be the first of Trump’s presidency."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
The Washington Post also has this article
The New York Times also has this article
The election endgame is underway
Having completed watching "The Queen's Gambit" over the holiday weekend, the chess term is quite appropriate here. Some refer to politics as a game, I tend not to, especially since it affects our lives and livelihoods. Nonetheless, the term applies well.
"A Republican congressman from Texas sued Vice President Mike Pence in the latest long-shot effort to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
In the lawsuit, Representative Louie Gohmert seeks a court order forcing the vice president to acknowledge what Gohmert claims is Pence’s power to disregard states’ chosen Democratic electors and instead select competing slates of GOP electors on Jan. 6.
That’s the day the Senate and House meet jointly to open and count certificates of electoral votes from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The vice president has the constitutional role of presiding over the Senate, which has traditionally included overseeing the formal acceptance of the Electoral College vote."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/28/business/pence-is-sued-by-republican-congressman-long-short-effort-reverse-bidens-victory-over-trump/
The Boston Globe headline "Pence is sued by Republican congressman in long-shot effort to reverse Biden’s victory over Trump".
The podcast "What Trump Can Teach Us about Con(stitutional) Law" provides insights into this recent development in the Presidential Election of 2020 https://trumpconlaw.com/47-lame-duck
Monday, December 28, 2020
FM #422-423 School Committee Meeting - In two parts - 12/22/20 (audio)
FM #422-423 - This is the Franklin Matters radio show, another one in the series.
This session shares the Franklin, MA School Committee meeting held on Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020.
The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format: some of the School Committee and Central Office personnel were in the Council Chambers, the remainder of the Committee was remote via conference bridge, all to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
I’ve split the just over two hour and thirty minute meeting into two logical segments:
- First - covers the opening through the Guests/Presentations (approx. 1 hour and 23 minutes)
- Second - picks up from the Superintendent's goals through to the end of the public meeting as they entered Executive Session (not to return to public meeting) (approx. 1 hour and 9 minutes)
Let’s listen to this segment of the School Committee meeting of Dec 22, 2020
Audio files:
First #422 - https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HDbNY59S
Second #423 - https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HXmz9VVS
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Meeting packet folder
https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-committee/pages/december-22-2020-school-committee-meeting-packet
https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-committee/pages/december-22-2020-school-committee-meeting-packet
My notes from the meeting
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/12/franklin-ma-school-committee-meeting.html
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/12/franklin-ma-school-committee-meeting.html
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
- If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
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For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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FM #422-324 School Committee Meeting - In two parts - 12/22/20 (audio)
CommonWealth Magazine: steps to boost voting rights; let MA home bakers do their thing
"3 steps Mass. should take to boost voting rights
Too many of the state’s voters are disenfranchised"
"SINCE THE SHOT heard around the world at the battle of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts has been at the forefront of modern democracy. The Massachusetts Constitution – which was drafted by John Adams – formed the model for the United States Constitution and remains the oldest continuously-operating constitution in the world. Despite this history of democratic leadership, in recent years Massachusetts has fallen behind other states in ensuring that all eligible voters can register, vote, and have their votes count. The upcoming legislative session is an opportunity to change that and build on the work done in 2020 to open up voting to more people during the pandemic.
It was encouraging that Massachusetts leaders, like those in many other states, took important steps this year to expand early voting and to send vote-by-mail applications to every registered voter."
Continue reading the article online
"Let Mass. home bakers do their thing
Patchwork of regulations make starting a business difficult"
"RETIRED SALON OWNER and daycare provider Marcia Donnelly did not want to fight City Hall. She just wanted to sell home-baked sourdough bread from her kitchen in Southbridge.Homemade food businesses are common and easy to start in 48 states, and have become increasingly popular during COVID-19. Worried about global supply chains and general uncertainty, the pandemic has boosted demand for fresh, locally sourced products. Unfortunately, Massachusetts has resisted the trend, along with New Jersey. “It was a battle from the get-go to set up my business,” Donnelly says."
Continue reading the article online
Memory Cafe' Monday, Dec 28 at 2 PM
Memory Cafe' with Mel Stiller sponsored by Atria Draper Place
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