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Friday, July 6, 2012
Franklin, MA: fireworks - 2012 (video)
Did you miss the fireworks on Tuesday night? I did manage to capture some video of the fireworks with my phone. I was impressed with the quality (not great but generally pretty good). This is the last 14 minutes of the fireworks.
Enjoy!
FBI recommends check to prevent loss of Internet access on Monday
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via The Milford Daily News News RSS by GateHouse Media, Inc. on 7/5/12
Hundreds of thousands of Internet users may lose their online access on July 9, 2012, and Better Business Bureau is urging all consumers and businesses to run a quick and easy diagnostic test to see if their computers are infected.
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Franklin, MA: Committee openings
There are committee openings available at the beginning of this new fiscal year. The Finance Committee (FinCom) Council on Aging, and Design Review Committee all have openings.
Review this page for additional info and the application form:
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_News/0190401F-000F8513
Review this page for additional info and the application form:
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_News/0190401F-000F8513
Franklin Library: Jamie Barrett Family Music Show - July 11
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What is in the Legislature's Budget Proposal
Last week, the House and Senate approved a budget for FY 2013. Though the Governor may still veto parts of the proposal, this budget includes most of the provisions that will make up the final budget.
There will be no revenue from new taxes in the FY 2013 budget. Instead, as MassBudget's Budget Monitor shows, Massachusetts will fill its roughly $1.3 billion budget gap through a combination of temporary revenue, cuts, and savings. This includes:
Our Budget Monitor shows how the Legislature's budget would affect each major area of state government, from health care and education to public safety and the environment--including information on tax revenues.
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Blood donations desperately needed
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via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Jessica Trufant/Daily News staff on 7/4/12
The American Red Cross has launched an emergency call for blood donations, as blood supplies are dangerously low. At the national level, the organization in June received 50,000 fewer donations than expected, and there is half the amount of blood available now than there was this time last year.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
We, the people
On this 4th of July, let's take a moment to reflect on the words that formed our government.
You may recall that the US Constitution begins
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.http://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/constitution/
What does the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts say? In the third paragraph, you'll recognize the key phrase but pay attention to the first two paragraphs!
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquility their natural rights, and the blessings of life: and whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government, and to take measures necessary for their safety, prosperity and happiness.
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation, and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all times, find his security in them.
We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other; and of forming a new constitution of civil government, for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a design, do agree upon, ordain and establish the following Declaration of Rights, and Frame of Government, as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution
And of course, the Franklin Charter, by which we are empowered to govern ourselves begins:
We, the people of the Town of Franklin, Massachusetts, in order to form a more perfect community, reaffirm the customary and traditional liberties of the people with respect to the conduct of our local government and take fullest advantage of the Home Rule Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, do ordain and adopt this Home Rule Charter for our Town.
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_TownCharter/towncharter.pdf
Parts of this was originally posted to Franklin Matters Weekly
http://franklinmattersweekly.blogspot.com/2012/05/week-ending-may-20-2012.html
and Steve's 2 Cents
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-people.html
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