What I’m Thinking

No heavy message from me this week. Frankly, we are all tired from what has been a busy, productive, and somewhat tumultuous year. This is a good time to take a bit of a break, enjoy family and friends, and reflect on the positive things we have. APCC is very grateful...

The national election results promise seismic changes on many fronts, not the least of which will be the federal approach to environmental regulation and protection. You may celebrate or dread what is to come, but what we seemingly all can agree about that is that big...

The sun came up this morning. That was about the only thing I was certain would happen this Wednesday morning when I sat down to write this piece on Monday. We are all waking up to a country profoundly, and perhaps forever, changed. What does it all mean? Frankly I...

The stakes are high. The choices are stark. The outcome will have profound implications on our immediate and long-term future. The options are not equivalent, the choice matters perhaps more than any time ever in American history. Sitting this one out would be a...

Now that national, and even state level, politics have become a blood sport, there is much more reason to invest your time and energy in local affairs. Effective local governance relies on the dedication of a relatively small number of people and that means your time...

If you want your opinion to matter, show up, participate in civic life and vote. The last year has taught me a lot, but has mostly reaffirmed the importance of involvement in achieving good outcomes that serve the needs of the people. No time has commanded the need...

The Healey-Driscoll administration announced Monday that no construction contract would be awarded for the proposed multipurpose machine gun range (MPMGR) at Joint Base Cape Cod. The 2020 funding authorization has expired. APCC has long considered that the...

APCC returned to court on September 20th to continue to press our claim that the Massachusetts National Guard illegally denied our request for public documents related to the multipurpose machine gun range. In the hearing, APCC brought an unusual emergency motion for...

The Massachusetts National Guard plans to pay the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to conduct a discussion of the impacts of the proposed multipurpose machine gun range. Maybe that is a good idea, maybe it isn’t. What is not a good idea,...

APCC will be in court on Friday to compel the Massachusetts Guard to immediately produce public records on a pressing matter of great public importance, which APCC properly requested and the Massachusetts Guard is unlawfully withholding, in violation of the state...