- business after hours
- once per year regarding the dual taxes
- promoting our sports teams (Tordanoes and Sharks)
These three things are not bad things, but a strong Chamber of Commerce should be doing a whole lot more then that. Can I ask readers of this blog it they are members, why? If they are not, why not. We personally are not..
Anyone hear anything from Destination Worcester or Choose Worcester? My business is one block from all three of these organizations, I have no idea who they are, what they do or what they do for businesses in the City of Worcester.
Imagine if all of these groups were effective as the Research Bureau?
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Maybe they will show up at the 7:45am press conference re the new & expanded rail service.
Murray isnt my kinda guy, but I have to hand it to him on this issue, as I suspect he was the moving force or a moving force behind this deal. The news implied Kerry brought home the bacon? All $100M for 3 different commuter rails? Havana Jim wasnt involved, too?
I never thought it would happen b/c of the cost, but when Washington tosses $100M your way things can happen.
Ayone think this subprime mortgage fallout & now the so called bailout and tightening credit markets will slow the on slaught of gov't subsidized, non profit built low income housing.... I'd sure like to think so.....but maybe wishful thinking on my part.
Expanded rail service surely cant hurt our prospects of attratcing more middle class families......low income types dont seem to me to be the typical Boston_Worc commuter rail demographic????. Then there's also the possiblity the reverse commute will spawn downtown business growth and prob. also Canal District growth..............altho I am opposed to opening the canal in Harding St area........can we have a Canal district w/o a visible canal.....well we all know the airport analogy to answer this question.....( an airport w/no or few planes).....IMO canal district and Blackstone valley visitor centre s/b contiguous to get the most synergy from these 2 proposed projects....right now they are a mile apart & this to me is poor urban planning. If we're going topen up the Harding St canal the BVV center s/b w/in reasonable walkign distance of the canal renaissance.
Bill how were cig sales for July & aug & sept? State revenues are off substatially from all sources.........cigs have to be part of the cause???................NH to now raise cig tax $.25 a pack?? S/b soon be headlines of Mass authorities busting a few gypzy entrepeneurs from Mass who are trans-shipping cigs from Cow Hampshire to re-sell in Mass-H+le -A-Chusetts
Jahn:
Sales are done on cigs bad but with the increased tax per carton. Overall I am sending in less tax monies then last year. The exact opposite was expected.
You got to love Tim Murray. I do not know how he did but he did. Increased better commuter rail service is the key to our future.
Bill
No to rain on anyones parade, but the big problem I have had the few times I used it to South Station was the amt of time involved.
Only stops I could see were all at stations along the way and it was 1 hr 45 mins each time.....both were mid afternoon ( or thereabouts) trips.
If gas prices continue the upward spiral, surpassing the $4.00 mark of last summer.............then commuter rail will benefit
You know I just clicked on the limk to the Research Bureau. Bad way to start my Fri. which is supposed be a nice sunny day, too. All the issues that get under my collar are spelled right out on WMRB's home page.
In scrolling through them, the school superintendant search jumps out at me...........not that it directly affects me anyway, other than possibly "educating" future Paulies Pajama People....who then live off my dime.
But my thought is, the schools now have an interim super. and they had ayears notice that Caradonio was leaving....and still a school department that uses about 1/2 the city budget or somewhere around a 1/4 billion dollars (thats $250,000,000 for you math flunkies)...STILL HAS NO PERMANENT SUPER!
Talk about dragging your feet. What's the problem with the school committee? No viable inside candidate at this time? If they pick an inside candidate after all this footdragging and I was a parent of a kid in wWorc schools, Id be BS. Can you imagine a privately held or even a publicly held $250,000,000 enterprise w/o a permanent CEO for this long. The board of directors ( School Committee) would be ousted!
OOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPsssssssss......guess I should read the T&G before I blog in the morning.............3 finalist have been selected............ok......lettucesea Howe long it now takes to get one of the 3 finalists in the super's seat
Bill Randell said...
"Overall I am sending in less tax monies then last year."
Maybe your sales are down, but mine have gone through the roof.
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