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 Issue of August 6, 2007 
   
Placing a Bet
The people have spoken, but only time will tell if they’ve spoken in a manner that’s educated enough to be in their best interest.
Share the Wealth
The Bay State’s rich are getting richer, but instead of individuals benefiting, it’s communities as a whole that are profiting.
Professional Prescriptions
By Hubert Murray
Last month the joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure conducted a hearing on Senate Bill 178, a practice act that would create a board of registration allowing interior designers to stamp construction documents.

Columbus Center, 40T and the Importance of Infrastructure
By Jim Miara
The debate over how infrastructure is financed has again bubbled to the surface with the controversy surrounding the Columbus Center project in downtown Boston, as well as with an innovative bill now advancing through the state Legislature called Chapter 40T.

Housing, Open Space, Economic Development Are Tied Together
By Jack Clarke
In the 1980s, the reactionary property rights movement posited a disingenuous notion that Americans had to choose between the environment and jobs or the country would nosedive into a deep recession.

Check and Balance
Banker & Tradesman's political cartoon.


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