[Summit] Fw: Councillor Zurier’s Easter ward letter — Infrastructure & Suboxone clinic meeting, Mon 24 April

[David Kolsky]

Happy holidays to everyone.
I’m forwarding just part of City Councillor Sam Zurier’s newsletter for Easter week (April 16th), concerning a permit application for a new suboxone treatment facility at Lloyd Avenue and Thayer Streets. 

He is holding a community meeting to hear various speakers on this question, as well as the mayor’s proposed bond to support municipal infrastructure, for the Monday after tomorrow, April 24th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Hope High School cafeteria. 

¶ The original newsletter (sponsored and paid for by his Second Ward Democratic Committee) also included Mr Zurier’s criticism of the policy and performance of the City Council’s president and current majority (to which neither he nor First Ward [Fox Point] Councillor Seth Yurdin belong, although Third Ward [Summit/Mount Hope] Councillor Kevin Jackson does). 

There’s certainly a necessary and beneficial place for such comments in a free, robust and fearless democracy, but as an apolitical, non-partisan neighborhood forum that encompasses a broad range of political opinions and affiliations, and which hasn’t yet taken a position on these city-wide policy or political issues, I wanted to let readers see both sides of these questions. *

So I’ve asked City Council President Luís Aponte (Tenth Ward — Allens Ave. & southwestern waterfront) for a response that I can circulate together with Councillor Zurier’s views. When and if I get the response, I’ll run them both.
* N.B. Wayland Square, unlike almost all its sister neighborhoods, has not yet organized a non-profit or IRC § 501 (c) 3 corporation that must shun politics but can shield its funds and donations from taxes. So there’s no legal inhibition on our taking sides did we wish to (although this might limit things like the number of places we could meet without paying rent). It’s just that historically and in part because we try to hold impartial election-candidate forums, we’ve never decided to do so.

I hope everyone had a nice holiday week,
Dave


     
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 From: Samuel D. Zurier <sam at samzurier.com>
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Dear David, 

I hope you are enjoying this weekend of beautiful weather and spiritual meaning.  This week's letter discusses the upcoming community meeting, the reduced work product of this term's City Council and the continuing controversies surrounding the Council's top leadership.
Download a pdf copy.

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On April 24, 2017 at the Hope High School Cafeteria from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., I will hold a community meeting to discuss the proposed suboxone office at Lloyd and Thayer and the infrastructure bond.  The speaking portion will begin at 7:00 p.m.  The expected speakers include Jeffrey Lykins, head of the Bureau of Inspection and Standards, Megan DiSanto from the Law Department and Kevin Savage from the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health.  We are waiting to hear back from the developer's attorney, and we expect another speaker to discuss the City's proposed infrastructure bond.

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