Townie Talk

Paul Joy for Select Board… April 2025 Town Election
My second endorsement as the Millennials take charge of Belmont. Townie Talk endorses Paul Joy for Select Board This April you will have a choice

Our first endorsement for the April 2025 Town Election
No, this isn’t the final edition, just one of a few endorsements leading up to the end. Townie Talk endorses Michael Crowley for Town Moderator

Cowardly Lion, Override, Mike Crowley
New Mascot for Town Meeting members… In what history will show as cowardly surrender, 213 Town Meeting members voted to accept the unfunded and likely
Local News

Why April 1 matters: A Better Blueprint for Belmont (and for your home and taxes)
The Belmont Planning Board recently uploaded its plan for Belmont Overlay Zoning Districts – PLURAL – raising the specter that the cramming of Belmont Center

Serious Problems in New Belmont Center Overlay Zoning Bylaw
The Belmont Planning Board has been saying one thing and doing another in its Form Based Zoning Code for the Center. It ignores both repeatedly

Why Your Taxes Will GO UP Under The Belmont Center Rezoning Plan
The Select Board and Planning Board, working hand-in-glove, have promised us that “economic development” via a massive buildup in Belmont Center will gain revenue for
State / National News

Bioshield kills Cancer and Covid
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong: You’re Being Lied to About Cancer, How It’s Caused, and How to Stop It Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a surgeon who made

House Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic Submits Final Report
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 10:30am, the Select Subcommittee submitted a “Lessons Learned and a Path Forward” on the COVID-19 PANDEMIC. The full, 520-page
Democrats approve a platform that mentions Biden’s ‘second term’ despite his making way for Harris
Link to AP story here: Last night, Democrat delegates unanimously approved the 2024 party platform. The problem was, nobody edited it since early July, before