Mayor Jon Mitchell’s State of the City speech was the first topic as New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane joined Jim Phillips on WBSM’s Townsquare Sunday. They discussed a proposal to implement a 3-1-1 system for requesting city services, such as road repairs, the city council’s inability to override the Mayor’s veto of three nonbinding ballot questions and the future of Councilor Shane Burgo’s rent stabilization proposal.
Then they turned their attention to the school district, which approved a contract with the paraprofessional union, the IRS going after fishermen in New England and the investigation into a fire at the former Hawthorne Country Club.
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The Light on Radio: Repurposing old city buildings for housing with Jack Spillane and Josh Amaral
New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane filled in for Barry Richards on Monday afternoon on WBSM and during the first hour his guest was Josh Amaral, the city’s director of the Office of Housing and Community Development.
The Light on Radio: Jack Spillane discusses rooming house sprinkler system laws and more on WBSM
Light columnist Jack Spillane sat down with WBSM’s Jim Phillips on Townsquare Sunday to discuss the need for increased enforcement of sprinkler system laws in rooming houses following a series of three fires in buildings near St. Anthony’s. They dive into why it’s so hard to enforce these laws with landlords before talking about a…
The Light on Radio: Colin Hogan discusses the battle over book bans on the South Coast on GBH News
Education reporter Colin Hogan joined Adam Reilly on Talking Politics on GBH News, along with political scientist Shannon Jenkins of UMass Dartmouth, to discuss why book bans have become a political flashpoint on the South Coast, including recent efforts at Old Rochester Regional and Dartmouth High.