tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post4718650728797673655..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Mill District May E-X-P-A-N-DLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-68648610756102590442016-04-04T12:30:16.523-04:002016-04-04T12:30:16.523-04:00I think this looks like the type of development m...I think this looks like the type of development many residents in North Amherst want and have asked for. So far, it looks great. Next step…get the details out and inform and work with the neighbors to build a good project, stable, walkable village center and a stronger community. This could be a new era in the Planning Department too, working with and not against neighborhoods. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-25026085160456962202016-04-02T10:54:55.724-04:002016-04-02T10:54:55.724-04:00Ed, stick around. You are the dancing monkey that ...Ed, stick around. You are the dancing monkey that dances to the organ grinder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17275957200573374702016-04-01T23:55:33.622-04:002016-04-01T23:55:33.622-04:00Seems to me that Amherst taxpayers ought to demand...Seems to me that Amherst taxpayers ought to demand an all-female workforce then...<br /><br />And GMWIWAIGA....Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-67192846222608267332016-04-01T20:01:16.433-04:002016-04-01T20:01:16.433-04:00Support Atkins North! Seems to be quite quiet- Hop...Support Atkins North! Seems to be quite quiet- Hope it is doing okay!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-87150408279351126202016-04-01T16:13:04.531-04:002016-04-01T16:13:04.531-04:00Somebody should sue Amherst, women employees on av...Somebody should sue Amherst, women employees on average make 70 cents for every dollar men. http://amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/33498Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-35420951428948282542016-04-01T14:05:42.310-04:002016-04-01T14:05:42.310-04:00Ed, since you never state what you want, you can n...Ed, since you never state what you want, you can never get it. Then again, you don't really want to go away now do you, as you have no life as it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-71188446731514058212016-04-01T13:59:53.731-04:002016-04-01T13:59:53.731-04:00Ed, you missed yesterday's headlines on the U....Ed, you missed yesterday's headlines on the U.S. women's soccer team. But thanks for saying something that is completely untrue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-16141241759154313882016-04-01T13:19:25.906-04:002016-04-01T13:19:25.906-04:00I'm reminded of what Ann Coulter said about th...I'm reminded of what Ann Coulter said about the myth of women being paid less than men -- private sector business is driven by profit -- don't make a profit and you aren't in business anymore.ss...<br /><br />hence, Coulter argues, if women really were paid less than men, companies would have an all-female workforce so as to reduce their labor costs. In a competitive marketplace, anyone who didn't would be driven out of business.<br /><br />So too here -- Beacon doesn't want to go bankrupt, my guess is they will rent to whomever can pay the rent, and not much care about the tenants faith.<br /><br />After all, whom do you think Aspen Square is?<br />And while it involves hotels, you folks do know that the Marriot family are Mormons, don't you?<br /><br />Folks, not everyone is as bigoted as you are....<br /><br />GMWIWAIGADr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61543409307740184432016-04-01T13:10:48.221-04:002016-04-01T13:10:48.221-04:00Larry allows Ed to call people "Penis-Breath....Larry allows Ed to call people "Penis-Breath." I that ain't hate speech, what is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85288355117243776092016-04-01T13:02:34.910-04:002016-04-01T13:02:34.910-04:00"What part of that is hate speech?"
All..."What part of that is hate speech?"<br /><br />All of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80553116294765763382016-04-01T12:10:05.907-04:002016-04-01T12:10:05.907-04:00Hellooo what part of that is hate speech? These ty...<br />Hellooo what part of that is hate speech? These type of responses to valid criticism is really getting old but as a famous song writer once coined "The times they are achanging"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-3601684328806149512016-04-01T11:50:48.480-04:002016-04-01T11:50:48.480-04:00It's not just stupid, and I don't think yo...It's not just stupid, and I don't think you allow the posting of obvious hate speech on your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-86672510086585017192016-04-01T10:59:10.522-04:002016-04-01T10:59:10.522-04:00Don't shoot the messenger. To promote Jewish u...<br />Don't shoot the messenger. To promote Jewish unity and continuity is stated in Bnai Briths statement page. So what part of that doesn't pertain to the development goals in north Amherst by Beacon communities?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-63733141842172982572016-04-01T09:55:28.882-04:002016-04-01T09:55:28.882-04:00So you put that comment through at 7:07, Larry, an...So you put that comment through at 7:07, Larry, and you have nothing to say in response to it?Nina Kochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-81029446096744875752016-04-01T07:07:10.185-04:002016-04-01T07:07:10.185-04:00
Hmmm Beacon Communities has three board members w...<br />Hmmm Beacon Communities has three board members who belong to Bnai Brith an exclusive jewish organization. Well we know who is going to be populating north Amherst now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-51350576753867631662016-03-31T19:30:05.575-04:002016-03-31T19:30:05.575-04:00Does anybody know if Cowls still runs a saw mill? ...Does anybody know if Cowls still runs a saw mill? For a town so invested in local, it is nice to have the materials used to build and fix our houses grown and milled locally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55561035579761024942016-03-31T14:05:43.664-04:002016-03-31T14:05:43.664-04:00ED
Please go to a psychiatrist, therapist, etc.......ED<br />Please go to a psychiatrist, therapist, etc.......you do not live in Amherst, hope you do not come around here ...you are just a blow hard you seem to know everything...but do nothing...you have a grudge...please let us know what it is since you are not telling your shrink....stay home and get a life and stay out of our town's business...we have enough idiots in amherst with an outsider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-78258340844110349322016-03-31T13:46:43.758-04:002016-03-31T13:46:43.758-04:00Highly regarded organization: www.beaconcommunitie...Highly regarded organization: www.beaconcommunitiesllc.com/<br />Bernie Kubiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950048852415487293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-84853799267881696192016-03-31T13:38:55.118-04:002016-03-31T13:38:55.118-04:00Larry, the issue with the retreat is the empty uni...Larry, the issue with the retreat is the empty units it would have left elsewhere in town, and who wouldn't be earning money renting them.<br /><br />Not to mention that college students would be having fun, mustn't permit that...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-91265584895336271942016-03-31T10:53:39.340-04:002016-03-31T10:53:39.340-04:00I think it would have had no trouble at all being ...I think it would have had no trouble at all being fully occupied, and would have paid a few hundred thousand in taxes.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-69142995095492008782016-03-31T10:52:26.156-04:002016-03-31T10:52:26.156-04:00Not sure there's any cause to block it, as it&...Not sure there's any cause to block it, as it's already zoned mixed-use. As for complaining abutters, Cinda already owns the rental houses on the adjoining street. <br /><br />Looks like a great project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-4312352990327526602016-03-31T10:38:44.709-04:002016-03-31T10:38:44.709-04:00Larry, with Olympia and Honors dorms, do you still...Larry, with Olympia and Honors dorms, do you still think the Cushman development was the right move? It's ok either way, but I am curious about your honest view in retrospect. I was for it then, but now I'm kind of glad it didn't proceed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43783569507519989242016-03-31T09:58:29.226-04:002016-03-31T09:58:29.226-04:00It sounds like a wonderful idea.
Which means the ...It sounds like a wonderful idea.<br /><br />Which means the Amherst idiots will block it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55324310902444073982016-03-31T09:50:20.805-04:002016-03-31T09:50:20.805-04:00Demand in Amherst has always been great. It's...Demand in Amherst has always been great. It's the lack of supply that's not so great.<br /><br />But when One East Pleasant and Olympia Place come on line, that will help. And of course UMass building the Honors College dorms helped as well. Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-89326841535736607422016-03-31T09:47:07.507-04:002016-03-31T09:47:07.507-04:00Seems like the housing market is working great. De...Seems like the housing market is working great. Demand has increased so people are building more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com