Tag: Jim Miller

  • City or Town? Framingham Charter Rumblings Heard Once Again

    City or Town? Framingham Charter Rumblings Heard Once Again

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – In the municipality that claims to be “The Largest Town in America“, rumblings, in the form of off-the-cuff remarks, hushed whispers and a few outright cries for reform are once again being heard in Framingham.

    For those who weren’t around in the late 1990’s — or weren’t paying attention, the last Charter Commission was established, heard from, and its findings quietly tucked away along with the rest of the efforts to reform Framingham’s government from its historical Town Meeting form into a City, with a Mayor and City Council.

    The commission’s Majority Report from 1996-1997 began with the following statement- (more…)

  • ‘Vote No on City’ Campaign Begins

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — A press release was sent to Framingham Online (www.framingham.com), from a group calling itself “TOWN 2000”, today, (January 23,1997).

    Rather than chance taking away any of the meaning of the announcement, the following is the text of press release, unedited and in it’s entirety:

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