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COMING TO TERMS - Bob Ciolek of the Comprehensive Financial Advisory Committee speaks with Town Council Vice President Ann Canedy and other
members of the Town Council Roads Subcommittee July 7. The session helped clear the air over the subcommittee's exploration of borrowing, at some
future date,from a wastewater infrastructure fund to help pay for long-delayed repairs to a limited number of private roads used as major access ways.
CFAC, no fan of such a step, brought forward a variety of other funding options for discussion, some of which are among those being explored by the
councilors. Options included voluntary or imposed betterment assessments,voluntary contribution of property or eminent domain takings,dedicating
a percentage of the town's annual "free cash" funds, a Proposition 2 Vz tax levy limit capital override, federal disaster assistance funds, creating a
private road improvement district,and a surcharge onthe vehicle excise tax. Some of the above were instant non-starters for both boards,while others
were deemed worth investigating. The roads subcommittee will meet again Aug. 4,this time with members of the town's legislative delegation.Town
Engineer Roger Parsons will attend to provide details regarding existing road conditions and efforts to improve them. Members planned to ask town
Finance Director Mark Milne to review the funding options shared by CFAC.
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Somepositivesignson
real estate
The total volume of real
estate sales in town in June
was up 11 percent over that
year last month, and total value
of sales was just a tiny bit
lower, according to figures from
the county Registry of Deeds.
Mortgage activity continues to
trail 2013 significantly, with a
37.4 percent decrease this June,
Lynchwill takeaturn
withthetownband
Town Manager Tom Lynch
is guest announcer for the
Barnstable Town Band's July 23
concert at 7p.m. on the Hyannis
village green. Word is he may
even conduct the closing march.
Five town councilors , a
planning board member, and
other notables have shared the
podium with the orchestra this
summer.
Pitchin;join a
committee
Town Council Appointments
Committee Chair John Norman,
who got his start as an associate
member of the zoning board of
appeals, is putting out a call for
citizens willing to fill vacancies
on townboards.Applications for
posts ranging from the airport
commission to the ZBA are
available at http://www.town.
barnstable.ma.us/towncouncil/
committeeapp.pdf/
Rentalpropertiesmust
beregistered
The heath department is
reminding property owners
that a certificate of registration
is required if their premises are
to be rented. There's a $90 fee.
Call 508-862-4644 for more
information,
Freemealsfor all
children
The town will host meals
for children free of charge
this summer at its Barnstable
Community Horace Mann
Charter Public School site
on Bearse's Way in Hyannis. j
Breakfast is served from 8:30 j
to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 i
a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Menus will ¦
be available on the first day of i
service. I
Townneedshelp
sellingbeachstickers
Volunteers are being asked
to help the town sell beach ;
parking permits through mid- ;
August at the Hyannis Youth j
and Community Center. A
commitment of at least one shift, •
morning or afternoon , any day
of the week isrequested. Contact
Trisha Otto at 508-790-6345 , j
ext. 102 or trisha.otto@town.
barnstable.ma.us/ i
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\ intoCapeWindcase
Do you remember that
I moment in Annie Hall when
:' some bloke in line for a movie
is pontificating about Marshall
: McLuhan's theories? Woody
; Allensquelches himby bringing
: on McLuhan,who tellsthe loud
: talker, "You know nothing of
• my work."
That 's sort of what the
: Alliance to Protect Nantucket
; Sound is looking for in hiring
: Harvard Professor Lawrence
: Tribeto help argue its appeal of
a federal court decision.
The pontificator in the
Alliance'sremakeisU.S.District
Court Judge Richard Stearns,
who dismissed with some
sarcasm objections raised by
Cape Wind opponents that the
state had forced NStar to buy
powerfromtheproposed in-state
development when cheaper out-
of-state options were available.
"The opinion of the district
court,"Triberemarked inapress
statement from the Alliance,
"relied on and quoted what
my treatise on the Constitution
had said about the Eleventh
Amendmenttoreachaconclusion
that neither I nor, much more
importantly, the U.S. Supreme
Court, would agree with - a
conclusionthatwould makethat
relatively narrow constitutional
provision a veritable engine of
destruction for otherwise valid
constitutionalchallengestostate
laws, policies, and actions."
The Alliance press release,
obviously written by someone
with his or her own sarcastic
bent, noted that Tribe "counts
among his many distinguished
students both Chief Justice
John Roberts and Justice Elena
Kagan, aswell as Judge Richard
Stearns."
IfPilgrimgoes,
what'snext?
The fallout , if you will ,
from the campaign to close
the Pilgrim Nuclear Power
Station in Plymouth will be
addressed July 30 at Brewster
Ladies ' Library beginning at
6:30 p.m. "Close Pilgrim, What
Next? Renewable Energy,Smart
Homes & the Green Grid is
sponsored by CIRenew and
Cape Downwinders.
In a related event, Harvey
Wasserman will speak July 24
at 6 p.m. at Coonamesett Farm
on Hatchville Road in East
Falmouth about "all we need to
knowabout Fukushima'sfallout
coming to America, on how
we can finally kill King CONG
(Coal, Oil, Nukes & Gas) and
howNewEngland willhelp lead
theworld intothegreen-powered
Solartopian Age."
All that and a potluck dinner,
too.
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Beatyannounces
Waterskickoff
It was an odd way to find
out about Republican state
Senate candidate AllenWaters'
campaign kickoff.
The news came in an e-mail
from Waters' opponent in the
Sept. 9 primary, Ron Beaty,
who, of course, added his own
spin to the information about
time and place.
CallingitaRINO(Republican
In Name Only) event, Beaty
suggested attending "if one
has nothing better to do... like
paying your bills, washing the
dishes...."
Prompted by the unusual
communi que , we checked
Waters' Facebook page and
found that he is indeed holding
a campaign kickoff July 23 at
5:30 p.m. at Dino's Sports Bar
in Mashpee.
Washinghisway
toD.C.
Four Republican candidates
will get down and dirty July
19, but only to.help your car
sparkle. Hopefuls for Congress
(Mark Alliegro), state Senate
(VinnyDeMacedo) and county
commissioner (Leo Cakounes)
will join re-election-seeking
state Rep. David Vieira to
wash cars at Mahoney 's
Garden Center on Route 28
in Falmouth from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m.
Proceeds from the event,
organized by Alliegro 's
campaign committee, will go '
to Cape Cod Cares for the
Troops.
| GovernorvisitsCape
Gov. Deval Patrick got sand
I in his shoes yesterday [July
j 17] with three stops on Cape
j Cod. He broke ground for
• an expansion of Mashpee
j Commons, spoke on school
: safety at the Massachusetts
School Superintendents
Association Summer Executive
Institute at Mashpee High
School, andjoined aroundtable
discussion in Sandwich
hosted by Cape Cod Young
Professionals.
Constitutionstudy
groupmeetsJuly24
The next meeting of We the
People of Cape Cod, Inc., a
U.S. Constitution studygroup,
willbe about "The Declaration
of Independence -Revisited."
The group meets July 24 at 5:30
p.m. at the Centerville Library.
Children'sCovefunds
restored
State Rep. Brian Mannal's
successful budget amendment
to increase funding for
Children's Cove will bring
$140,000 to the program that
serves etiild victims of sexual
abuse and their non-offending
families and caretakers.
"I was shocked to learn
that funding for Children's
Cove had been reduced over
several prior budget cycles,
despite an increase in the
need for the organization 's
services," Mannal said in a
press statement. "So, I made
it my number one bud get
priority."
Hunttakesaimat
.newgunlaw
Self-described gun owner,
sportsman and Second
Amendment supporter state
Rep. Randy Hunt said he
expects his vote gun legislation
last week will be criticized.
Nevertheless, he said in a
press statement , he believes
its positive elements "are
outweighed by its assault on
our Second Amendment right
to keep and bear arms."
POLITICAL POTPOURRI
Canwetalk?Well, can
we?
The county commissioners
*
and the Assembly of Delegates
talked again this week about
talking some more.
Assembly member Leo
Cakounes of Harwich has
proposed that the two groups
hold three joint workshops: one
onthepowersand responsibilities
of the commissioners, another
on the same top ics for the
Assembly, and a third for all
other issues.
Delegate Julia Taylor of
Falmouth, a teacher, pointed
out that her colleagues would
have to "do their homework"
and prepare for such sessions by
reading the county charter and
attending with questions.
Several delegates stressed
that the meetings would not be
tantamount to another charter
review in that they would
focus on understanding current
operations and not proposing
changes.
Whether' '
a'hired' TaciTifat'df'
should conduct the sessions,
or county counsel Bob Troy, or
former charter reviewcommittee
counsel Michael Curran was
debated and left to Assembly
Speaker Ron Bergstrom and
commissioners chair Mary Pat
Flynn to work out.
The conversations , which
would be open to the public
and taped , could be useful ,
Delegate Cheryl Andrews of
Provincetown said.
"If it gets turned into a
document agreed to by both
groups, and it's in English, that
would really be a marvelous
thing for everybody here plus
anyone who wants to run for
one of our offices in the future."
Capitalspending
reviewed
He won't be here, but County
Administrator Michael Brillhart
gave the Assembly a look ahead
at the county's five-year capital
spending plan this week.
By the terms of Brillhart 's
contract , which ends in
November , he cannot be a
candidate for the permanent
job. Replying to questions
from Assembl y members ,
commissioners chair Mary
Pat Flynn said she would be
••sharing •information
¦
about "a"
reorganization as early as next
week.
But for the moment, it was
Brillhart walking the delegates
throughlong-termspendingplans
for the health and environment,
research development ,
cooperative extension ,
information technology and
facilities departments.
Equipment replacements for
the county lab were spaced out
through fiscal year 2019, but
Delegate Deborah McCutcheon
noted that the facilities projects
were all bunched in the current
fiscal year.
Brillhart explained that's it
hard to put projects that need
attention off to later years, but
did say he'd raised the issuewith
the department.
SheriffsViyitrol
programgetsattention
inDC
In praising residential
substance abuse programs, the
White House 's latest Drug
Policy Control statement
singled out Barnstable County
Sheriff Jim Cummings' Vivitrol
program for itsalmost 60percent
success rate.
.••.The.medication,.described
as a non-mood-altering, non-
addictive drug with no street
value cr withdrawal symptoms,
is used to ease the transition
from substance abuse to lasting
behavioral changes, according
to the report quoted in a press
release from Cummings's office.
Learnthe secretsof
theoldcourthouse
TheOldeColonialCourthouse
on Route 6A just west of the :
county complex has many stories :
to tell, and Bob Frazee will tell i
them well when he gives a Tales j
of Cape Cod talk in the historic
building July 21 at 7:30 p.m. i
Frazee , past president of
the Marstons Mills Historical
Society, is remembered in the j
northside village for restoring
the Henry Crocker House across j
Rendezvous Lane from the
Courthouse. j
Admission is $7 for non-
members. ;
Wantto master
gardening?
Applications are due by Sept.
15 for the 2015 class of the \
Master Gardener Association
of Cape Cod. Taught by \
community volunteers and
the Cape Cod Cooperative
Extension,the program looks for
candidates interested in a long-
term commitment to teaching
wise use of natural resources.
Gotowww.capecodextension.
org/horticulture-entomology-
ticks/ for an application.
COUNTY CUPPINGS