44 Quotes by John Barrett


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    I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.

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    I think the impact on our local citizens is they're finding that their sons and daughters that they send off to college now have an opportunity to come back here and work,

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    I think (adoption) is slowing down. Part of it is that it's hard to get cheaper on the dial-up side than where prices are already at.

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    It is much worse if someone is working directly with the witnesses to shape their testimony.

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    I think even more disturbing was that the president of the company described North Adams as a 'shrinking, depressing city with no future,'

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    People are going to park somewhere. I can see confrontations in the parking right now if that happens.

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    My rationale is that both options had common themes. Whichever direction we decide to go, let's implement the parts that are common between them.

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