Healey's push to allow municipal control over liquor licenses is temporarily shelved
The Municipal Empowerment Act proposed by Gov. Maura Healey would have given towns and cities control over the number of liquor licenses administered, but this part of the bill was removed from the proposal.
The current cap on liquor licenses is determined by the state Legislature and has remained largely unchanged since post-Prohibition, causing concerns that it has hurt minority business owners and low-income neighborhoods in Boston. [ more ]
Housing policy in Britain is a chaotic shambles. Thank God for nimbys, I say | Simon Jenkins
Local communities should have control over their surroundings in a true democracy.
The Cameron government's planning and housing reforms of 2012 undermined local control and led to uncontrolled development on green belt land. [ more ]