Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement... It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here...
Ayanna Pressley
TERMS OF SERVICE: STILL THIRSTY
If you think Boston has enough liquor licenses, you must live in a neighborhood that has a bunch.
WE CAME, WE SAW, WE COVERED (A #FIGHTSUPREMACY COMPOSITE RETROSPECT)
Between the protesters, the counterprotesters, the media, the cops, and a handful of trolls, countless stories unfolded in Boston last weekend. These are several we encountered…
HOW THE ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY ORGANIZERS AND THE BOSTON GLOBE GOT ME FALSELY BRANDED AS A WHITE SUPREMACIST
The panicked calls came from my friends and family—including my poor old mother, who was afraid I would be shot—right around the time that I arrived on Boston Common on Saturday.
I SAW MORE FURRIES THAN FRIENDS OF THE FUHRER IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND
Where were these nazis anyway? Where were they coming from? Did they take Uber?
WHOSE VOICES WILL BE HEARD IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND? WHOSE WON’T?
In the interest of doing better than those who are paying more attention to right-wing extremists than they are to the Bostonians speaking out, here are some of the points coming from the groups that are planning a counter-protest and march starting in Roxbury tomorrow at 10 am.
BAKER CALLS FOR ‘UNITY RALLY’ INSTEAD OF ‘COUNTER-PROTEST’
Governor says he’ll even show up on Saturday if his schedule is clear
FLAME WAR: COUNCIL GREENLIGHTS SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEILLANCE DESPITE LACK OF BPD TRANSPARENCY
“We’re asking whether we should hand the BPD the capability to … do what exactly? They didn’t say. We need to know before we appropriate funds."
TERMS OF SERVICE: NEW REPEAL
As of today, Boston is the only city in Massachusetts that cannot decide for itself how many liquor licenses shall be in circulation within its borders.
A MAVERICK APPROACH TO LIQUOR LICENSING
This is what happens when you give the neighborhood what it needs