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hitbyacar1 t1_j6kwezx wrote

Whopper whopper whopper whopper

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joelupi t1_j6lgmqv wrote

Junior, double, triple whopper

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tschris t1_j6nfx4k wrote

Those commercials make me irrationally angry.

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TheManFromFairwinds t1_j6ld0wf wrote

>Harvey Boshart, a Weston Select Board member whose term expires this year, asked Aiu how much funding the Town of Weston had historically received from those programs.

>“I believe it’s been zero,” answered Aiu.

>Boshart argued that “as it currently stands, we’re not giving up anything" if the town chose not to comply.

>But committee member Sarah Rhatigan noted that even if those penalties might not affect Weston, the town could still be in violation of the state law, and housing advocacy groups might be able to sue the town for compliance anyhow.

>“The penalties are probably funds that Weston doesn’t use… (but) there is some concern that if we really didn’t take any action we could be exposing ourselves up to some kind of liability,” said Rhatigan.

>“Or at least, minimally, embarrassment,” said another unidentified committee member.

Imagine if they end up complying because they're afraid of being embarrassed!

Side note: whatever happened to the whopper? I notice that the opposition site got taken down www.preserveweston.org

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StarbeamII t1_j6lp690 wrote

IIRC the Whopper got rejected by the zoning board despite being a 40B project due to sewage system overload concerns and the "landscape design, open space arrangements and building design of the project are inadequate and pose a threat to public health and safety"

https://www.weston.org/1366/518-South-Avenue

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giritrobbins t1_j6nmqoq wrote

Concerns?

How is the safety negative?

There is a sewage analysis as part of this and their engineers say it's sufficient.

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senatorium t1_j6ny7yz wrote

Imagine being denied a home due to landscape design.

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DunkinRadio t1_j6mwg1m wrote

Everybody lighten up on the poor denizens of Weston. They all have their BLM signs up - what more do you want from them?

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amos106 t1_j6mxp1d wrote

They haven't even seen a black person before yet they still put up those signs. How selfless they must be!

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senatorium t1_j6ny3vu wrote

But they do have their "Hate Has No Place Here" signs up too?

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climberskier t1_j6mmfn1 wrote

If I owned a boston-area restaurant I would for sure have a "weston whopper" on the menu as a joke.

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Wickedweed t1_j6ky1dt wrote

They have a nice dump there

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Honclfibr t1_j6mpwp0 wrote

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, poor people are out to get us.

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POI4433 t1_j6m1oe1 wrote

Remember that in the original proposal Weston was a Rapid Transit town - the same as Newton or Quincy - but somehow got themselves knocked down to Commuter Rail.

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SynbiosVyse t1_j6mfsm3 wrote

Riverside doesn't make it into Weston, though it's on the border. There's no comparison of Newton and Quincy with Weston. Both are dense cities with multiple green and red line stops.

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devAcc123 t1_j6nw6i8 wrote

I’d imagine the residents probably don’t want it to be a rapid transit town, usually how these expensive, insulated towns operate

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dontbeapile t1_j6moedq wrote

Weston whonper, have it your way

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[deleted] t1_j6l9535 wrote

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alexman17c t1_j6lna17 wrote

Woah there Hitler, slow down. These are still people we're talking about.

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petophile_ t1_j6m6m2s wrote

No you see these people are being intolerant of the poor, so we can not be tolerant of them. Read up on the paradox of tolerance. /s

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