State House committee on local relief meets in Fall River

The Herald News has this article today about the meeting of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government. The committee heard from local leaders yesterday on the measures that they would like to see enacted to help local governments. I like the idea of making it easier for local governments to join the state GIC insurance and hate the idea on funding local aid based on the Chapter 70 formula espoused by Fall River Councilwoman Viveiros. Mayor Lang of New Bedford pitched the idea of state aid for public safety services. I think we have more work to do with regional approaches such as regional dispatch before asking the state to fund our local fire and police.

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