Episode 1217

FM #1217 - Franklin Current Issues Q&A Part 3 of 3 - 05/16/24

Published on: 28th May, 2024

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Jay Horrigan, Franklin resident, Franklin TV & Radio talent and fellow Board of Directors member for the Franklin Community Cable Access organization. We met to record this conversation in the studio on Thursday, May 16, 2024.  

We spent enough time in the studio discussing current events that our wives were sending out queries as to where we were. The conversation is split into 3 sections to better enable sharing via the radio time slot (less than an hour).

Part 3 of this conversation runs about 38 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Jay.

  • The possibility of an underride and what it would do
  • Concern of getting the message out amidst the Presidential campaign ads
  • School planning needed for redistricting, 2 summers needed
  • Disruption for school year in November if the underride succeeds
  • Assuming override passes, when would taxpayers see the increase?
  • How does the new apartment revenues flow to the Town (about 10 minutes in P3)
  • Tax increment financing (TIF) (Tegra Medical - 2009, Hamilton Technology - 2011, Cold Chain - 2015, Plansee - 2022)
  • What’s happening with Davis Thayer
  • Redistricting tied to override?
  • Redistricting tied to new police station?
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What matters in Franklin MA - we follow the money sharing Town business meetings and interviews to enable an informed resident and voter

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Stephen Sherlock

I volunteer as the Community Information Director for Franklin, MA (USA)*. I have been providing accurate and timely information about what matters in Franklin since 2007. Currently working in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Radio (wfpr.fm) since October 2019.

*They don't have one and couldn't afford me.