Electronic Billboard Proposed for West Street at I-93, Reading
This Town Meeting article generated heat at Tuesday's selectmen meeting; Town Meeting to convene this coming Monday.
An electronic billboard on West Street, adjacent to Interstate 93. This article on the warrant for Monday’s special Town Meeting generated significant heat at Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting. About 20 people urged the selectmen to reject a proposed zoning change to allow an electronic billboard on land owned by the Mobil station. The “hosting” fee the town could receive – between $25,000 and $50,000 a year, according to the article background - is insignificant, speakers said, compared with the anticipated loss of home values in the area because of a billboard. Woburn Alderman Darlene Mercer-Bruen also asked the town to join Woburn which, she said, has stood “strong and tall” against the “ugly” sign boards. Some people emailed their support …
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1:23 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Miriam you make good points re: the 0.75% meal tax, but you forget the most important ones (1) it is not just imposed on residents, everyone who comes to Reading pays this meal tax, which helps us all out; and (2) just about all of our neighboring towns charge it, too - and given the choice of the same restaurant in our town or another (e.g., McDonalds, Bertucci's, one of the many … more ›