Fine People More For Pickup Trucks and Less If They’re Poor? Somerville Considering Changes in Parking Fines

Fine People More For Pickup Trucks and Less If They’re Poor? Somerville Considering Changes in Parking Fines

Somerville city officials are interested in issuing lower parking violation fines to poor people and people who don't drive large vehicles.

The proposals, which are still in the planning stage, came up earlier this week during a city government board meeting.

National Security Subcommittee Chairman Stephen Lynch Has Concerns With Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
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National Security Subcommittee Chairman Stephen Lynch Has Concerns With Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

Tom Joyce

Members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation such as U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton), U.S. Representative Seth Moulton (D-Salem), and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) expressed their support for President Joe Biden's intentions of withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. However, U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) is not among them.

In a statement provided to NewBostonPost by his communications team on Wednesday afternoon, Lynch expressed his concerns with the target date:

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