Author Archives: Art Desloges

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. It is a day where we honor the lives lost to overdose and stand with the families and communities left behind. Overdose impacts every community, but it is preventable. By speaking openly, learning from one another, and treating each other with care and respect, we can build a world […]

his week I am writing to you about ballot question #9 in the Nov. 3rd state election. Question 9 asks voters if they want to uphold An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws enacted July, 2024. I urge you to keep the current law by voting YES. The law provides many gun violence prevention measures, such as […]

This week I am reporting to you the roll call vote on Article 37, the Plymouth Community Trust bylaw. This bylaw passed Town Meeting because 78 of your elected Town Meeting Members voted yes. They are listed on the report below derived from the official count form the Town Clerk’s office. I believe that we […]

This week I am writing to report that the Town Advisory & Finance Committee (A&F) voted to approve the Plymouth Community Trust By-Law in a 10-3 vote. If passed, this by-law ensures that Town officials and Plymouth Law Enforcement will not act as agents for ICE—keeping our community resources focused on local safety. The A&F […]

Important legislation addressing the evaporation of radioactive wastewater at the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant site was the subject of a State House hearing on June 17.  House Bill H9040 will place a moratorium on increasing the rate of evaporation (aka forced evaporation), from wastewater held at the plant pending completion of a study enabled […]

On Jan. 18, the Massachusetts Legislature heard testimony on the $4.1 billion bond bill on affordable housing (H4138). This is an enormously important bill for Plymouth. The hearing lasted more than nine hours and testimony was given by hundreds of people including legislators, housing authorities and other stakeholders. The bill is more than double any […]

A recent mailer sent by the opponents of the “nip ban” stated, “In October 2023, a minority (44 percent) of Plymouth’s 162 Town Meeting members were successful in banning the sale of miniature bottles of alcohol in the Town of Plymouth.” This statement suggests that this Town Meeting vote was not fully legitimate. The implication […]

I write in support of the prohibition on the sale of liquor in bottles less than or equal to 100 ml. We have heard many reasons why this prohibition is beneficial. Among them are a reduction in roadside litter, presumably less alcoholic consumption in a moving vehicle, and the reduction of non-biodegradable plastics that contaminate […]