John Barrett
John Barrett
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I think even more disturbing was that the president of the company described North Adams as a 'shrinking, depressing city with no future,'
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When this land was acquired by the city over 100 years ago, it was acquired as a water source, ... It was an excellent water supply until they told us our water wasn't safe.
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.
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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams,
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I think (adoption) is slowing down. Part of it is that it's hard to get cheaper on the dial-up side than where prices are already at.
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People are going to park somewhere. I can see confrontations in the parking right now if that happens.
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That's usually the consumer's way of saying they're not interested.
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We should look toward implementing those in the short-term so that whichever option is chosen long-term, it will make the transition easier.
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was really what saved us. Without that chute, we'd really be in trouble, because the water level (of the river) was very high on Saturday.
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We're starting to hit a wall as far as Internet penetration goes. We're getting down to the people who just don't want it.
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There is a Hershberger cult. People in society are always looking for direction. Sally clearly sees that and is not frightened to have her own image, but also to just say, 'I'm so cool, you guys have to follow me.' People are totally willing to do it.
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If we can take five steps forward and take one step back, I'll take that every time,
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We certainly are a much different community than 50 years ago.
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We need to remind the Kenyan government officials that TB is entirely curable disease and action can deal with it,