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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We certainly are a much different community than 50 years ago.

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I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams.

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We would keep the $2 million and the other two parcels will remain with the city, ... There's a good chance if the war in Iraq goes away that there will be enough funding.

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We've finally settled, and I think both sides are pleased with it.

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They call this the mayor's celebration but it's about the people. The people have a lot to celebrate, ... This is the biggest I've ever seen. I say it every year, but it just keeps getting bigger and better every year.

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It's a fair compensation package, ... It called for very little language change, and the Fire Department was very cooperative. Union members handled themselves in a professional manner, and I hope this is a show of good things to come.

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We lost a lot of beautiful buildings to urban renewal, ... The uniqueness of these buildings is the character and charm of the community. They'll never build factories like that again.

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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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