League of Women Voters^®
of Brookline

Thursday, June 13, 2013, 6:00 PM

Please help us plan our year, enjoy good food & fine company

VineRipe Grille - Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course
1281 West Roxbury Parkway

For rides email Diana McClure name, address, phone number

Patrick Dober, Executive-director - Brookline Housing Authority

will speak on

BHA structure and goals to meet Brookline's affordable housing objectives and diverse population needs

Reservations - $35.00

Make your check payable to LWV Brookline and mail to
LWV Brookline
PO Box 67056
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
or
Pay by credit card on PayPal

(you do not need a PayPal account to use PayPal)

Please note on your check the name of any guest(s) you have included in your payment. If you have paid by PayPal, please email DianaMcClure if you have included a guest with your payment.

Annual Meeting Workbook will be sent in June.

The Brookline Schools are facing some serious issues regarding the unexpected increase in enrollment. The Brookline School Population & Capacity Exploration (B-SPACE) is a committee charged by the Selectmen to review and analyze options for dealing with the situation. The link below is an overview to inform members of the options under discussion.

Brookline School Issues (pdf)

Please check out ( and like! ) the Brookline League's Facebook page about our ongoing project to provide information about elections, voting and other timely issues.

https://www.facebook.com/brooklinevotes

For more information about upcoming elections, how to register to vote, how to find out if you are already registered and other information for voters, please visit: http://www.votinginformation.org

How To Run For Office booklet

Last week the Massachusetts League of Women Voters sponsored its annual Day on the Hill. Members of the Brookline and many other Mass. Leagues met at the State House along with legislators to hear about current bills on which the League has developed positions. We had a wonderful time learning, networking, meeting and lunching with our legislators.

If you were unable to attend this informative Day on the Hill, please make use of the documents prepared for this event. They are posted on our website lwvbrookline.org . There is an important list of the bills--on many subjects ranging from human needs to voters' rights, education to the environment, and much more (See the link below for Legislative Priorities). Each bill is described briefly and paired with a list of "talking points," which describe the key reasons LVW supports the bill. These are intended to help you in contacting your legislators about those bills which matter most to you. There is also a directory of all the legislators indicating which related committees they serve on and contact information for all of them.

The legislature has several hundred bills filed each session. Don't let the important issues become buried! Let the folks on the hill hear about your interests and concerns. LVW members have put a good deal of thought and time into considering these bills. Please remember that Day on the Hill is an annual March program. Plan to join us there next year! And in the meantime stay in touch with your legislators. Use these good tools!

Legislative Priorities

COFFEE and CONVERSATION about ISSUES that interest YOU.

Are you looking for someone to talk to about issues like:

• Education * Surveillance Cameras * Health Care
• Traffic * Public Transportation * Immigration
• The Economy * Gun Control * Bicycle Paths

Then come to Panera (aka Jack and Marion's to old timers) on the 2nd Friday of each month. Bring a friend.

To make a tax-deductible contribution to the League's Sara K. Wallace Fund for Voter Education, please click on the donate button.

Cypress Automart/Audy's Mobil

345 Boylston Street

617-738-4706

http://www.cypressauto.com

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Brookline Municipal Credit Union

334 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02447-0776

617-232-9410

http://www.brooklinecu.com/ASP/home.asp

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