Mystic View Task Force has succeeded. IKEA is building in Avon, not Somerville.

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

The Mystic View Task Force's relentless barrage of lawsuits has evidently succeeded in making IKEA decide to build in Avon instead.

Mystic View's constantly shifting rationalizations for opposing the development of the abandoned Assembly Square site have been changing as frequently as Mr. Bush's justifications for invading Iraq. Mediation attempts between Mystic View and the developers collapsed last month, with the mediators reporting that the parties were too far apart in their viewpoints. As a result of the mediation failure, the state will not provide funding for a T stop on the site, and it appears that IKEA will build elsewhere.

Somerville loses tax revenue, and the Assembly Square plot will remain a weed-strewn vacant wasteland. Thanks so much, Bill Shelton and the rest of Mystic View Task Force! You're managed the amazing task of turning gold into lead, and all Somerville knows who's responsible.

Getting rid of glasses

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Is there anywhere in Davis Square that I can donate old eyeglasses, so they can be recycled and reused for folks who need them? I've been carrying these things around with me for years. Alternatively, where's the closest Lenscrafters or place like that? Thanks.