Mayor Joe and the Aldermen

[cos]

Interesting exchange sparked by the recent appointment of a replacement to the Somerville Board of Aldermen:

Homophobia has no place in Somerville, and neither does favoritism [Somerville News]

Somerville mayor denies favoritism in backing alderwoman [Boston.com]

Commute to Framingham District Court from Davis

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

If you ever get a summmons for Jury Duty in Framingham district court, try to get switched to another court. Or if that doesn't work tell the judge that driving to in time for court will be difficult for a multiday trial. The drive approaches 75 minutes each way, and the timing of the commuter rail doesn't really work out.

The judges and court officers are all super nice, though!

(I have spent entirely too much time in the last week driving to and from Framingham. All done now.)

Wanted: Blue recycling bins!

[squirrelitude]

Just the other day I pulled an old-style blue recycling bin out of someone's zero-sort toter for use as a planter. I guess this means that 1.5 years later, there are still some of the old bins kicking around. All of ours are in use as planters (for plants that are watered by hand or don't mind poor drainage) or to hold collected dry leaves for the compost bin.

Does anybody here have a couple of bins in reasonably good shape that they want to have go to a good home? I'm in the Tufts area, but I'd be happy to pick up a couple bins from someone in roughly a mile radius from Davis or Teele.

(If it turns out there are many offering and asking, I guess this could become an exchange thread.)

AC Repair Needed Before Start of Summer

[fangirl715.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for a repairperson to take a look at, and hopefully fix, a large AC unit that's mounted into my kitchen wall, and thought it would be a good idea to ask about this before the summer season really gets going. Any suggestions?

Thanks!