{"id":114,"date":"2009-05-13T17:10:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/2009\/05\/13\/governor-patrick-plans-regional-meetings-with-massachusetts-residents\/"},"modified":"2014-11-21T12:05:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T17:05:50","slug":"governor-patrick-plans-regional-meetings-with-massachusetts-residents","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/2009\/05\/13\/governor-patrick-plans-regional-meetings-with-massachusetts-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Patrick plans regional meetings with Massachusetts residents."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>State leaders host community forums around the Commonwealth in May.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A decline in state revenue is forcing us all to confront difficult decisions around what kind of government we want and how best to pay for it; at the same time, stories of waste and abuse threaten the public&#8217;s confidence that tax dollars are spent smartly.<\/p>\n<p>Between now and the end of May, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and senior officials from the administration will host forums with local residents and local officials in thirty-six cities and towns on the choices facing the Commonwealth in the current economic climate. These conversations will provide residents a chance to ask questions, offer suggestions and engage with their government and their neighbors on these issues.<\/p>\n<p>Forum dates, times and locations can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/dls-listserver.dor.state.ma.us\/t\/10167\/48622\/220\/0\/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tYXNzLmdvdi8%2fcGFnZUlEPWdvdjN0ZXJtaW5hbCZMPTMmTDA9SG9tZSZMMT1LZXkrUHJpb3JpdGllcyZMMj1DaXZpYytFbmdhZ2VtZW50KyUyNitTdHJvbmcrQ29tbXVuaXRpZXMmc2lkPUFnb3YzJmI9dGVybWluYWxjb250ZW50JmY9Zm9ydW1zJmNzaWQ9QWdvdjM%3d&amp;x=2e8af994\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.mass.gov &gt; Key Priorities &gt; Civic Engagement &amp; Strong Communities &gt; Community Forums on Choices and Priorities<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Governor&#8217;s proposed reforms, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/dls-listserver.dor.state.ma.us\/t\/10167\/48622\/219\/0\/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tYXNzLmdvdi9nb3Zlcm5vci9yZWZvcm0%3d&amp;x=7a7a7ca6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">www.mass.gov\/governor\/reform<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From now until the end of May, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and officials from the administration will host forums with local residents and local officials in 36 cities and towns on the choices facing the Commonwealth in the current economic climate <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/2009\/05\/13\/governor-patrick-plans-regional-meetings-with-massachusetts-residents\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Governor Patrick plans regional meetings with Massachusetts residents.\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}