So the commission tasked with creating a new state seal has to hire a UMass-related survey team in the hopes of producing a residential survey at a cost of $100,000? It takes 11 months and at least $100,000 to survey the public on the design of a state seal? Who makes these decisions? Who’s responsible for this absurdity? These people wouldn’t last two weeks in the private sector.
Sean F. Flaherty
Charlestown
I would like to express my sorrow at the passing of Bob Bittner on May 26, 2023. He was the owner and operator of several local stations, including WJIB FM 101.3, which I listen to on an old smartphone. It also broadcasts on AM 740. The call letters are appropriate for a coastal area like Boston and Cape Cod. The jib is the narrow sail on the bow of a sailing ship. Sometimes called a foresail, it is used both to give more speed to a sailing ship and to make it turn sharper, especially into the wind.
Bob Bittner bought WJIB in 1992, which I suspect, makes it older than most residents of Boston. WJIB plays mostly “oldies but goodies.” They are sort of a soft rock, but the selection covers most of the 20th century.
He was also what you once would have called a DJ. I enjoyed the witty but gentle observations he made occasionally. We can only hope that WJIB and its sister stations continue to play that good music. Fare-thee-well.
Eugene Gobby
Somerville
The recent story of a Harvard employee that was involved in an alleged human remains trafficking ring is appalling. Obvious reasons, the sacredness of human remains, but also what is wrong with the Harvard deans?
The picture posted in the Herald of this Harvard employee is alarming.
Every organization has to do an annual review of their employees…that means a face to face interview with your superior.
How could Harvard allow this man on their campus in any circumstance. Were there no ” red flags” on his frightening appearance ? Plus the fact that he works in the morgue …this is sacred space for the deceased.
Harvard needs to review their employee practices of evaluations….starting with the deans.
Noreen Tolosky
Longmeadow
I sympathize with the immediate economic distress felt by those displaced from the Cheswick Generating Station (Zito: “Dems ditch blue collar workers for social justice warriors,” June 17). That said, if the global community does not wake up and take drastic action against climate change, then the distress this community will feel in the future will be far greater.
It is true that coal mining and power generation supports jobs, but so do clean energy projects. In fact, over 300,000 clean energy jobs per year – and growing. So I would encourage the affected people in Pennsylvania and elsewhere to get a job. A clean energy job. There’s a future in that.
Jonathan Quint
Goffstown, NH