Cities and Towns Fight Back:

• Town of Middleton Unfunded Mandate Complaint

• Town of Middleborough Seeks Fiscal Impact Determination from State Auditor

  • Response from State Auditor

  • Town of Middleborough Files Suit Over MBTA Communities Act

  • Middleborough Unfunded Mandate Complaint

• Town of Marshfield seeks a court order to exempt it from compliance with MBTA 3A

  • Town of Marshfield Unfunded Mandate Complaint

• City of Metheun Seeks Mandate Determination from State Auditor

• Response from State Auditor

• Town of Wrentham Seeks Mandate Determination from State Auditor

  • Response from State Auditor

  • Town of Wrentham Unfunded Mandate Complaint

• Town of Hanson Seeks Preliminary Injunction

  • Town of Hanson Unfunded Mandate Complaint

Zoning under the State Constitution:

• Building Zones

• Massachusetts Constitutional Convention 1917

• Some General Thoughts on Home Rule

• Comments Concerning Massachusetts Home Rule Amendment

• Seven Methods of Constitutional Interpretation

Other Zoning Anomalies and Miscellany:

• "Form Based Zoning" Instead of "Use Based Zoning" to Promote Denser Communities Could be Coming to a Neighborhood Near YOU!

• Achieving Compliance Comes Only AFTER EOHLC Approval, Not With Application Submission

• Deference Normally Given is Ignored by AG When Politically Inconvenient