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	<title>Comments for Blog from the Office of the City Manager, Lowell MA</title>
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		<title>Comment on A Friendlier and Safer Lowell for Cyclists by Chris</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/a-friendlier-and-safer-lowell-for-cyclists/#comment-3673</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been very interested in riding my bike to work in the spring through fall when the snow is gone. I would be going along Gortham St to Andover St (3A to 110 to 133) to reach my workplace in Tewksbury. However, like Gil pointed out above, these &#039;Sharrows&#039; offer no safety at all over riding on any other regular old street.

Frankly, drivers out here don&#039;t care about a painted symbol on the ground and hell will freeze over before they slow down to 10-15 mph because a bike is on the road. No amount of education, unfortunately, will change people&#039;s behavior in this. They already know, more or less, they just don&#039;t care about anyone but themselves and how much of a burden it is for them to slow down for some &quot;stupid bike&quot;.

So because of that, you will always have cars squeezing past you going 30+ mph.

Roads need an actual lane for bikes to be effective, otherwise you accomplish nothing. Remove parking on one side of the street to squeeze in a bike lane. It will make those home owners angry, but that&#039;s your only option if you want bike lanes. Otherwise you&#039;ll have to pay to have police officers on the routes every single day issuing a mountain of tickets. You couldn&#039;t do that for a week or two then stop, because the second you do stop enforcing it everyone will go right back to the way it was.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been very interested in riding my bike to work in the spring through fall when the snow is gone. I would be going along Gortham St to Andover St (3A to 110 to 133) to reach my workplace in Tewksbury. However, like Gil pointed out above, these &#8216;Sharrows&#8217; offer no safety at all over riding on any other regular old street.</p>
<p>Frankly, drivers out here don&#8217;t care about a painted symbol on the ground and hell will freeze over before they slow down to 10-15 mph because a bike is on the road. No amount of education, unfortunately, will change people&#8217;s behavior in this. They already know, more or less, they just don&#8217;t care about anyone but themselves and how much of a burden it is for them to slow down for some &#8220;stupid bike&#8221;.</p>
<p>So because of that, you will always have cars squeezing past you going 30+ mph.</p>
<p>Roads need an actual lane for bikes to be effective, otherwise you accomplish nothing. Remove parking on one side of the street to squeeze in a bike lane. It will make those home owners angry, but that&#8217;s your only option if you want bike lanes. Otherwise you&#8217;ll have to pay to have police officers on the routes every single day issuing a mountain of tickets. You couldn&#8217;t do that for a week or two then stop, because the second you do stop enforcing it everyone will go right back to the way it was.</p>
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		<title>Comment on 2nd Annual City Hall Challenge by Sam</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/2nd-annual-city-hall-challenge/#comment-3669</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how you could help those who are less fortunate than you?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever wondered how you could help those who are less fortunate than you?</p>
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		<title>Comment on 2nd Annual City Hall Challenge by Sam</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/2nd-annual-city-hall-challenge/#comment-3668</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never found a charity like Dayton Donations before. they took my Family to the grocery instead of just handing us a bag of food. They even Fixed our toilet. Thank you http://daytondonations.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have never found a charity like Dayton Donations before. they took my Family to the grocery instead of just handing us a bag of food. They even Fixed our toilet. Thank you <a href="http://daytondonations.com" rel="nofollow">http://daytondonations.com</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on 2nd Annual City Hall Challenge by Sam</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/2nd-annual-city-hall-challenge/#comment-3667</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well If you live in the Dayton Area Check https://daytondonations.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well If you live in the Dayton Area Check <a href="https://daytondonations.com" rel="nofollow">https://daytondonations.com</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on City of Lowell Board and Commission Openings by brendacronin</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/city-of-lowell-board-and-commission-openings/#comment-3597</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[brendacronin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Manager has anyone who had their loved ones graves trashed at WestLawn II in June 2011 applied for or been put on the Cemetery Commission I remember during meetings you said you would be in favor of doing that or are the same Commissioners still on the board. I would apply myself but that tragic ransaking of  my  son Bobby&#039;s  grave and that of many others was one of the main reasons I sold my home and moved out of Lowell. Just Curious?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Manager has anyone who had their loved ones graves trashed at WestLawn II in June 2011 applied for or been put on the Cemetery Commission I remember during meetings you said you would be in favor of doing that or are the same Commissioners still on the board. I would apply myself but that tragic ransaking of  my  son Bobby&#8217;s  grave and that of many others was one of the main reasons I sold my home and moved out of Lowell. Just Curious?</p>
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		<title>Comment on City of Lowell Board and Commission Openings by Brenda Cronin</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/city-of-lowell-board-and-commission-openings/#comment-3589</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brenda Cronin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Lynch I wonder  if you ever appointed anyone who had their hearts torn apart by the Westlawn II fiasco that happened in June 2011 to the Cemetery Commission. You said during one of the meetings that you attended at the time that you would welcome a Family memeber to serve on the Commission. Has anyone new been appointed or is it the same Commissioners who served at the time the graves got trashed. I would have applied if I lived in Lowell but that incident was  one of the main reasons I sold my home and moved out of Lowell. Just Curious? Happy Easter to All]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Lynch I wonder  if you ever appointed anyone who had their hearts torn apart by the Westlawn II fiasco that happened in June 2011 to the Cemetery Commission. You said during one of the meetings that you attended at the time that you would welcome a Family memeber to serve on the Commission. Has anyone new been appointed or is it the same Commissioners who served at the time the graves got trashed. I would have applied if I lived in Lowell but that incident was  one of the main reasons I sold my home and moved out of Lowell. Just Curious? Happy Easter to All</p>
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		<title>Comment on Press Release &#8211; City Manager Announces Interim Police Superintendent by Mac</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/press-release-city-manager-announces-interim-police-superintendent/#comment-3543</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply hoped to just take a few moments and let you know that 
I enjoyed reading the blog post. I seriously don&#039;t believe generally people know the level of work that gets put into developing a good article. I&#039;m aware this will be 
sort of random nonetheless it bugs me sometimes.
Nonetheless excellent site.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I simply hoped to just take a few moments and let you know that<br />
I enjoyed reading the blog post. I seriously don&#8217;t believe generally people know the level of work that gets put into developing a good article. I&#8217;m aware this will be<br />
sort of random nonetheless it bugs me sometimes.<br />
Nonetheless excellent site.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Borrego Solar Systems Commits to Growing in Lowell by energy used</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/borrego-solar-systems-commits-to-growing-in-lowell/#comment-3534</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[energy used]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definitely consider that that you stated. Your favorite 
reason appeared to be on the internet the easiest 
thing to understand of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed even 
as folks think about concerns that they plainly do not 
know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the highest and also 
defined out the whole thing with no need side-effects , people can take a signal.
Will likely be back to get more. Thanks]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Definitely consider that that you stated. Your favorite<br />
reason appeared to be on the internet the easiest<br />
thing to understand of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed even<br />
as folks think about concerns that they plainly do not<br />
know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the highest and also<br />
defined out the whole thing with no need side-effects , people can take a signal.<br />
Will likely be back to get more. Thanks</p>
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		<title>Comment on Good News for Green Energy! by Jerry Ponson</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/good-news-for-green-energy/#comment-3456</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Ponson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good to hear that Soltas is taking a leadership role in bringing clean energy to Lowell.  This stuff just can&#039;t get implemented fast enough.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good to hear that Soltas is taking a leadership role in bringing clean energy to Lowell.  This stuff just can&#8217;t get implemented fast enough.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Welcome George Rose, New Deputy Director of Emergency Management! by anthony farino</title>
		<link>http://lowellma.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/welcome-george-rose-new-deputy-director-of-emergency-management/#comment-3411</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[anthony farino]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[what is emergency management? what functions do they perform? pls help another tax payer understand government.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what is emergency management? what functions do they perform? pls help another tax payer understand government.</p>
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