John Igoe, the man who initiated an online petition calling for the immediate removal of Lexington’s athletic director, told Patch he won't necessarily push for her ouster.
After news broke that Lexington’s athletic director admitted to doctoring an email and suggesting a lawsuit would be imminent if the Middlesex League did not change its basketball schedule, there was outage among some in the Lexington community. One resident, John Igoe, a father whose children are all in or out of college, started a petition calling for, among other things, the immediate termination of Naomi Martin, the athletic director at Lexington High. By creating the petition, Igoe said his intention was to establish a position more than it was to actively mount an opposition. “It’s all about accountability, ethics and the violation of a code of conduct that we can explain to our children,” Igoe said. “For this particular issue, I was…
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Lexington residents are spearheading a petition in support of the Busa Land Use Proposal Committee and their recommendation for keeping Busa Farms primarily farmland.
There has been a lot of talk lately about Busa Farms. The roughly eight-acre lot of open farmland that has been run as such for the past 350 years is currently leased from town to Dennis Busa for farm work. However, hanging over the farm operations is the fate of the land, which lies in in the Board of Selectmen's hands and has been somewhat of a moving target since the town purchased the land in December 2009 for for $4,197,000. There are three major proposals for what to do with Busa Farm before the selectmen. The Recreation Department and other groups have advocated for recreational use of the land such as athletic fields. The Lexington Housing Partnership and other investors seek affordable housing development. LexFarm and a number of …
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Carl Eric Easton
10:40 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Rick - it's about accountability - and there's a life lesson in there as well - if your going to make big waves be prepared when you slip up and the current turns against you. more ›