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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS - As used in this act, the following words shall, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise, have the following meanings:Board of assessors, the board of assessors for the town of Becket.
Committee, prudential committee established in this act.
District, the Center Pond Restoration and Protection District established in this act.
District property, land assessed for real estate taxes by the town of Becket board of assessors not owned
by the commonwealth or its political bodies which (a) abuts directly on the shoreline of the Center Pond or
(b) has improved property that does not abut directly on the shoreline and has a deeded access to Center
Improved property, land on which there is a dwelling.
Proprietors, owners of district property, but not including the commonwealth or its political subdivisions.
SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT - There is hereby established a district within the
town of Becket, a body politic and corporate to be known as the Center Pond Restoration and Protection
District. That district shall be generally bounded and comprised of district property that is owned by
The district shall have the right to sue and be sued in its own name, and plead and be impleaded. The district
shall be deemed to be a public employer and its members, officers and employees deemed to be public
employees as defined in section 1 of chapter 258 of the General Laws; provided, however, that neither the
district nor any officer or employee thereof shall be liable in tort except pursuant to the provisions of said
chapter 258; and provided, further, that the district may indemnify its officers and employees to the extent
provided in said chapter 258.
SECTION 3. DISTRICT POWERS - The district shall have the following powers:(a) to inspect, investigate, repair, maintain, protect, improve, reconstruct and construct the Center Pond Dam
subject to the obtaining of necessary approvals from and, as required, under the supervision of appropriate
local, state and federal governmental agencies, departments and offices, including the town of Becket, the
department of conservation and recreation, the office of dam safety, the department of environmental
protection, the department of fish and game and the division of fisheries or divisions, boards and successors
(b) to initiate and coordinate research and surveys in order to gather data on the lake, related shore lands,
watershed and the drainage basin and other matters directly pertaining to the reclamation, protection and
maintenance of the lake for general recreation use;
(c) to manage, control and supervise the Center Pond Dam, equipment and facilities necessary or
appropriate to accomplish the purposes for which the district is formed, including, but not limited to, weed
control and water level control; provided, that the level of Center Pond shall be maintained at an adequate
level, as determined by the prudential committee, between June 1 and October 15, unless dangerous to do so;
provided, further, that, the district shall have no authority or right to limit the recreational use of Center Pond
or land within the district or construct, maintain or repair any roads or other facilities except those necessary
or advisable for the maintenance, repair, protection and improvement of the Center Pond Dam;
(d) to make and enter into all manner of contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the exercise of
any power permitted to the district by this act;
(e) to adopt an annual budget and to raise, appropriate and expend funds in such amount to carry out the
purposes for which the district is formed;
(f) to acquire, by gift, purchase or lease, dispose of, lease and encumber real and personal property for the
purposes for which the district is formed;
(g) to construct, acquire by lease or purchase, improve, maintain and operate such equipment and facilities
and such other equipment, materials, supplies, facilities and services as are required to accomplish the
purposes of this act, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as shall apply to towns in the
commonwealth under the General Laws;
(h) to apply for, accept and expend financial assistance from the federal government, the commonwealth and
the town of Becket either directly or jointly with and through the town;
(i) to apply for, receive and expend funds from charitable foundations or other private entities and
individuals in the form of grants, gifts, loans and advances for or in aid of the purposes for which the district
is formed;
(j) to employ and fix the compensation of such persons, including consultant experts as may be deemed
necessary in the judgment of the committee;
(k) to borrow at the first or any subsequent meeting of the district for the purpose of meeting preliminary or
current expenses such sums as may be necessary and to issue therefore general obligation temporary notes
for a period of not more than 2 years; provided that such notes shall be issued only in anticipation of
assessments and other revenues of the district of the fiscal year in which such notes are issued or in
anticipation of money to be received from the sale of longer term bonds or notes for such purposes as are
otherwise permitted in this act;
(l) to invest any funds not required for the immediate use of the district in such manner and to the extent
permitted under the General Laws for the investment of such funds by the treasurer of the district;
(m) to procure insurance against any loss or liability which may be sustained or incurred in carrying out the
purposes of this act in such amount as the committee shall deem necessary and appropriate and with 1 or
more insurer who shall be licensed to furnish such insurance in the commonwealth;
(n) to acquire by eminent domain the fee or such other interest in real estate as the committee shall elect for
the purpose of inspecting, investigating, repairing, maintaining, protecting, improving, reconstructing and
constructing the Center Pond Dam and for providing access to and from the Center Pond Dam; and
(o) to perform generally all acts which are necessary or convenient to implement the powers which are
expressly or by necessary implication conferred upon the district by this act and which are not otherwise
prohibited under any provision of the General Laws.
SECTION 4. FORMATION (a) Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the selectmen of the town
of Becket shall call a meeting of the proprietors of the lands to be included in the district. To establish an
initial list of proprietors, the selectmen shall consult with the board of assessors, who shall furnish to the
selectmen a listing of all property owners as of January 1, 2009 who are owners of district property or who,
within the reasonable knowledge or belief of the assessors, are owners of district property.
(b) Upon receiving such lists, the selectmen shall prepare and mail to each such proprietor a notice, signed
by the selectmen, stating a time and place of a meeting to occur within said 60 day period, but not less than
14 days from the date of mailing said notice. The notice shall be in the form of a warrant specifying the
matters upon which action is to be taken at the meeting and shall further clearly state that the purpose of the
meeting is to consider the organization of the district. The selectmen shall, not later than 14 days prior to the
date of such meeting, cause a copy of the notice to be posted in 1 or more public access locations within the
town of Becket. The meeting shall be held at a public access building in the town of Becket unless some
other location within the town shall be agreed upon by a majority of the selectmen.
(c) At the first meeting of the district, 1 selectman from the town of Becket shall initially preside and shall
call the meeting to order. That selectman shall thereupon determine whether a quorum is present. A quorum
shall consist of a majority of the proprietors being present or represented by proxies duly executed and
placed in the hands of the other proprietors prior to the first meeting of the district. Lacking a quorum, the
proprietors shall have no power to act, but the selectmen of the town may, in the manner provided in
subsection (b), call additional meetings for the same purpose within a further 60 day period.
(d) Provided that a quorum has been determined to be present under subsection (c), the meeting shall then
proceed to the following matters:
(1) Election of a temporary clerk, who shall be sworn by 1 of the selectmen present, and a moderator who
shall thereupon preside.
(2) The taking of a vote to determine whether the district authorized by this act shall be established and
organized, which vote shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the proprietors present or represented
by proxy. If such vote shall be in the negative, the meeting shall thereupon adjourn. If such vote shall be in
the affirmative and upon the required majority, the meeting shall next proceed to consider the order of
business set forth in paragraphs (3) to (7), inclusive.
(3) The adoption of district by-laws and form of district seal.
(4) The election by ballot of a district clerk and a district treasurer, who may be the same person, and who
shall be a proprietor, to hold office until 1 year from the next succeeding annual meeting. At each
subsequent annual meeting a clerk and treasurer shall be elected by ballot for 1 year terms.
(5) The election by ballot of an initial 3 member prudential committee, with 1 member to hold office for 3
years, 1 member to hold office for 2 years and 1 member to hold office for 1 year, all from the next
succeeding annual meeting. At each annual meeting after the first, a member of the committee shall be
elected by ballot for 3 years to replace the member whose term is expiring. The officers of the district,
elected under paragraph (4) and this paragraph, shall each hold office until a successor is elected and
qualified. Persons eligible for nomination and election to the prudential committee shall be at least 18 years
of age and entitled to vote as proprietors.
(6) The adoption of an initial budget for the remainder of the fiscal year and the appropriation of monies to
be raised by assessment upon the real property within the district held by proprietors.
(7) The consideration of such other business as shall be consistent with the power and authority conferred by
this act.
(e) The district clerk shall retain all proxy votes cast at the initial meeting, together with the minutes of the
meeting as part of the permanent record of the district. The clerk shall further prepare a certificate of the
vote taken to organize the district and shall affix thereto the form of seal, as adopted by the initial meeting of
proprietors and shall obtain the endorsement of the selectman who initially presided at the meeting. Such
certificate shall be forwarded to the attorney general of the commonwealth within 30 days of the
adjournment of the meeting.
SECTION 5. VOTING (a) At the initial district meeting and at all subsequent annual and special district
meetings, voting by proprietors shall be governed by the requirements of this section. There shall be 1 vote
available to be cast for each district property parcel assessed for real estate taxes by the board of assessors of
the town of Becket as set forth in section 1 irrespective of whether there is more than 1 owner for such parcel
and excluding land owned by the commonwealth or its political bodies.
(b) In the event of more than 1 owner, the proprietors shall designate, in writing, to the clerk prior to the
commencement of the meeting, the person authorized to vote on behalf of those proprietors at such meeting
and such person shall be presumed as qualified and authorized to present signatories; provided, that each
individual of a married couple which owns district property shall be presumed to be qualified to vote and no
written proxy shall be required to be furnished for either individual.
(c) The authority of a person to cast a proxy vote on behalf of a proprietor shall be determined by the clerk.
(d) All proxies must be tendered, in writing, prior to the commencement of any district meeting and shall
clearly set forth the name and address of the proprietor entering the proxy, the name and address of the
person who is to exercise the proxy, the signature of the proprietor granting the proxy and the date of
(e) The proprietors may adopt in the district by-laws an approved form of proxy to satisfy the requirements
of this section. The duration of a proxy shall be as established by district by-law.
SECTION 6. ANNUAL & SPECIAL MEETINGS: Quorum Requirements (a) Unless otherwise
provided in the district by-laws, annual meetings of the district shall be held on the last Saturday in May or at
such other time as the committee shall establish.
(b) Annual or other special meetings of the district shall be called by warrant under the hands of the
committee, notice of which shall be given at least 14 days before such meeting. The warrant shall be mailed
first class, postage pre-paid to each proprietor of record in the district and a copy of the warrant shall be
directed to a constable of the town of Becket or to some other person who shall cause a copy of the warrant
to be posted in 1 or more public place within the town or cause it to be advertised in a newspaper published
at least weekly within Berkshire county and having a general circulation within the town.
(c) The warrant for all district meetings shall state the time and place of the meeting and the subjects to be
acted upon thereat. The committee shall insert in the warrant:
(1) of the annual meeting all subjects requested of them, in writing, by 10 or more proprietors; and
(2) for each special district meeting all subjects requested of them, in writing, by 20 or more proprietors.
(d) The prudential committee shall call a special district meeting at its behest or upon request, in writing, of
not fewer than 20 proprietors. Special meetings so requested shall be held not later than 30 days after the
receipt of such request.
(e) No action taken at the annual or any special district meeting shall be valid unless the subject matter
thereof shall have been set forth in the warrant for such meeting. Two or more district meetings for district
purposes may be called for by the same warrant.
(f) At the initial district meeting and every annual meeting thereafter a moderator shall be chosen by ballot
for a term of 1 year and shall have similar powers to those of the moderator of a town meeting.
(g) District meetings shall be governed by chapter 39 of the General Laws except as otherwise expressly
provided in this act.
(h) The board of assessors of the town of Becket shall, at least 30 days prior to the annual district meeting,
prepare and forward to the committee a true and complete alphabetical listing with addresses of the owners
reflected in their records as of January 1 of that year and from the records maintained by the assessors
pursuant to chapter 59 of the General Laws and other related provisions. A copy of such list shall be
maintained in a manner accessible to the owners and the general public at all reasonable times by the
committee and the district clerk and shall further be available for inspection at the annual meeting and any
special meeting of the district. The board of assessors shall likewise maintain a list of owners by separate list
or special designation on their list of all assessed parcels.
(i) Quorum requirements for annual meetings and special meetings of the district shall be the same as those
specified for the initial district meeting under subsection (c) of section 4 or otherwise as the committee shall
determine in its by-laws, provided always that the quorum requirements for any meeting at which there may
be a vote to amend the districts by-laws shall be no less than 50 per cent of the eligible and qualified
proprietors in person or represented by proxy.
(j) Any matter to be voted upon at an annual or special meeting of the district shall require only a majority
of those proprietors present in person or represented by proxy and voting on the question, except for the
following actions which shall require a two-thirds vote:
(1) a vote to petition for dissolution of the district;
(2) a vote to purchase, to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire real property;
(3) a vote to finance any undertaking which is authorized by this act to be financed in whole or in part by the
issuance of long-term notes or bonds by the district; or
(4) a vote to amend the district by-laws.
SECTION 7. PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE COMPOSITION & DUTIES - The prudential committee
shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties:
(a) to expend the money raised and borrowed by the district for the purposes permitted to the district;
(b) to prepare an annual budget for the management and operation of the district and to submit that budget at
the annual district meeting to the proprietors for their approval; provided, however, that the budget shall
include the committees estimate of those monies required to be raised and appropriated by means of
assessment upon the proprietors, by borrowing, or otherwise to be received;
(c) to apply in the name of the district for grants, loans and other assistance from both governmental and
non-governmental entities;
(d) to enter into agreements and contracts, subject to prior appropriation, involving the purpose or lease of
services, equipment and supplies consistent with the powers granted by this act;
(e) to hire, supervise, suspend and discharge such employees as the prudential committee shall deem
necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the work to be performed by the district including, but not limited
to, a district superintendent who shall have charge on a day-to-day basis of all district employees and who
shall be responsible on behalf of the prudential committee for the conduct and supervision of all work to be
performed by, or on behalf of, the district under this act; provided, however, that compensation and benefits
for the district superintendent and all other employees shall be subject to prior appropriation as determined
by vote of the prudential committee;
(f) to adopt by-laws for the regulation of the affairs of the district and the conduct of its business, which bylaws shall be consistent with the powers conferred by this act and with other applicable provisions of the
General Laws;
(g) to expend money duly budgeted and appropriated by the proprietors; and
(h) to exercise the authority conferred upon it by district by-law.
SECTION 8. MEETINGS (a) The prudential committee shall meet as often as necessary, but in no event
less frequently than every 6 months. A quorum of the prudential committee shall be required at all meetings
for the conduct of any business, and shall consist of a majority of its voting members.
(b) The initial meeting of the prudential committee shall occur not later than 30 days following the
establishment of the district. Thereafter the prudential committee shall schedule 1 meeting to occur in each
year immediately following the adjournment of the annual district meeting.
(c) At the initial meeting and at all subsequent meetings immediately following the annual district meeting,
the prudential committee shall elect from its members a chairman who shall preside at all committee
meetings and shall serve until the chairmans successor shall be elected at the meeting following the annual
district meeting.
(d) The prudential committee shall also elect a vice-chairman who shall be empowered to preside over
committee meetings in the absence of the chairman and who shall serve for a like term.
(e) The district may, subject to a prior appropriation, provide appropriate compensation for district officers,
including the expense of travel, meals and lodging for such officers residing outside the district. The
prudential committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable travel and lodging
SECTION 9. TREASURER - The district treasurer shall receive and take charge of all money belonging
to the district, and pay over and account for that money according to the order of the district or of its
prudential committee. No other persons shall pay any district bill; provided, however, that this provision
shall not prohibit the treasurer from paying such bill by the use of a bank treasurers or cashiers check. The
treasurer shall further have the authority given to an auditor by section 50 of chapter 41 of the General Laws,
and shall annually render a true account of the treasurers receipts and disbursements and report of the
treasurers official acts to the district. The treasurer shall give bond annually for the performance of the
treasurers duties in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue and in such sum, not less than the
amount established by the commissioner of revenue, as shall be fixed by the prudential committee, and if the
treasurer fails to give such bond within 10 days after being elected or appointed, or if within 10 days after the
expiration of said bond or any renewal of said bond, the treasurer fails to file a renewal thereof, the
prudential committee shall declare the office vacant and the vacancy shall be filled by the prudential
committee in the manner set forth in section 11.
SECTION 10. CLERK - The district clerk shall, in addition to the other duties specified herein, take all
minutes at district meetings and at meetings of the prudential committee and maintain a record of such
minutes in a manner provided for the maintenance of records of minutes of town meetings and of meetings
by the boards of selectmen in the commonwealth. The clerk shall further be the official responsible for
certifying copies of all votes taken at a district meeting or a meeting of the prudential committee.
SECTION 11. VACANCIES - Any vacancy occurring in the office of clerk, treasurer or member of the
prudential committee may be filled by the proprietors for the remainder of the unexpired term at any special
district meeting called for that purpose, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of clerk or treasurer or
disability effecting either of those officers, the prudential committee may appoint a person to fill the vacancy
until an election can be held or the disability is removed. Such temporary appointee shall be sworn and shall
perform the duties of the office to which he is appointed during his tenure thereof. A temporary treasurer
appointed to fill a vacancy shall give bond in the same manner as the treasurer.
SECTION 12. DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS - (a) At its initial meeting, and at the annual meeting every
year thereafter, the district shall adopt, by two-thirds vote, a method to be employed during the fiscal year for
financing the share of its annual budget which is anticipated to be required to be funded by the district. The
district may vote to adopt 1 or more of the following methods of financing:
(1) The district may levy assessments upon the real estate situated within the district totaling the sum
required to meet the district budget.
(2) The district may incur debt by a temporary loan in anticipation of the collection of assessments during
the fiscal year in which said debt is incurred or during the next succeeding fiscal year.
(3) The district may incur debt, up to the amount determined by the committee, for district improvements or
major equipment purchases and may issue notes or bonds for that purpose. If the committee approves, the
district may issue those notes or bonds on the condition that the first payment on account of the principal
shall be deferred for up to 5 years from the date of issue of such notes or bonds and that the whole amount of
such debt shall be payable within a period of up to 25 years after such notes or bonds are issued. No such
issue shall be for a term longer than the reasonably estimated useful life of the improvements, facilities and
equipment to be so funded.
Indebtedness incurred by the district under subsection (3) shall be subject to chapter 44 and to other
provisions of the General Laws applicable to notes and bonds of districts except as otherwise provided in this
act. If the district issues notes or bonds and thereafter it shall receive an appropriation from another
governmental entity to cover such part, if any, of the expenses of such improvements, the committee, unless
otherwise mandated by the terms and conditions of the grant from such governmental unit, may make all or
any part of such appropriation available to redeem notes or bonds of the district and shall hold the balance, if
any, to the credit of the district to be used for the payment of the expense of such improvements, facilities
and for equipment.
(b) Bonds or notes issued under this section shall be the general obligations of the district.
(c) That portion, if any, of the budgeted expense for the initial fiscal year and for each subsequent fiscal year
which shall be required by the district for the payment of principal and interest on bonds and notes issued or
to be issued by the district and which will be due during the ensuing fiscal year together with those amounts
necessary to be raised by the district to maintain and operate the district during said fiscal year for capital
outlay items, the costs of which is not otherwise funded, and all other budgeted expenses for which the
district is authorized to raise money, the costs of which items the district shall have voted to raise by
assessment upon land and improvements of the proprietors within the district shall be the subject of a
separate vote at the initial district meeting. The schedule of assessed valuations of land and improvements
established by the board of assessors for the same fiscal year under chapter 59 of the General Laws shall be
relied upon as the basis for determination of the pro-rata share of the district budget voted to be raised and
appropriated by the proprietors upon their lands and improvements lying within the district.
(d) Following the adjournment of the initial district meeting and each annual district meeting thereafter, the
clerk of the district shall certify to the assessors of the town of Becket all sums of money voted to be raised
by district assessment and the method and means of assessment duly voted upon at such meeting. The
assessors of the town of Becket shall, without further vote, assess such amounts upon the lands of the
proprietors within the district, which shall be collected by the town tax collector who shall act as collector for
the district and have and exercise the same powers and duties in relation to the collection of such
assessments as he has and exercises in relation to town taxes. The collector shall remit weekly to the district
treasurer all sums collected by the collector on account of such assessments. An assessment made under this
act shall be a lien upon the land assessed therefor, in the same manner as a lien for real estate taxes assessed
by the town under section 37 of chapter 60, and other related provisions of the General Laws.
SECTION 13. FISCAL YEAR - The fiscal year of the district shall be the same fiscal year as established
by the General Laws for cities and towns in the commonwealth.
SECTION 14. VOTE - Unless otherwise specified in this act, or otherwise required by the General Laws,
all actions permitted to be taken at annual or special district meetings shall require a majority vote of those
proprietors entitled to vote at that meeting who are present, or represented by proxy, so long as a quorum is
present. Likewise, all actions permitted to be taken by the prudential committee shall require a majority
vote of the committee members present at said meeting so long as a quorum is present.
SECTION 15. TOWN OFFICERS COMPENSATION - The district shall include in its initial, and in all
subsequent annual appropriations, compensation for the board of assessors and the tax collector of the town
of Becket, as the district shall annually establish.
SECTION 16. LIABILITY OF TOWN AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH - No member of the
prudential committee, the town of Becket nor any agency or department of the commonwealth shall be
obligated for any debts, liabilities, obligations or expenses made, suffered or incurred by the district. The
proprietors of the district shall not be individually liable or obligated with respect to debts or other
obligations made, suffered or incurred by the district except with respect to the payment as assessments upon
their land as provided for in this act.
SECTION 17. JURISDICTIONS - No provision of this act shall be deemed to modify or amend any
power, authority or jurisdiction now or hereafter vested in any agency, department or unit of state, local or
federal government as it relates to the use, operation or enjoyment of Center Pond available for use by the
general public for recreational use and other purposes now or hereafter permitted or required by federal, state
or local law, regulation or by-law.
SECTION 18. OVERLAY ACCOUNTS - The district shall establish in its initial budget, and shall
maintain in all subsequent fiscal year budgets, an overlay account and a reserve fund as provided for towns
under section 25 of chapter 59 and section 5C of chapter 40 of the General Laws. The district may establish
and maintain a stabilization fund under the provisions of section 5B of said chapter 40. The district shall be
subject to an audit of its accounts in the manner provided in section 40 of chapter 44 of the General Laws.
SECTION 19. DISTRICT BOUNDARIES - Immediately upon being elected, and from time to time
thereafter, the district clerk shall cause a review to be made of the records required to be maintained by the
board of assessors for the town of Becket, including copies of deeds furnished to said board by the registry of
deeds, and shall otherwise take such actions as shall be reasonably necessary to establish the district property
and the proprietors. The clerk shall cause to be prepared 1 or more maps which shall show the location of all
real estate within the district and shall be based, in whole or in part, upon the maps required to be maintained
by said board of assessors. Thereafter, at any special meeting called for the purpose of establishing the
district property and the proprietors and not later than the next annual meeting, the district clerk shall furnish
the prudential committee with a list of owners and such maps depicting the approximate location and
boundaries of such parcels as well as the existing parcels within the district.
SECTION 20. DISSOLUTION - The district shall continue until dissolved by law; provided, however,
that no such law shall take effect so long as the district shall have obligations outstanding without adequate
provision for the complete payment or satisfaction thereof. Such dissolution may be initiated by the general
court or by two-thirds vote at a regular or special district meeting and shall provide for all assets to be
transferred to either the town of Becket or the commonwealth as shall be provided in the dissolution vote.
SECTION 21. If the initial meeting of the district fails to occur or the certified vote evidencing the
establishment of the district is not filed with the attorney general of the commonwealth within 1 year after
this act takes effect, this act shall cease to be operative.
SECTION 22. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved August 5, 2010
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS - As used in this act, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise, have the following meanings:
Board of assessors, the board of assessors for the town of Becket.
Committee, prudential committee established in this act.
District, the Center Pond Restoration and Protection District established in this act.
District property, land assessed for real estate taxes by the town of Becket board of assessors not owned by the
commonwealth or its political bodies which (a) abuts directly on the shoreline of the Center Pond or (b) has improved
property that does not abut directly on the shoreline and has a deeded access to Center Pond.
Improved property, land on which there is a dwelling.
Proprietors, owners of district property, but not including the commonwealth or its political subdivisions.
SECTION 6. ANNUAL & SPECIAL MEETINGS: Quorum Requirements
SECTION 22. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON ITS PASSAGE.This act shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved August 5, 2010


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If you've ever been to San Francisco, no doubt you've left at least some of your heart and a lot of your cash in the City by the Bay.
If you've ever been to San Francisco, no doubt you've left at least some of your heart and a lot of your cash in the City by the Bay.
But starting March 27, you won't be leaving that cash with human beings, at least not on the Golden Gate Bridge.
The district that operates the iconic span - the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District - is about to fire its nine remaining toll takers and replace them with electronic toll taking. (Since January 2011, the number of toll takers has been pared from 28, many transferring to other jobs, retiring or about to retire.)
Eliminating the jobs is expected to save the financially struggling bridge district $19 million over the next eight years and help cut the district's projected $89 million five-year budget shortfall.
Commuters and others who cross the bridge regularly can either use FasTrak - as about 70 percent of the bridge's users do - or establish license plate accounts tied to a bank account or credit card.
Less-frequent drivers or those who prefer to use cash can pre-pay tolls at a network of touch-screen kiosks that's opening. Drivers who simply zip through will receive an invoice - not a citation - after toll cameras capture their license plates. FasTrak users get a $1 discount off the $6 toll all other auto drivers pay.
So far they haven't figured out how to electronically replace the men and women painters who keep the Golden Gate golden. But likely they're trying.


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Mia Farrow stirs up Frank Sinatra paternity buzz
Who's the daddy? Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra?
A quarter century is quite a long time to go without being 100% certain about the identity of the father of your child.
But, such is life for actress Mia Farrow, who admitted as much in a recent interview with Vanity Fair.
When asked about her famous romance with Frank Sinatra, her husband from 1966 to 1968, Farrow calls the late crooner the love of her life and says, "We never really split up."
So, might Sinatra, and not ex Woody Allen, be the father of her 25-year-old son, Ronan Farrow? "Possibly," Farrow tells Vanity Fair scribe Maureen Orth.
That one little word has caused big buzz on the Web, and the article makes clear that no DNA tests have been performed to get a clear answer. (Sinatra died in 1998.)
Orth follows up with Sinatra's daughter, Nancy, to find out if Ronan has had any ties to her famous family over the years. The singer's somewhat cryptic response via e-mail? "He is a big part of us, and we are blessed to have him in our lives," Sinatra says.
Very, very interesting.
But Ronan is not taking the "news" that seriously. "Listen, we're all *possibly* Frank Sinatra's son," he quipped on Twitter.
In all, Farrow has 14 biological and adopted children, and Ronan told Orth he considers growing up in an eclectic, blended family a bonus.
"I am so proud of my family. I grew up across the table from Moses, who has cerebral palsy, and next to my sister Quincy, born of a drug-addicted inner-city mother, and Minh, who is blind," he says. "I could never have understood what it means to grow up blind or with cerebral palsy. I saw problems and needs, so the next thing you think is: O.K., what are you going to do about it?"


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For those waiting on a full-on Apple television set, or even an enhanced Apple TV will more traditional capabilities, it looks like you'll have to keep waiting, at least for now. While Apple is likely ready to go from a technology standpoint, they can't seem to come to agreements with entrenched, terrified media companies over the future of the living room interface and experience. Adam Satariano and Alex Sherman report for Bloomberg:
In recent negotiations, the main stumbling blocks with cable companies have included a tussle for control over the software that determines the screen interface -- the look and feel of the viewer's experience, said people familiar with the discussions.
Bloomberg also succinctly sums up what Apple's plans are for the living room:
Since the middle of the last decade, Apple's engineers have been working on a more advanced product to allow viewers to quickly find shows and movies, blending both live and recorded material, the people said. It would recommend content based on interests and work seamlessly with Apple's family of other devices. An iPhone or iPad would double as a remote control, the people said.
According to Bloomberg, Apple most recently focused on deals to gain access to live programming from cable companies, without having to make completely new content deals. Apparently, however, the cable companies are worried that Apple will intermediate their customer relationships and don't find the prospect of more future-thinking business models appealing enough to risk the old, decaying ones.
And that's the downer in all this -- even if Apple's negotiations pan out, the best we'll get with this type of deal is an Apple TiVo, and not the product Apple really wants to make. Short of using some of that $100 billion in the bank to buy cable companies -- and they could never buy enough, globally enough -- and drag them kicking and screaming into a new and better world, we're all going to be held hostage to the fears, contracts, and comfort of the past.
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So, you know how VIZIO was working on switching from being a discount player to wanting to be seen more as a high end manufacturer? Well, looks like they are looking to merge those two together with their VBR100 Blu-ray deck, which they announced today at CES 2009. Here's a look at the features of this 2-inch thick Blu-ray player:
- Video outputs: HDMI (1.3), component, and composite
- Audio outputs: 7.1 channel analog audio, coax and optical digital audio, and analog stereo (RCA)
- Dimensions: 17 X 11 X 2"
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In addition, when watching a standard DVD, you can set the player to upconvert to 720p, 1080i, or 1080p, and it has on-board Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA decoders, and that can be output from the unit's 7.1 analog outputs. You can pick this one up in April for $199.99.
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Oh boy!
This is the first I have heard of the Tesla connection.
A death ray bouncing off the ionosphere?
And the timing is just close enough.
Was this the same time frame as Edgar Rice Burroughs writing his "War Lords of Mars" series.
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This report was written by Dane Schiller of the Houston Chronicle.
With a Mexican navy helicopter whirring low over a rural community on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, an American military veteran armed with marksmanship skills and a hefty rifle hankered from the ground to shoot it down.
"Don't do it," Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. recalled warning the man on that Sunday afternoon last year.
The flight is one of as many as 10 in the past 17 months in which South Texans – in broad daylight – have spotted Mexican helicopters hovering overhead. The aircraft was so close to the ground military personnel could be seen inside, Gonzalez said.
While an array of U.S. federal and state agencies declined to comment, a Mexican government official confirmed that Mexican military helicopters have permission to use Texas as a staging ground for missions into Mexico to fight drug traffickers.
"Yes, I can tell you they exist, they are going on," said the official, who has knowledge of the flights. "Certainly, for the last couple of years," he said, noting that the U.S. government also has permission to fly unmanned surveillance planes in Mexico.
Most sightings have been in the vicinity of Falcon Lake, a region where authorities in Mexico are fighting the Zetas cartel.
In some instances, American civilians snapped photos of the flights and shared them with police. In the most recent incident last month, a Mexican military helicopter landed at Laredo's airport.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection offered minimal details, saying the pilot was lost.
'Very disturbing'
U.S. Rep Ted Poe, whose district stretches from Spring to Beaumont, asked for an explanation for at least one flight which occurred over Starr County, not far from Falcon Lake.
"My office contacted Homeland Security and they confirmed that there was an unauthorized flight over Falcon Heights that day, but they said it was impossible to confirm whether or not it was actually a Mexican military helicopter or the drug cartels flying in a helicopter painted to look like a Mexican military helicopter," he said, "The Mexican military denies that they had any military helicopters flying the area that day."
Neither scenario is acceptable, he said.
"It is very disturbing that here are incursions into American air space by any aircraft originating from foreign countries and no one seems to be held accountable."
'Highly sensitive'
Although apparently rare, permission to allow Mexican government helicopters to fly out of the United States goes back at least until 1987, when Mexican federal police flew in from West Texas to attack the legendary drug boss, Pablo Acosta, a marijuana kingpin.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, who represents part of Harris County and is chairman of the Homeland Security Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, declined to confirm details about the Mexican military's involvement with the United States.
"It is a highly sensitive, coordinated effort to take out the cartels that has been effective," he said. "Beyond that I don't want to compromise the operations or the safety of our agents."
Not the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration or the Border Patrol would comment when contacted by the Houston Chronicle.
Gonzalez, who testified before a congressional committee in May about border security, said he doesn't know what he can tell the citizens of Zapata County.
The massive Rio Grande reservoir is where an American jet skier was reportedly killed last year while fleeing Zetas cartel gunmen in boats. His body was never found.
"Given the corruption in Mexico, how do I know what these guys are doing, dropping something off, picking some thing up – kidnapping somebody and taking them back to Mexico?" the sheriff asked.
"Citizens have complained," he said. "What do we do, shoot them down? Can you imagine someone saying, 'This is my country, I'm protecting it.' "?
Robert Kline, a retiree who lives part of the year in Zapata, said that in March 2010, the thump of helicopter rotors moving over Falcon Lake from Mexico startled him.
"I am standing on the deck looking at it. 'Holy man, that's not one of ours,' " he recalled.
On the helicopter was Marina, the word the Mexico uses for navy.
Catherine Frazier, deputy press secretary for Gov. Rick Perry, said state law enforcement is not being told in advance of any operations in which Mexico's military has permission to fly over Texas.
"Failure to do so stirs up unnecessary concern among local people, and could result in situations of mistaken identity or friendly fire, putting our peace officers and citizens in harm's way," she said.
Incursion reports
Ricardo Alday, spokesman for the Mexican Embassy, declined comment.
"The Mexican government does not comment on operational characteristics of its efforts to confront transnational organized crime," he said.
In years past, the U.S. government has labeled some flights as "incursions," or unauthorized border crossings.
The conservative group, Judicial Watch, which specializes in obtaining government documents, has posted reports listing incursions by Mexican government employees, including at least eight helicopters in 2007, apparently the last year in-depth descriptions were available.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said he can't imagine the Mexican military being permitted to fly over U.S. soil.
"There are always excuses that can be made for flying helicopters around …but to have authorized activity of that nature would be explosive," he said, adding it would "make the Fast and Furious program seem like a tempest in a tea pot."
Fast and Furious was an operation in which federal agents let guns slip into Mexico as part of a plan to track them to cartels. But the weapons were lost and some later turned up at the scene where a Border Patrol agent was killed.


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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge show baby princess to the world hours after birth
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have proudly shown their baby princess to the world - just hours after she was born.
William and Kate could not contain their happiness as they left hospital holding their daughter, who is fourth in line to the throne.
After waiting days outside the private maternity unit, media from across the globe and royal fans were treated to the sight of the Cambridges posing for the first time with their newborn child.
The baby - whose name has yet to be announced - was born at 8.34am weighing 8lbs 3oz, less than three hours after the couple arrived at the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London.
Kate cradled her daughter in her right arm and the baby, wrapped in shawl and wearing a bonnet, appeared fast asleep.
The Duchess smile broadly as did the Duke who had his arm around his wife and they both waved to the media and the crowds.
Kate looked relaxed and in good health despite giving birth only around 10 hours ago, and wore a yellow and white floral print Jenny Packham dress.
After spending a few minutes posing for pictures they walked back inside the Lindo Wing and soon returned with their daughter in a baby seat.
William carried her and the couple held hands as they walked down the Lindo Wing steps.
After the Duke placed his baby on the back seat of a Range Rover and Kate, also in a rear seat, reached over to strap her in, he drove his family away.
William had earlier brought older brother Prince George to the Lindo Wing to meet his new baby sister.
The toddler prince waved to the crowds when he first arrived with his father but he left for home before his parents, through a back entrance.
Proud father William spoke of his joy following the birth telling the waiting press he was "very happy'' when he first left to pick up George from Kensington Palace.
Kensington Palace tweeted a close up photo of the princess and one of William, Kate and the baby on the steps of the hospital with the hashtag "# WelcomeToTheFamily".
Some strands of dark hair could be seen around the edge of the baby princess' bonnet which was tied under her chin during her first photocall.
The shouts from the media and the clicks of dozens of camera shutters did not seem to disturb the serene sleeping infant.
She was wearing a soft wool shawl made by the small, family-run Nottingham company GH Hurt & Son, based in Chilwell.
The firm have a long-standing connection to the Royal Family, having made the shawl that wrapped George when he first left hospital.
Kate was a number of days overdue and had been taken to the Lindo wing of St Mary's Hospital at 6am from her nearby home Kensington Palace.
Kensington Palace said in a statement: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8.34am. The baby weighs 8lbs 3oz.
"The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.
"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well."
The Duchess of Cambridge's daughter is fourth in line to the throne, the Queen's fifth great-grandchild and a spare to the heir - and Prince George's sister.
The Prince of Wales will be overjoyed as he made no secret he wanted his second grandchild to be a girl.
Before the birth William and Kate said they did not know the sex of their baby, so the arrival of a daughter will be a surprise to them.
Kate's daughter was delivered far quicker then her first child - with the baby being born less than three hours after she was admitted to hospital at 6am in the early stages of labour.
George took more than 10 hours to be born but it appears his sister might have taken less then half that time.
The Duchess is being looked after by consultant obstetrician Guy Thorpe-Beeston, who is the surgeon-gynaecologist to the household.
He was joined in the delivery room by Alan Farthing, the Queen's surgeon-gynaecologist.
The huge numbers of journalists, photographers and broadcasters who had just assembled outside the Lindo Wing were caught a little off guard by the speed of the announcement of the birth.
A ripple of excitement went through the royal fans who had been camped outside the private maternity wing for days.
Town crier Tony Appleton - president of the Guild of International Millennium Town Criers - added a sense of drama to the occasion.
Standing on the steps of Lindo Wing and in a booming voice, he told the large crowds beginning to gather: "We welcome with humble duty the second-born of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
"The Princess is fourth in line to the throne."
The political leaders took a moment out from General Election campaigning to congratulate the Cambridges on the birth of their daughter via Twitter.
David Cameron tweeted: "I'm absolutely delighted for them". Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "Wishing them lots of joy and happiness - and hopefully some sleep!".
Nick Clegg, of the Liberal Democrats, tweeted: "Miriam & I wish them all the best as their family grows."
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon issued a brief statement sending the couple her "warmest congratulations".
The official proclamation announcing the birth was erected on a golden easel at Buckingham Palace.
Crowds of tourists flocked to the palace gates as it went on display.
Hundreds of people furiously clicked at their cameras and smartphones to capture the moment.
Crowds covered the Queen Victoria memorial as they craned their necks to see the small document announcing the arrival of the fourth-in-line to the throne.
The official proclamation was put up just after the Changing of the Guard.
It had been brought from the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital where Kate gave birth to a baby girl this morning.
The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth just two hours and 34 minutes after being admitted to hospital.
The speedy announcement came after a lengthy wait for news of developments over the last week.
It appeared to be a much faster delivery than with Prince George - although Kate could have been in labour at home for several hours before she was admitted.
In 2013, she went into hospital at around 6am on the day George was born and he arrived 10-and-a-half hours later at 4.24pm, weighing 8lb 6oz.
Second and subsequent labours tend to be much faster, with active labour lasting, on average, five hours, according to parenting site BabyCentre.co.uk.
Mervi Jokinen, of the Royal College of Midwives and president of the European Midwives Association, said: "Individual labours are different, but we definitely see shorter labours second time around.
"Your body seems to be programmed. The hormones kick in quicker and progression is faster. It's a little bit like a computer. Your body needs to be programmed first time around.
"The pushing stage can also be quicker because it's your second one. Muscles have been stretched so you have less resistance and you have the ability to push the baby past the birth canal."
Kate had a straightforward birth with George with no complications and, given the quick confirmation of the birth from Kensington Palace, is likely to have had the same this time.
As well as having a hospital bag packed with nappies and babygros, Kate will have made preparations for leaving the Lindo Wing in front of the world's media.
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Here's something I discovered in the course of preparing a column which will appear elsewhere. It appears to speak to the lengths to which Barack Obama's administration and his campaign went to avoid having any kind of bad economic news appear before the fall elections.
By July of last year, the increase in food stamp program participation in the 42 months since Obama took office exceeded the increase seen during George W. Bush's entire eight years. But "somehow," the last monthly report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture before Election Day didn't reflect that reality. It turns out that USDA made an almost unheard-of substantial upward revision to reported July participation on December 7 in its second -- not its first -- post-election report. It is not at all unreasonable to believe that the original understatement was designed to ensure that Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates would not be able to capitalize on that grim comparative milestone, and that the revision delay until the second post-election report was designed to minimize the deception's visibility. The establishment press should have caught this, and didn't -- or worse, someone caught it and didn't care to report it.
Here is the graphic evidence:
(Sources: December 7 and November 9; September 28; Janury 2001; Jan. 2009 is in all three 2012 reports)
The last pre-election report released on September 28 showed an enrollment increase of just under 14.7 million during Obama's first 42 months. As large as that increase was, it was still 67,000 below the Bush administration's eight-year increase of 14.765 million.
On December 7, that all changed when USDA inexplicably increased July's participation figure by over 154,000, meaning that the food stamp rolls had by July grown by 14.853 million -- 87,000 more than the increase during Bush's eight years.
Unlike what we see in other economy-related government reports, USDA's upward revision was highly unusual. I reviewed the past two years of USDA monthly releases (to the extent they are available) by visiting archive.org, and found no instance of any revision to any month greater than a few hundred.
Of course, whether or not Republicans would have been smart enough to leverage the news to electoral advantage is unknown. But it would appear that the Obama administration and campaign wanted to ensure that we would never find out.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.