Somerville (MA) Enacts 20th Burma L

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Somerville (MA) Enacts 20th Burma Law!

On February 12, Somerville, Massachusetts, became the 18th city and 20th
locality to enact a Burma selective purchasing law.

The Legislative Affairs Committee had planned to consider the ordinance on
February 12. However, since the committee lacked a quorum that night, the
ordinance went straight to the full Board of Aldermen who enacted the
ordinance on a vote of 10-4. The Alderman even went one step further and
voted not to revisit the ordinance.

Congratulations are due to two Somerville residents: Shalini Nataraj
<snataraj@xxxxxxxx> who testified in favor of the ordinance on February
12th and Rebecca Pearl <reb.pearl@xxxxxxxx> who organized the campaign from
start to finish.

Simon Billenness
* for the New England Burma Roundtable *
Franklin Research & Development
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