About two hundred years after Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roxbury, and West Roxbury pulled out of Norfolk County, Brookline is also rallying for secession. In a move that some fear could cause a political backlash, Brookline Town Meeting voted 115 to 81 Tuesday to authorize selectmen to file a petition with the state asking that Brookline be allowed to secede from Norfolk County on July 1, 2013, but remain within the Norfolk registry district, and the court and penal systems.
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Got through this entire article and didn't see what county Brookline wanted to become part of. Suffolk? Middlesex? How about making it part of Boston? Then all the kids from the projects over at Mission Hill could just walk over to Brookline High and Lawrence Elementary School!! Just kidding!! Here's a paper bag-deep breaths now...
Let them together with Cambridge and Amherst to form their own county. After all, each is known as "The Peoples Republic of..."
The time has come to abolish Norfolk County, Plymouth County & Bristol County government without any loss of services such as what happened with the other 10 counties in 1998. County government serves no useful purpose & is a drain of town resources with nothing in return. A very simple transfer plan should accomplish this & the county commissioners can finally retire, since they only meet one hour per week anyway & earn $33K a year!