“I believe we should fight this” – Select Board Chair Mike Zullas on grant withholding by state

On February 16, following Milton’s “no” vote on Question 1, the State issued notification that Milton is in non-compliance with the mandatory MBTA Communities law.

Select Board Chair Mike Zullas issued the following statement on his Mike Zullas Select Board Facebook page on Feb. 21:

“While I supported complying with the law because I believed it would be in the town’s best interests, I find this action by the Healey-Driscoll Administration to be precipitous, punitive, wholly unnecessary, and contrary to their stated goal of working constructively with municipalities. As Chair of the Select Board, I will do everything I can to fight this and any future grant withholding. It is unconscionable to me that the state would harm our town by withholding funding. It is time for us to come together as a town to find a workable solution to the MBTA Communities Act, and the state’s actions today only serve to sow further division. It is against the spirit of collaboration that the state has pledged. It might even be against the law. I believe we should fight this. ”

Zullas had been an active supporter of voting Yes on Question 1.

Milton stands to lose $1.7 million+ in grant funding from the state, as a result of being in non-compliance with the law.

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