McGlynn / Burke Alleged Home Rule Petition Subterfuge

Inappropriate Use of Home Rule Petition?

We are filing public records request.

11. The Legal Structure of Home Rule inMassachusetts“Whatever the particular issue is, [the town] has to understand that although there is home rule, [it only exists] withinthis framework. It really isn’t true home rule.”—Town official in Greater Boston 

Home rule in Massachusetts is more than a strictly legal concept, but an understanding of it requires some familiarity with certain foun-dational legal provisions. Two provisions in particular are key: Article 89 of the State Constitution—better known as the Home Rule Amendment (see AppendixD for the text of the Home Rule Amendment)1and a state statute known as the Home Rule Procedures Act.2These two provisions were adopted less than forty years ago with the intention of establishing home rule as a legal matter in the state for the first time https://www.mma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/homerule_myth_legalstructure_0.pdf