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Deval Patrick has a plan. He wants to get rid of the Turnpike Authority (yay!) and increase the gas tax (boo!), which hasn't been raised in nearly 20 years. Globe and Herald commenters are up in arms about the gas tax increase, which will take away a few dollars a week from their apparently near-empty pockets. These are the people who kept driving when gas was $4/gallon, and are now complaining that it might be $2.20. Make sense to you?

We already talked about how cities make you fat and stupid, but more evidence is piling up by the day. Soon the pile will be as high as the circumference of our collective waistline! And that is quite a measurement. Now that 59 percent of Massachusetts adults are obese, the state is starting a campaign to curb obesity, said obesity presumably being caused by the terror of living in cities that bombard us with overwhelming amounts of information.

MassDebate (yes, it's as massdebatory as it sounds!), presents opposing sides of controversial local issues. If you have a hot-button topic you'd like to see us cover, or if you want to represent your view on a subject under debate, email us at tips at bostonist dot com. Bostonist does not endorse any opinions expressed in MassDebate.

Bostonist is introducing a new feature, MassDebate (yes, it's as massdebatory as it sounds!), in which we present the opposing sides of a controversial local issue. If you have a hot-button topic you'd like to see us cover, or if you want to represent your view on a subject under debate, email us at tips at bostonist dot com. Bostonist does not endorse any opinions expressed in MassDebate.

Bostonist is introducing a new feature, MassDebate (yes, it's as massdebatory as it sounds!), in which we present the opposing sides of a controversial local issue. If you have a hot-button topic you'd like to see us cover, or if you want to represent your view on a subject under debate, email us at tips at bostonist dot com. Bostonist does not endorse any opinions expressed in MassDebate.

Bostonist is introducing a new feature, MassDebate (yes, it's as massdebatory as it sounds!), in which we present the opposing sides of a controversial local issue. If you have a hot-button topic you'd like to see us cover, or if you want to represent your view on a subject under debate, email us at tips at bostonist dot com. Bostonist does not endorse any opinions expressed in MassDebate.

Yesterday, Dan Shea weighed in against demolishing the Shreve, Crump & Low building in Back Bay. Today we argue the opposing side. Bostonist does not officially endorse any particular view on this matter.

Bostonist is introducing a new feature, MassDebate (yes, it's as massdebatory as it sounds!), in which we present the opposing sides of a controversial local issue. If you have a hot-button topic you'd like to see us cover, or if you want to represent your view on a subject under debate, email us at tips at bostonist dot com. Bostonist does not endorse any opinions expressed in MassDebate.