Rosa Acheson wrote more than 1,400 words in the Register-Star about a proposed handicapped-accessible ramp at Promenade Hill Park. On Dec. 20, the Hudson Common Council spent a long time arguing, sometimes shouting, and eventually approving $100,000 for the ramp at the Hudson park on Front St. Common Council President Claudia DeStefano, Alderpersons Tiffany Garriga (D-2nd Ward); Abdus S. Miah (D-2nd Ward); Robert J. Donahue Sr. (D-5th Ward); and Lauren Scalera (D-4th Ward) voted in favor of the resolution. The $100,000 was originally set aside in the 2017 budget to cover legal costs the city would incur if Proposition 1 did not pass, but Proposition 1 was approved by voters, eliminating the weighted vote system and freeing up the money. "The need to spend this money arises simply from the fact that it was put in the budget as a contingency. There’s no pressing need to do this now. The city doesn’t pick up garbage, the city doesn’t have the wherewithal to schedule police as they need them, because of contract constraints, and here’s $100,000 that’s not even going to solve the problem. And we’re going to sequester it from use, take it off the table, put it aside and it’s not even going to be used immediately," John Friedman (D-3rd Ward) said, who also complained that only a small number of handicapped people will use the ramp. Read the full story in the Register-Star.