State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump listens Friday to state Rep. Paul Mark, D-Peru, talk in Plainfield about funding challenges for small towns. Bumpâs office soon will release a major study about unaddressed infrastructure problems in the stateâs four western counties. LARRY PARNASS â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
When this report card comes out, municipal officials in Western Massachusetts might even want to get a failing grade.
They know their communities are not keeping up.
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âCommunities here are hard-pressed to do anything other than support day-to-day activities.â
â State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump, speaking of cities and towns in the four western counties, which are the subject of a forthcoming financial report on infrastructure