[SMGFan]

how does this special commission cost? They may ask for more time to study this.

[Maine Mariner]

Perhaps moving the clocks back two or three hours would even be better.

[reaganaut1]

I would support this if the whole Eastern Time zone did it, but MA should not have its own separate time zone.

[fidelis]

Here in Arizona we don’t do the twice-a-year clock-changing nonsense and we get along just fine.

[BenLurkin]

It sure does smack of graft and patronage doesn’t!

[JPJones]

Sounds good to me.

Makes sense, MA is a little bit off anyway.

[bobo1]

WHEN TOLD OF THE REASON FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, THE OLD INDIAN SAID “ ONLY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BELIEVE YOU COULD CUT A FOOT OFF THE TOP OF A BLANKET,SEW IT ON THE BOTTOM AND HAVE A LONGER BLANKET.”

[BitWielder1]

I believe Daylight Saving Time is an invention by sadistic morning people.
I want the right to live according whatever timezone I choose myself.

[Sirius Lee]

Noon should be noon. Anything else is an abomination.

[BobL]

In the fall, the time change gets them an extra hour of sleep. In the spring, the time change loses them an hour of sleep. Perhaps we suggest to them to just do the fall time change so they don’t have to deal with losing sleep in the spring? Knowing the people up there, they just may go for it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Instead of pretending that everything is an hour off, how about changing the times that businesses open and people go to work, etc. and do away with DST altogether like Arizona and Saskatchewan? Is it all dictated by the TV schedule?

[arthurus]

Good on em. Maybe it will start a trend. The DST crap was done state by state. That is how it has to be undone. Go MA!

[grumpygresh]

I’d rather have more daylight after work. When you’re on the Eastern edge (eg WI) of a time zone, going off daylight savings is a bummer.

[SauronOfMordor]

How about we stop mucking with the clocks? The same effect is accomplished by changing school start times and encouraging businesses to do likewise.

[Gay State Conservative]

The farther you are from the equator the more DST makes sense.Massachusetts,a state which is justifiably known for stupid ideas,has come up with another one.

[freedumb2003]

>>how does this special commission cost? They may ask for more time to study this.<<

Including “fact finding” trips to spend a lot of time where these is a lot of daylight and no DS.

[Gene Eric]

DST is a summer time shift from standard time for the given timezone offset. Not sure how DST is an advantage.

[HandyDandy]

Without DLS, how are we going to figure out when to replace the batteries in our smoke detectors?

[Gay State Conservative]

Uniform time zones are essential for commerce.I've read that there was a time in the US when there were almost as many time zones as there were cities and towns.

[9YearLurker]

I’m for it—I think more states would follow suit and more schools would start later—which they should do anyway.

[CurlyDave]

...Massachusetts should change the laws of man and observe daylight saving time year-round...

The entire US did this during the arab oil embargo back in the 70s. And it took about a month for people to realize that this put kids going to school on the streets well before sunrise, and we changed back due to the potential for traffic accidents.

Surely there is at least someone in the MA government who is old enough to remember this. Well, maybe not.

But I can promise that the problem has not changed, and that it is still a dumb idea.