It seems odd that the town would plow church parking lots which don't pay taxes and then make a fuss about picking up trash at apartment complexes that are "private" yet the people who live there all pay taxes!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter Sellers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Town Meeting Members" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harold J. Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:56 AM Subject: Question about plowing the churches. > Forgive me for CC'ing a few extra people but this question strikes me as > somewhat important, especially in light of the budget cuts that were laid > out at last night's BoS meeting. > > Harold Wolfe got up (in his inimitable style) and pointed out that the 22 > churches in town are all plowed, sanded and salted by the DPW and have > been for all eternity. Given the state of our finances, not to mention the > issue of mixing State and religion, I'm asking that we cease this practice > immediately. The Town of Ashland was just hit by the ACLU for this very > issue. It's just plain unfair to all of us atheists and zoroastrians. > > I didn't intend for this message to go out while it's actually snowing, > but I guess that issue was decided by a higher power than myself :-) > > Can you please let us know what happens to this issue? > > Thanks Peter. > > -- > -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - > -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ > -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- > -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? > steveo at syslang.net
