I agree. The various churches and temples should pay for their Town Services such as plowing. Presumably, they pay for water and so forth? Lawsuits aside, reason and rationality suggest that if an organization is exempt from taxes the organization should at least reimburse the Town for the cost of the services the Town provides.
Joel A. Feingold -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven W. Orr Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:57 AM To: Peter Sellers Cc: Town Meeting Members; Framingham Neighbors; Harold J. Wolfe 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
