Of course, one must remember that in our fair town one must be extremely qualified to volunteer one's time for the benefit of the town. Oops maybe it's politically connected that one must be! One of the above is necessary - take your pick. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Groppo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: Re: Whatyathink?
> With the exception of George King, you are talking about people who donate a > significant portion of their time to doing what they can to aid in the > running of this town. Instead of money, why don't we see who else might be > willing to donate their talents to servicing the needs of Framingham. As one > who has a tought time just making town meetings can attest to, this is no > small commitment these people have made. I think it's easy to sit back and > ridicule that effort, let's see more people stepping up to the plate. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:32 PM > Subject: Whatyathink? > > > > From: "Harold J. Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > > -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 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:31:16 -0500 (EST) > > From: Harold Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Whatyathink? > > > > This is an extension of an idea by Norman W. Clark of Holliston. > > > > Given that there is no legal issues with this fund, I suggest that > > the Board of Selectman immediately set up a fund called: > > > > The Friends of Framingham Fund > > Showing You Care > > > > Your generous contribution should reflect your strong interest in wanting > > heavy government intervention in your life. This fund allows those > > compassionate folks to put their money where their mouth is and will > > show the rest of us, their strong convictions and commitment to their many > > social causes. > > > > This will also show us stingy and mean spirited conservatives that these > > social activist are more than just windbags who want everybody else to pay > > for their compassion. > > > > No contribution is too small or too big. Each person making a > contribution > > should be recognized by the town government. > > > > A $1000 a year contribution gets your name on the town website. > > A $5,000 a year contribution gets you a plaque given to you by the Town > Manager > > at a Selectman meeting. We'll devise a "Good Citizens Day" for > this > > honor. I suggest April 15. > > A $10,000 a year contribution and we will place a plaque with your name > > on a classroom door at Framingham H.S. > > A $50,000 a year contribution will get you a ride on top of our biggest > > fire truck on FlagDay. > > > > I would expect certain individuals to make extremely generous > contributions > > to show they care. Here is a small list.... > > > > George P. King, Jr. > > John M. Kahn > > Charles J. Sisitsky > > Esther A. H. Hopkins > > Christopher M. Ross > > Philip Dinsky > > Richard Weader > > > > Such a show of true, meaningful compassion as opposed to empty rhetoric > > would go a long way toward convincing me that new taxes for everyone are > > justified.
