Lincoln has a long and storied career of weighing in on national and international issues. In the past, it has usually been done through a citizen’s petition and brought to Town Meeting as a Warrant, for debate and a vote.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2023, at 5:45 PM, John F. Carr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lincoln as a town should not have a foreign policy, not even a morally > sound one that no person could possibly disagree with. Not even one > that I would approve of if it came out of the State Department. Our > local government's job is to manage the town, not to proclaim right > and wrong or designate villains and victims in a conflict 5,000 miles > away. > > Our apparently silent town officials may have learned a lesson from > the Lincoln-Sudbury principal, who sent out a bland, inclusive message > expressing sorrow and offering support for "members of the LS Jewish > and Muslim communities." He got such an outpouring of hate, including > a mention in the Boston Globe, that he had to apologize and explain > that he, too, had hate in his heart. So now our high school has a > foreign policy. It shouldn't. > > John Carr > >> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 8:06 AM Garrick Niemiec >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm shocked our leadership has not taken a position on the Palestine Israel >> conflict! >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
