re: let the firestorm proceed!
Agree, 100% with Laura and everything she said!
This forum has turned into an echo chamber. I've lost any, and all, interest
in anything that comes for the ~12 or so people that feel compelled to post
almost daily with the same rhetoric.
There is a simple solution. You can always vote with your feet.
There are 23 homes listed for sale in Milton.
Thanks Laura!
Best Regards,Scott Stewart
On Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 12:37:41 pm GMT-5, Laura Glynn
<[email protected]> wrote:
I may be wrong (as usual) but the refusal of the opponents to Option C to
accept that Option C was duly passed at a duly called and held town meeting is
eerily similar to those who still claim Biden did not win the duly held 2020
election
I have lived in Lincoln for only 30 years. The New England town meeting is the
purest form of democracy that exists today and I treasure it. Convenience
should not be the overriding goal of government.
In my opinion the issues can’t be very important to you if it isn’t worth your
time to show up and listen to your neighbors and then vote taking into account
the discussion. These meetings are announced far in advance. No one had to
hitch a horse and wagon to go through snowy dirt roads to get there (as used to
be the case). Except for the truly bedridden everyone makes time for Dr
appointments, holidays, religious assemblies etc. and showing up at a meeting
in your own town is not an outrageous ask or burden.
The right to vote is a right but also a privilege.
If our system of government is offensive to you then I am sorry you moved to
the wrong town.
There is a simple solution. You can always vote with your feet.
There are 23 homes listed for sale in Milton.
Please stop maligning a system of government that has worked well for
centuries. It may be that new technology (clickers) can expedite the voting at
the meeting but the exchange of views and ideas in person at the meeting and
before the vote is the essential component of the town meeting
Lincoln talk is not a substitute for the town meeting
So again, we had a duly called and held town meeting at which Option C was duly
adopted after a motion duly made and seconded as voted by over a majority of
those who cared enough to devote their time to listening and exchanging views
and then voting.
I am honestly shocked at the idea that we are to change our system of
government to make it more convenient for a few with busy schedules
Ok, let the firestorm proceed!
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 10:57 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
In yesterday’s Globe, a story on how residents of Milton have enough
signatures to force a town wide ballot question on HCA.
The link is below.
If it’s behind a pay wall for you, essentially:
“We’re very pleased with the energy around this effort,” Swenson said.
The goal of the drive is to force a vote, defeat the zoning article, and
put town officials back to work to develop a consensus zoning plan that
can earn wider support.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/19/metro/milton-state-housing-law/
Other towns have done similarly, some opting out, others suing the
state.
Also:
I have yet to hear an answer as to why our housing numbers are lumped
into those of an Air Force base and why we have not attempted to change
that?
Regarding town meeting voting. It’s inexcusable, not to mention
disrespectful, to residents and a major reason that those with families
cannot/do not attend, for a single vote to take an hour and a half of
waiting.
I would also suggest that large three or four story condo buildings and
hundreds of additional cars is a radical change to our town.
Tom Kennedy
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