There is a good reason that Council Members and the Mayor do not hold their
own town meetings. Every neighborhood has a neighborhood organization that
holds regular meetings. Council Members usually attend these meetings.
Scheduling separate meetings would be redundant with the meetings for the
neighborhood groups and create a second set of meetings for citizens to
discuss many of the same topics. I would suggest that anyone who is feeling
that they haven't gotten a chance to discuss a topic with their elected
official through other means contact their neighborhood organization and ask
when the next meeting is.
Carol Becker
Longfellow
> > Why aren't town meetings a regular part of municipal
> > politics and governance. Then I thought: There are
> > thirteen wards in the city and one Mayor. It should be
> > relatively easy to schedule a town meeting every four
> > weeks in each ward with the Mayor and the
> > councilperson.
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