Curnins Speaking at Town Meeting

As I predicted, the Court of Appeals turned down the Curnins motion for an en banc rehearing of the denial of their lawsuit trying to force the town to let them speak at town meetings. Now, according to the local paper, they've filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. My money says the Supreme Court will turn down that appeal. But the town will have to pay more legal fees to defend against the appeal.

I've noted before that I like the Curnins. I even have some sympathy for the proposition that nonvoters should be able to speak at town meetings. But when I asked Tom Curnin some time ago to drop the lawsuit in exchange for my helping to get the town to agree to let nonvoters speak, he turned me down. Therefore, my sympathy has disappeared. Maybe the town should let nonvoters speak only if the town is first reimbursed for all the costs of defending this silly and hopeless lawsuit.