Town Meeting

As usual, it was entertaining. Two of the more outlandish comments:

"Why didn't you come talk to us sooner." Made by a selectman responding to a citizen complaint about road maintenance. I wasn't aware that citizens were required to tell the selectmen about road maintenance. I thought it was their responsibility. Silly me.

"It's not fair to say the budget is up 13%. It's only up 6% without the special articles." Made by a selectman upset by the finance committee's emphasis on the 13%. To the contrary, what is unfair is to take an item like painting the library and town hall out of the operating budget, make it a special article and then claim that it's not part of the increase.

Two items on the agenda were deferred, and will be voted on by ballot the next time there is a town-wide election opportunity: the proposal to allow nonresidents to speak at town meetings; and the proposal to change the quorum requirement for town meetings from 60 to 100. Do you feel strongly about those items? Post a comment.