To the editor:

The town meeting does not meet the needs and does not respect the will of all the people and families who live in Barrington.  

I would think that this was very clear at an FTM that arranged for babysitting, special parking and shuttle services when very few people showed up to take advantage of these services. Two sides were divided in the room with a large space between back and front. This meeting was meant for taxpayers and should not have included high school students’ dramatic exposés.

Citizen taxpayers are giving up. 

The feeling was palpable as I walked out of the meeting shaken, and regretting that I spoke in anger at the disinterested group of the town government sitting on the stage with many others who felt they are not represented either but were able to hold their frustration back as we left that meeting early. Sorry to say the smarter ones of us gave up a few years ago because they know they are not going to be represented. As for the people getting up and leaving after the antiquated vote was taken, we left not because our students have or are going to graduate, many of us have been lifelong residents who see and fear that because no one is listening we will not be able to stay in Barrington.

“When a majority of citizens disagrees with the economic elite and/ or organized interests, they gradually lose.  Moreover because of the strong status quo bias built into the U.S. political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favor policy change they do not get it.” — The Princeton Study

But ALL VOTERS LIVES MATTER.

(Think about it.)

Barbara Flanders

Barrington