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This idea of a memorial for one family simply because they were town employees is ridiculous. How is it that so many members of this family have been employees of the town anyway? It's great that they did their jobs as they should have, since that's what they were being paid to do. But, to setup a special memorial for them simply because of those jobs is ridiculous to me. If there were a park being built, a new street being laid or some other public use facility being planned and they wanted to submit their family name for consideration then I see no problem with that.

However, to build a specific memorial to one family simply because they chose to work for the town is wrong and selfish. There are plenty of people that have provided the town with many years and lifetimes of service, why not build a memorial and list all of these people as well as the Dellafratte family?

Mr. Dellefratte sounds like a whining child "... I’m going to make everybody’s life miserable until I get this.” Is he threatening to use his position to get his way? Is that how you exhibit proper community service? They got paid for the jobs they did. They sold the piece of land to the town, at a profit I assume, they now want to use as a memorial to their family. This sounds a bit selfish to me.

They should be happy that so many members of their families were able to get these town positions and leave it at that. I'm sure there were other, qualified people, that wanted those jobs that were so conveniently given to members of their family.

Be happy your family has done so well in this town and quit whining about not getting your way!

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