Letter: Voting is a serious business

Posted 8/16/17

To the editor:

I do not think that there are many people who are against building a new middle school. But, it is the great cost of it that is being questioned. And most people are not against …

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Letter: Voting is a serious business

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To the editor:

I do not think that there are many people who are against building a new middle school. But, it is the great cost of it that is being questioned. And most people are not against supporting the schools in general, but at what cost? 

At this particular time we are going to spend 68 million dollars (I think that was the last projection) on a new building on which the payment for it might expand in the years to come. We are also asked to pay 1.2 million dollars increase for this year’s general school budget. It seems to be practical that the school budget could have made sacrifices because of the cost of the allocations for the new building.  

However, the thing that is so disturbing is that the only people by and large who could vote on these matters this year were as many people as could be stuffed inside a school building where the cards were stacked against anyone who submitted any other ideas.

The town budget meeting format is, to say at the least, antiquated. Someone at the town hall said that these meeting have always been done this way as it is felt that this allows for the most people to be informed and to participate. If this is the way the budget meeting is going to be held then let it be an informative discussion among all attending that would allow changes to the original plan via that discussion. Let everyone who did not attend be informed of its outcome. No votes would be taken. Voting is a serious business and should not be done in a heated atmosphere. Inform every one of their polling locations so that they can place their vote at a later date.

Mr. Mize, you write on infinitely in a way that lets everyone know that any other way of thinking than yours is incorrect, perhaps impaired and inane, or just plain ignorant. Perhaps you are aware that the town gives a slight dispensation for people over a certain age, for a married couple only one person would receive a dispensation on their tax bill if asked for and they aren't asked for a lot of information. I do not want to insult anyone but the rhetoric now is beyond belief. It has been a rough year for most.

Barbara Flanders

Barrington

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