Little Compton seniors in town are residing where they love to be — home! 

The Little Compton Town Council with such incredible speed have hired an architect and are working on creating new housing units that will bring permanent changes to the Commons in Little Compton as this is a very busy part of town without making it busier by having residential development.

Wow, we asked for senior space and have been asking for many years and nothing. Now faster than you can blink an eye we have a proposal before us that will change the structure of these buildings with just an afterthought of creating space for our seniors. The council has hired and installed the director of senior services all without any thoughts of asking our seniors, or our representatives for input into the candidates they will be working with for the future. All this is happening while one of our council members who is very involved in senior issues is away on vacation.

With amazing speed and maybe “not” amazing accuracy, the council has gone and disregarded information from our seniors of desires or preferences.

Our seniors have information and concerns of what happens in Little Compton. They have been meeting for many years and they “think” and they are “smart.”

They don’t need help forming opinions or concerns so ask them!

And then listen!

Don’t underestimate our seniors!

The Little Compton seniors are aware that the proposed plans presented by the council “may” result in a cost savings to the taxpayers of Little Compton. But neither plan meets the fundamental commitment that has been promised to our seniors.

“The town council leadership has hit the ground running implementing their own interpretation of what they think may be best for our seniors. But “real leaders” listen to their constituents, and do everything within their power to provide them exactly what they want and need, (not work behind the curtain), free of any personal interests.

Really, the only way to for our seniors to have their own space is to have senior housing implemented?

Angela Denham 

Little Compton