While the U.S. military are trained up one side and down the other to exhibit discipline, conformity, obedience, and compliance with all lawful orders, it becomes a bit of a sticky wicket when the orders are no longer lawful but stand in direct contravention of the Constitution.
As if she is the little boy that points out that the King has no clothes, Greene recognizes that because of the Republican plan, health insurance for her children will DOUBLE (her emphasis), which she correctly recognizes is unacceptable for her as well as for her constituents.
While I understand the importance of maintaining South County’s agricultural sector, allowing a restaurant to be opened in a residential neighborhood and immediately adjacent to other homes is unreasonable.
I urge you to bring the same sense of commitment you have shown in voting to fund capital assets to the funding of our most important asset, the new Monument Mountain Regional High School.
Our zoning regulations exist to protect residential areas from commercial encroachment. Approving this application would set a dangerous precedent and disregard the rights of homeowners who chose this neighborhood specifically for its residential and historical nature.
An approval of this application would blow a hole in this well-intentioned law and spoil a signature feature of Great Barrington’s history and landscape.
When the walls are crumbling and the systems failing, achievement suffers. When modern spaces are designed for light, collaboration, and current learning models, students thrive.
The real choice isn’t whether taxes rise, but how. One loan at a low rate is efficient. Endless repairs and special assessments at higher rates are wasteful.
We are doing this to help preserve a healthy environment for ourselves and future generations. Recycling and composting as much as we can is a positive step we all can take.
When Donald John’s feelings are hurt, he unleashes the Hounds of Hell. The Federal Communications Commission starts denying requests for media mergers and starts threatening to revoke major broadcasting licenses. The lawsuits are announced, and cowardly media executives buckle on cue.
