Community Corner
Weekly Question: Is Town Meeting a 'Relic' Best Left Behind?
A recent column in the Boston Herald has less than positive things to say about the New England town meeting form of government, but do you agree for Weston?
As Weston gears up for another Annual Town Meeting, one writer at the Boston Herald is taking issue with the colonial form of government.
Calling Town Meeting an "inefficient relic of our Puritan past" that "has a discriminatory impact on working voters and voters with young children," Jennifer C. Braceras advocates for its end throughout New England.
Braceras' strong language continues as she describes town meeting as an "anti-democratic" institution that leaves major town decisions to the "tyranny of the minority," which, she says, is usually comprised of the "single, childless, or elderly, who have time to spend long hours debating items that could be easily resolved in moments."
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Read over Braceras' full column and then tell us what you think for Weston.
So as you look over the 41-article Warrant and consider what the upcoming Annual Town Meeting will look like and involve, we want to know whether you agree with Braceras' assessment.
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Tell us: Is it time to "abolish" Town Meeting in Weston?
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