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Over the past couple of months my cities local politics have made multiple headlines in the Regional newscasts, for the division of our municipal council. As a college student I live four hours away from home, which restricts my ability to have an impact on what occurs. When I returned home this week for my spring break I decided that for the first time, I was going to speak out as a registered voter. I guess I should precede what I said with a little bit of a narrative. Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts) I live in district one of Amesbury Massachusetts, a small community on the north shore of Massachusetts. Over the past couple of months there has been a grassroots effort to recall our district councilor Michelle Thone, Ms. Thone has repeatedly voted for things which will cause a poor effect on her constituents, as well as voting for her own conscience, she ignores her constituents and has practiced quite a bit of hate mongering politics. The President of the Council: Christopher Lawrence has played a huge roll in the division of the Municipal Council. He plays favorites with the six majority councilors who are part of a group which promotes the politics of failed mayoral candidate Tom Iacobucci. He has repeatedly gaveled Councilors Anne Connoly King and Roger Benson who in my opinion are the councilors who represent the true feelings of their constituents. That is the short story, if anyone has any questions about that feel free to e-mail me:
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anyways here is my statement which I read to the Municipal Council: My name is Rory McCarron and I am a freshman in college, I voted for my first time in the recent gubernatorial campaign, however I have been active in politics for quite a while now. It has been a difficult couple of months living away from home while watching through the news and hearing from my mother what is unfolding here in my hometown. First of all, I am a resident of District One who is fully in support of the recall of Michelle Thone for her reckless and nonsensical voting record. Politicians who do not listen to the voice of reason are very dangerous to have in power, and Ms. Thone has shown a record of not listening to that voice of reason…most recently in the finance committee vote on the Police Budget.
As a new voter who is very active in Student Government and runs an organization at my school. I do not understand why the Municipal council does not use the Roberts Rules of order (a standard that is used nationwide) which allows for discussion about topics being voted on in order to ensure full understanding of topics as well as getting to the meat of the matter being voted on. Rather than the current system that is in place which allows people like council president Christopher Lawrence to swing his gavel and silence the voice of a fellow councilor who has been elected to do just what she is doing, speaking up and asking questions. It seems to me that if the way that the municipal council ran their meetings wasn’t so mysterious and confusing it may draw in more community involvement especially with people in my age group. I would hope that the council would take this into consideration. Thank You! Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts)
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