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Not our usual town meeting....
Jun. 9th, 2006 05:59 pmToday's mail (my, it's nice to walk up a paved driveway to the mailbox) included the annual report for the Town of Wales and the Warrant for our Annual Town Meeting, which is being held a week from this coming Monday. I'd already made plans to be home that day in eager anticipation of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
decadentdave's first visit here. He'll be at Concertino in Worcester over the weekend and is stopping by on his way back to Baltimore.
After reading the Warrant, I'm very glad I'll be in town for this particular Annual Town Meeting. This year will mark the making of a tradition -- it will be the third such meeting I've attended. But it will be the first of the three where the Town is deciding whether or not ( Warning: Politics Ahead )
Town meetings are what they are, and what's really quite remarkable is that the old bear still dances at all.
Still. About two years ago, I first heard a snippet of Greg Brown singing, "I Want My Country Back" when checking out albums I didn't have at the iTunes music store. I immediately bought and downloaded "In the Hills of California" and I've been saying I want my country back ever since. There's something incredibly powerful, incredibly reassuring and reaffirming to say it with my voice and vote as the Town of Wales decides what to do with Article 35 on June 19th. In many ways, it doesn't matter to me which way I decide to vote on the night itself, or whether the resolution passes or fails. The fact that it's there for us to vote on at all gives me faith. It demonstrates and reminds me that the America I know and love is still alive and kicking.
decadentdave's first visit here. He'll be at Concertino in Worcester over the weekend and is stopping by on his way back to Baltimore.After reading the Warrant, I'm very glad I'll be in town for this particular Annual Town Meeting. This year will mark the making of a tradition -- it will be the third such meeting I've attended. But it will be the first of the three where the Town is deciding whether or not ( Warning: Politics Ahead )
Town meetings are what they are, and what's really quite remarkable is that the old bear still dances at all.
Still. About two years ago, I first heard a snippet of Greg Brown singing, "I Want My Country Back" when checking out albums I didn't have at the iTunes music store. I immediately bought and downloaded "In the Hills of California" and I've been saying I want my country back ever since. There's something incredibly powerful, incredibly reassuring and reaffirming to say it with my voice and vote as the Town of Wales decides what to do with Article 35 on June 19th. In many ways, it doesn't matter to me which way I decide to vote on the night itself, or whether the resolution passes or fails. The fact that it's there for us to vote on at all gives me faith. It demonstrates and reminds me that the America I know and love is still alive and kicking.
