Author Archives: Jeffrey Millman

I was dismayed by Richard Serkey’s recent letter (“Vecchi’s accusations lack credibility”), which seems to me to illustrate the overheated rhetoric that has made political discourse in the United States so unpleasant to engage in over the past decade. Mr. Serkey is correct that [Scott] Vecchi was the subject of multiple civilian and internal complaints […]

That Plymouth residents are anti-development isn’t surprising. NIMBYism is widespread, especially in suburban areas with older, white homeowners. What’s more surprising is that the opposition to this development is only happening now. We’ve known about plans to develop the area at Hedges Pond for nearly seven years. At that time, as far as I can […]

As I continue to inform myself about Plymouth government and politics, I sense that much drama is going on behind the scenes. Members of our boards and committees have given in to a fractiousness that mirrors our national disorder. Lately, trying to find information feels like wading through dueling conspiracies. Take two recent [letters] in […]

I read with interest Dina Karam’s submission to the Plymouth Independent (“Rabbi’s travel diary is ‘deeply skewed’”). Karam is critical of Rabbi Estelle Mills’ travel diary, and of the Independent’s decision to publish it, because it is “deeply skewed to highlight the events of Oct. 7 as though they occurred in a political and humanitarian […]