Category: Your View

I was astonished and angry while reading Andrea Estes’s article published by the Plymouth Independent on Jan. 12 entitled “Controversial condo development would overlook toxic waste site.” I’ve lived in town for years and this was shocking news to me. I live a half mile from a toxic waste dump? I frequently walk the glorious […]

The science-fiction writer Brian Aldiss once defined civilization as “the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta,” and we’ve done a good job of distancing ourselves from our waste over the past century. But Aldiss’ definition no longer stands; how can we keep throwing things away when it’s increasingly clear that there is […]

The solution to Plymouth’s runaway healthcare costs is to get Mass-Care passed into law. What is Mass-Care? A very simple explanation – Mass-Care is state level single payer healthcare. The term “single payer” is either loved or despised. Whichever “camp” you fall into, it really is the path forward.     A huge benefit for municipalities is […]

The Town Hall meeting regarding ICE was overflowing with people and propaganda, with one key element missing – the voices of marginalized individuals, like myself, who were directly impacted by the meeting. During the long evening, I silently absorbed all the terrible things said, only to be further disrespected by the board members. When [they […]

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. “Albert Einstein is often credited with this quote even though historians believe he probably never said the words. In my opinion it is the perfect summation of everything that both major parties have failed at in governing the state […]

Recently there was an article in the Independent about there not being enough commercial development in Plymouth and how that would help expand our tax base. I am in favor of commercial development and its benefits. The reality is that there are commercial locations in this town that have been developed and are vacant not […]

After witnessing the Select Board meeting Tuesday night, I was struck by the inclusion of speakers who were not Plymouth residents being given time to speak over voting residents regarding the involvement of the Plymouth Police Dept. with ICE raids.  Several speakers, native and “wash ashore” residents of Plymouth were waiting to speak out against […]

We think it is unfortunate that the Select Board did not pass an ICE policy for all officials and employees of the Town of Plymouth as Select Board member [Kevin] Canty initially had proposed Tuesday night. This proposal is well within the purview of the elected Select Board members, and it is a shame that […]

Her name was Renee Nicole Good. She was 37 years old with a six-year-old child. She was murdered Wednesday by a federal ICE agent, one of some 2,000 that have descended upon Minnesota in a profoundly unnecessary and performative show of force. If they can kill a U.S. citizen in broad daylight who was exercising […]

I am writing regarding the Dec. 4 and 11 Airport Commission and the Plymouth Airport Community Advisory Committee meeting. A letter was submitted to the commissioners from Alpha One Flight School. Was it an offer/proposal to begin working together to meet the needs of the public?  Clearly, we don’t know because Transparency is not the […]