Category: Your View

On May 8, the PI reported that Select Board Chair Dick Quintal misspoke on April 29, when he stated that Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance (“Southeastern”), together with others, had sued the town in April 2025 to stop construction of a business park on Hedges Pond Road despite having  previously received a “sweetheart” lease on […]

When I left home after graduating from Plymouth South High School in 2006 to attend Norwich University – the nation’s oldest private military college – I carried the values of this town deep in my heart. Plymouth gave me the foundation of who I am; the US Army refined it. Through my service in Afghanistan […]

Question 1 on the May [17] ballot is binding. This was added by the Select Board on a Friday, one day before the printing deadline – to be added to a ballot in a May election that has historic low turnout (meaning just a few people would be making this important decision). Though Select Board […]

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 […]

Beware the political candidate with the most campaign signs.  Where is the funding coming from?  Likely outside money from industry, trade groups, and wealthy special interests.  It certainly isn’t grass roots.  They aren’t your friends and neighbors and perhaps don’t even live in Plymouth.  But they want a candidate to influence town politics.  If that’s […]

Select Board candidate Scott Vecchi has a serious credibility problem. At a forum on May 1, Mr. Vecchi claimed that a “toxic environment exists at the Plymouth Police Department” and blamed Police Chief Dana Flynn and Town Manager Derek Brindisi for it. The Plymouth Independent has reported Mr. Vecchi worked for more than 25 years […]

I am writing out of concern over how Holtec International’s wastewater at the former Pilgrim nuclear power plant is being described in the public discussion — particularly the repeated use of the word “treated,” which gives a dangerously false sense of safety. Holtec is already evaporating radioactive wastewater into the air over Plymouth — and […]

I built homes in Plymouth and surrounding towns for over 30 years. I’m disgusted by the prices of housing and there’s one reason for it. The reason is government overreach. Planning boards and environmental groups are disgusting. Turtles and butterflies have become more important than people. Environmental groups are typically made up of anti-human, self-hating […]

Few activities get more public support than picking up litter from the side of the road. But to mark Earth Day, I’m about to argue that we shouldn’t do it. Wait – don’t go! Hear me out. This idea has been percolating in my head for a while and coalesced after recalling hours of reminiscing […]

I commend David Golden for his responsiveness on the issue of affordability after a winter of unexpectedly high utility bills (“Measures are needed to prevent Mass Save fraud,” April 19). It is in another area where I believe his service as a Select Board member could be improved. Mass Save has drawn fire from Mr. […]