Category: Your View

April marks Earth Month, and Sustainable Plymouth is celebrating with the launch of its new “Bring Your Own Cup” campaign in partnership with local coffee shops. Starting April 1st, participating Plymouth cafés will welcome customers who bring a clean, reusable cup for their drink. While many local cafés already allow reusable cups, it’s not always […]

Fletcher Blanchard’s recent piece, “Abandon thoughts of Pilgrim resurrection,” overlooks a major shift in both state and federal policy. More importantly, it ignores a proven path to permanent tax relief for our residents. ​​Mr. Blanchard suggests that those of us supporting nuclear energy lack “adequate knowledge.” On the contrary, it is time we stop following […]

Believe it or not, the annual town election is right around the corner on Saturday, May 16. The Town Clerk’s Office encourages all voters to participate to build a strong, consensus-driven local government. Ahead of the election we wanted to share a few reminders to ensure a smooth, hassle-free voting experience. All voters must be […]

I have noticed a number of folks who have recently advocated a resurrection of nuclear power for Plymouth.  It seems likely to me that they have less than adequate knowledge about the current state of federal policy and law governing disposal of nuclear waste.  We in Plymouth have recently learned of human deaths in the […]

As the No Kings 3 protest approaches on March 28, it looks like it is on track to be substantially bigger than all the previous national days of anti-Trump protest. I’ve been watching the number of No Kings events listed on Mobilize go up each day since last Wednesday, and based on that trend, expect […]

I submitted a resolution regarding Small Modular Reactors to ensure our town is positioned to lead, not follow. Timing is everything. Just three weeks ago, the Governor’s own tweet signaled a major shift toward new nuclear energy, and just the other day, she stood at the Lynch School in Winchester to sign an executive order […]

Though I do not usually share the views of our current Select Board Chair, I would like to offer my gratitude to David Golden, as well as the countless other first responders, plow operators, utility workers, neighbors, and individuals that helped our community survive the recent blizzard. At the same time, I would like to […]

The Plymouth Independent story about Selectman Golden’s storm activities seems to continue the publication’s descent into partisan journalism.  What is the point of questioning the motivations of an individual who helps others out during a very difficult storm?  Those who plowed us out, those who got our electricity back on, those who worked for Town […]

This week I am writing to report that the Town Advisory & Finance Committee (A&F) voted to approve the Plymouth Community Trust By-Law in a 10-3 vote. If passed, this by-law ensures that Town officials and Plymouth Law Enforcement will not act as agents for ICE—keeping our community resources focused on local safety. The A&F […]

David Golden’s spin on his good deeds is just that…a spin from what was a good deed to a political one.  He, and others, could have just posted directly to the any of the Plymouth Public or Private Facebook pages if he was serious about getting information out…. NOT through his own new political Facebook […]