Category: Your View

Bill Keohan, chair of the Community Preservation Committee, has done a remarkable job. For the last 20-plus years, Mr. Keohan has been the accomplished and energetic face of the CPC at Town Meeting. During this time, he has shepherded countless CPC articles through Town Meeting. He has earned many times over the respect of Town […]

Plymouth has always been a destination for tourists, historians, and those who love the spend time by Massachusetts’ beautiful coastline. When The Salvation Army was located on the waterfront, we had the opportunity to meet people from around the world who were touched personally by our social services and programs. Like many nonprofit organizations, times […]

Several recent [letters] in this column [Your View] have asserted that more information is needed about candidates for local offices. Certainly, voters need to be informed if they are to be expected to vote! For over 65 years the League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area has strived to provide the citizens of Plymouth […]

I read the four responses to “why such a low voter turnout?” After thinking on what most people said were the reasons for such apathy, it struck me that these responses summed up exactly what’s wrong with our town and on a broader scope, our entire country. All but one person basically said the candidates, […]

For years I have been asking the town clerk for two things [related to voting]: notification and parking. Notification. I drive through other local towns and see signs stating that there are elections coming up. The only way we know in Plymouth is when the candidates’ signs start going up. Parking. Can you believe it […]

My wife, Therese, and I moved into Pinehills two-plus years ago and are still getting familiar with the community. We didn’t vote because we don’t know any of the candidates.  We don’t know what the candidates stand for and what their positions are on the issues.  An uniformed vote is just as bad as a […]

It amazes me that in America’s oldest town, which for all practical purposes is a city, a pathetically small voter turnout has become the norm, at least insofar as municipal elections are concerned.  Four short centuries ago, ships from England arrived here in Plymouth filled with oppressed persons seeking freedom and dreams of establishing a […]

I moved to Plymouth in early 2020 and immediately started participating in town elections. I voted but I did not spend as much time as I do now watching PACTV replays or reading committee meeting minutes. At the time, in-person voting was a no-brainer, I drove 4 minutes down the road to PCIS and cast […]

“Who really cares about a town election?” was a very good and thorough look at all the reasons behind this ongoing issue. I would add to [Select Board member] Kevin Canty’s [comment] that no one takes pride in their country, their hometown, their state, etc., anymore. The lack of patriotism, is, I believe, one of […]

Reading the recent article about [former Select Board member Harry] Helm made me want to write to the Plymouth Independent regarding the lack of voter turnout in the recent election. I recently moved here from California and have always voted absentee and volunteered to “work” the election for many years. Whenever a candidate was up […]