Category: Your View

Betty Cavacco and Dick Quintal are running as a Team for Select Board. They say that it’s getting too expensive to live here in Plymouth.  Right! For Sure!  They want to fix things primarily by “making the most of what is already here”: the site of the former Nuclear Power Plant, by possibly having Small […]

The Plymouth Select Board needs intelligent leaders who base decisions on data driven information, reason, and sound judgment.  That is why I am voting for Kevin Canty. Kevin Canty does the research and has the analytic acuity to discern what actions taken will bring the most long-term benefits to Plymouth.  His advocacy to add money […]

I appreciated Al DiNardo’s letter regarding a “return to limited government “. I especially appreciated his willingness to use the Firefighter Safer Grant as an example of the way local governments collude with the state to circumvent the limits of Prop 2 1/2. When I lived in Weymouth, the councilors laid off the whole crossing […]

The recent article, “Group announces effort to abandon Town Meeting,” highlights a push to fundamentally alter Plymouth’s governance. While proponents seek a new structure, any move away from our current system must reckon with Plymouth’s unique geographic reality. We are not a typical suburb; we are a massive, diverse landscape where residents in densely populated […]

I am running for re-election to the Select Board because I believe that Plymouth needs proactive and thoughtful leadership with a forward-looking plan to guide our Town into a more sustainable, inclusive, and economically vibrant future. I am a local attorney and lifelong Plymouth resident who wants to continue to give back to the community […]

The Van Cott plea deal astounds me. This man has abused his position and stolen from Plymouth taxpayers and school children for years, to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. Now he is being given a “deal” that allows him his freedom after just a year of incarceration? He is correct in stating […]

Having moved to Plymouth in September 2020 from the North Shore, I may be a relative newcomer here, but I am a lifelong resident of the Commonwealth and well-acquainted with our unique form of government. I’ve noticed that while Plymouth is growing rapidly, many of our neighbors—especially those from out of state—may not fully grasp […]

This week I am reporting to you the roll call vote on Article 37, the Plymouth Community Trust bylaw. This bylaw passed Town Meeting because 78 of your elected Town Meeting Members voted yes. They are listed on the report below derived from the official count form the Town Clerk’s office. I believe that we […]

Are there any law-abiding citizens out there that would like to sit on the Airport Commission?  There will be two openings and you do not need any airport knowledge to apply.  Just a desire to keep the airport running with less noise and more transparency. Did you know the airport has a number to call […]

Maybe this should mean Can? Canty?  As in can Canty break up the planned team of Dickie and Betty.  With Quintal and Cavacco declaring that they will run as a team it appears that the selectboard could be dominated by people with the same agenda.  Whatever the agenda may be does not matter.  What matters […]