<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Council Member Kiernan’s proposal to repeal Section 3 of the Town Code baffles me. Who cares what other towns do? And I’m certainly not swayed by the amazement of the MML administrative staff: My mother told me I need not jump off the bridge simply to follow suit. The discussion—here and elsewhere—about the farmers’ market flyer is just plain silly. The Spanish-language issues are even bigger than they seem, and the editorial staff was working on them. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I’d like to understand the true objective of the repeal. If it’s to give the mayor and members of the council freedom to write whatever they want, they’ve already got it. If it was to keep the editorial staff from changing their copy, they had that too. And what exactly is it that Mr. Kiernan wanted to see in print that wasn’t published? He was able to use his space any way he wished, even if it wasn’t always as a ward or committee report.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Here’s a thought: If all that’s wanted from the newsletter is critical data, kill the </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Crier </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and deliver a monthly flier with phone numbers on the front and trash pick-up days on the back. Of course, that means we’d have missed why Donald Soles is the soul of this town, how Novella Sargusingh got started, why FEMA’s maps aren’t as good as they ought to be and how you can get flood insurance, how Detective </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Vitchock’s dedication runs deep into the heart of this town, </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and how crime has changed over the years. To say nothing of the rundown on bloggers and other sources on the Web, Community </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Circles, and the story of the little solar house that could.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Kate Kelly</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Town Crier </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">copy desk, retired</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>