Feeling disillusioned after attending my first Stockbridge Town Meeting - The Berkshire Edge

Letter: Stockbridge town meeting wasn't fair for citizens petition

To the editor: I attended my first Stockbridge annual town meeting on Monday night and left it feeling utterly disillusioned.

Feeling disillusioned after attending my first Stockbridge Town Meeting - The Berkshire Edge

To the editor: I attended my first Stockbridge Town Meeting last night and left it feeling utterly disillusioned. Like many attendees, I came to support Article 17, a citizen’s petition to prevent large-scale development of the Moffatt Trust property. While I expected debate on Article 17 to be heated, I assumed that transparent and consistently applied rules would govern the meeting. What I observed instead was a concerted effort to put the cit…