Progressive Coalition of Amherst Endorses Candidates Committed To Improving The Lives Of All Amherst Residents
Source: Progressive Coaltion Of Amherst The Progressive Coalition of Amherst (PCA), a new political action...
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Opinion: Reflections By A Soon To Be Former Councilor On How This Town Council Fails To Meet The Promises Of The Charter, Democracy, Transparency, And Public Participation (#2)
This is the second in a series of columns on the failure of democracy, transparency...
Opinion: Council Must Retain Zoom Meeting Format
The Town Council’s recent decision to continue to conduct all council and committee meetings over...
Letter: Rejoice In Our Ability To Criticize Government
Leave our town councilors alone, shut up and vote. That seems to be the mantra...
Letter: Absence Of Checks And Balances In Town Government Undermines Democracy
This letter appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. Recently Raymond La Raja wrote a rejoinder...
Town Council May Set Referendum On Jones Library Expansion Borrowing
The Town Council agenda for Monday, August.2, shows that the Council will consider holding a...
Letter: Voters Encouraged To Check Their Registration With Fall Election and Possible Library Referendum Looming
The Town of Amherst seems to be having difficulty keeping track of their voters. ...
Letter: Elected Officials Are Not Unencumbered To Do Whatever They Choose
This letter appeared in the Amherst Bulletin on July 22, 2021 In his Amherst Bulletin...
Opinion: Public Engagement is Broken
By Grant Henninger This article was originally published in Strong Towns in May 2018 and...
Opinion: We Don’t Need More “Invitations to the Table.” We Need a New Table.
by Charles Marohn This article from Strong Towns by Charles Marohn was originally published in...
Letter: In Our Rush To Build We Are Destroying The Very Conditions That Make For Successful Local Economies
The following letter was sent to Town Councilor Andy Steinberg (at large) on July 16, ...
Letter: Council’s Indifference To Citizen Concerns Has Given Us Weak Democracy
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on July 14, 2021 Since...