In-Person Government Meetings May Resume June 15
In a clear step toward normalcy, public meetings will likely shift from virtual to in-person...
Open Meeting Law (OML)
Town Clerk Uses Ex-Officio Role On Board Of Registrars To Kill Fresh Count Of Petition Signatures
At a virtual hearing of the Amherst Board of Registrars which lasted more than three...
Town Attorney Caught On Hot Mic In Strategy Meeting To Subvert Appeal On Jones Petition Signatures. Petitioners Move For Her Exclusion For Conflict of Interest
Petitioners who claim that the Town Clerk’s Office wrongfully disqualified signatures on April 21 have...
Public Comment: Residents Ask Board Of Registrars To Correct Assistant Town Clerk’s Improper Rejection of Petition Signatures
The following public comments were offered at the Amherst Board of Registrars meeting on May...
Board Of Registrars Takes No Action On Appeal Of Signature Disqualifications. Hearing Continued To Monday
Amherst voters whose signatures were disqualified from petitions seeking a referendum on the Jones Library...
Open Meeting Law Complaint Seeks New Certification Process For Petition For Referendum On Jones Library Borrowing
Amherst voters who petitioned for a town-wide referendum and then discovered that more than one...
OPINION: JONES LIBRARY REQUESTS A ONE YEAR GRANT DELAY – PROBLEMS WITH JONES PROCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY PERSIST
The stunning news that the Jones Library has asked for a one-year delay in their...
OPINION: TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS – COVID, NOT CARS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING (3/9/20) The big issue was going to be: Lincoln Avenue parking—but quickly...