Sometimes I think it's unfortunate that more people don't watch our public processes play out, either by attending City Council meetings or by watching them on local cable. While watching baseball or football on television is usually (okay, mostly) more exciting, the discussions and decisions that are made at these sessions do impact us.
And tell me what sporting event you can watch on television where you can get up, get in your car, drive to where it's happening, and become part of the action? That's just what happened in Hadley Wednesday night at the Board of Selectmen meeting.
From the Gazette:
"A long-running feud...spilled over into a Board of Selectmen meeting Wednesday.
"...said he got a call from someone who had been watching the meeting on television and drove to Town Hall. He called [the other person] 'a vicious neighbor' who 'has been nothing but a thorn...'"
In sports there's an old saying, "that's why they play the game," which is used when something unexpected happens, like a huge underdog winning. Can I say, "that's why they have the meetings"?
I try to focus on the interesting, funny, and sometimes frustrating city of Northampton, Massachusetts, and my adventures in and around it, from my perspective on Prospect Street.
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