My First Acton Town Meeting. I attended my first Acton Town Meeting on Monday night May 6th. My impression of the proceedings is distinctly one of disappointment. Clearly, the town meeting format fundamentally disenfranchises seniors and those with mobility issues from participating, thereby leaving the remaining participants largely biased to one point of view. Supposedly, there was a way to join the meeting via Zoom, but that was not well publicized (intentionally?), and it may not have been possible to vote in any case. The evidence is clear – the town election produced a near 50-50 split on the override question, yet the vote at Town Meeting was closer to 75-25. It’s time to do away with this antiquated form of governance and for Acton to incorporate as a city so all of its citizens can be counted.
And for all of those who orchestrated this travesty of democracy – particularly town officials – you should be ashamed.
Bradford Milnes