Friday, January 24, 2025

News and Ideas Worth Sharing

Letters

Thank you to Dalton Town Clerk Heather Hunt for quickly fixing an error in the mail-in ballot for the Feb. 3 special election

Our Dalton town clerk is to be commended for her swift and corrective action to ensure that the February 3 election is appropriately and legally held.

Never forget January 6, what it was and was not

You must never allow yourself to believe lies when your own eyes have seen the truth—particularly when the truth is uncontrolled fury, rage, and murderous conduct.

Bracing for the next four years

I am sympathetic to all those who are nervous and have elevated anxiety and debilitating depression while facing the next four years. I hear you every day.

A potential regional school solution?

Monument Mountain High School is in complete disrepair and needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

Debating arguments heard on Fox News regarding the Los Angeles fires

If we are going to put causes to this catastrophe, for God's sake, let‘s put it where it belongs, not where Fox News suggests, without any scientific basis, that it is!

The town of Housatonic and the GE river cleanup

The following is a letter I sent to the EPA. Everyone in Housatonic and Great Barrington should do the same.

Time for a different approach

We will once again be voting at Town Meeting in May for the funds to replace Monument Mountain Regional High School. I know that we need a new school, that the cost keeps increasing, and that our taxes are going to go up. How is this town going to reconcile these facts?

DOGE, revisited

In case you weren't glued to your set, you might have missed this week when Elon Musk backtracked on his promise to find $2 trillion, saying now that he thinks there is still a good shot at getting half that amount. Maybe.

On the road to accessible, affordable, and safe water in Great Barrington

A roadblock to taking on the civic responsibility to ensure safe water in Great Barrington has been fear, and confusion, about how this challenging task can be accomplished.

Thank you to the Berkshire community for returning Marcy to her family

We are forever thankful. This letter is not enough to thank everyone who cared. We shook hands with volunteers in the woods whose names we never got or remember. Thank you now; you are not forgotten.

David Edwards’ review of ‘A Complete Unknown’ breezed past a key figure

Edward's focus on the musicality is understandable and, granted, fundamental to a Dylan story, but his critique (if I understand the title of the article) is a "Film Review" not a "Musical Film Review."

Hydraulic dredging will not solve all the issues with the Housatonic Rest of River remediation project

Hydraulic dredging has many issues worthy of discussion when being considered for sediment removal from a river system.

Simon’s Rock President Leon Botstein did little to nothing to help ‘The Rock’

I would like to be part of any initiative to save the property from undesirable potential buyers.

Other Berkshire County towns should follow in Stockbridge’s footsteps to protect their historic buildings

Preserving our county’s historic buildings is vital to maintaining the Berkshires' distinctive New England charm and enhancing its quality of life.

Emotionally charged accusations do not help move the process forward

The Planning Board's mandate is best achieved with a deliberate and responsive approach, one I encourage on any issue that comes before us, especially this one.

Peter Most’s group should be able to negotiate attractive terms for the purchase of the Simon’s Rock campus

No one in Great Barrington is celebrating the loss of Simon‘s Rock. From what I know, Peter Most’s group would like to find a way to utilize the campus in a way that continues to benefit the community.

Simon’s Rock owes Great Barrington nothing

In my opinion, shame on Great Barrington for doing absolutely nothing to help save this wonderful school.