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Great Barrington should disavow AIER ‘declaration’

It's beyond unfortunate that the crackpots at AIER -- an indifferent neighbor at best -- have chosen to grab the hard-earned goodwill our community enjoys.

To the editor:

The people of Great Barrington have nothing to do with this “declaration” and our Select Board has moved to disavow it. It’s beyond unfortunate that the crackpots at AIER — an indifferent neighbor at best — have chosen to grab the hard-earned goodwill our community enjoys. Better to call it The Division Street Declaration — their actual address.

Bobby Houston

Great Barrington

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Berkshire Hills Regional School District’s shortcomings

The upcoming push to fund a new high school is focused on building something bigger and better while ignoring the fact that times have changed and that the goals must change as well.

Ms. Hritzuk’s recent Letter to the Editor regarding Stockbridge Town Meeting contains several inaccuracies

Ms. Hritzuk writes, "the meeting seemed designed to derail the citizen's position." I am aware of no reasonable basis for such an accusation.

Feeling disillusioned after attending my first Stockbridge Town Meeting

While I expected debate on Article 17 to be heated, I assumed that transparent and consistently applied rules would govern the meeting. What I observed instead was a concerted effort to put the citizens who submitted the petition at the grossest possible disadvantage.

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