Archive for October, 2008

PERSEVERE

October 31, 2008

This week, on their third try, politicians succeeded in delaying people’s right to decide the size of government.  This delay will be brief.  And along with everything else they’ve done, it will only serve to make citizens more determined to demand change.

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ONE DAY, AND ONE COURT, MORE

October 27, 2008

On the eve of politicians’ final legal effort to stop citizens from deciding the size of their government, I’m determined, hopeful, and determined.

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QUIET VICTORY; LASTING CHANGE

October 22, 2008

These past few years, I often find myself in a town hall parking lot.  It’s usually after a town board meeting ends, all the sound and fury subsides, and the once-crowed lot has emptied.  I sit alone in my car, thinking about where our reform cause is, and where it’s headed.

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WHY WE MUST FIGHT

October 1, 2008

“How did it come to this,” I wondered as we filed court papers yesterday to ask a judge to order politicians to put our downsizing proposition on the November ballot in West Seneca.

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