Letters - Page 62

The Concord Bridge welcomes letters from readers, which can be submitted via this simple form.

Letter: Solar plan at middle school isn’t a wise one

April 13, 2023

Town Meeting Article 21 is a well-intended but poorly structured measure to increase the Town’s solar generation capacity by building a 1,500 kilowatt set of canopy and roof-mounted panels at the new

Letter: K-8 Budget should be judged fairly

April 13, 2023

In a 6-8% inflationary environment, Superintendent Hunter and her team have presented a lean, “level service” 2024 budget for the K-8 Concord Public Schools (CPS) that includes a modest 4.7% increase. This

Letter: Committee has sought to clarify parade criteria

April 13, 2023

The past several issues of The Bridge have contained letters addressing how the Public Ceremonies and Celebrations Committee has made decisions on the composition of the Patriots’ Day parade. As chair of

Letter: Argument against standing for Ukraine ‘absurd’

April 13, 2023

Robert Meltzer’s argument (Opinions, April 27, 2023) for opposing Concord’s support for Ukraine based on historic Ukrainian atrocities is absurd. Using his logic, the United States should not have supported France or

Letter: Leaf blowers and property rights

April 13, 2023

Article 37 will steer us back in the direction of respecting everyone’s property rights (noise and pollution). The idea that it will increase the cost of landscape maintenance ignores the costs you

Letter: Support Article 10, Article 21, new neighbors

April 13, 2023

Article 10 of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant is to assist the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission in its request for a full time director. The original warrant article, which asks for

Letter: It’s time to abolish open Town Meeting

April 13, 2023

In the Jim Crow South, many methods were used to disenfranchise voters. Poll taxes, literacy tests, etc. served to preserve minority rule. Here in Concord we have an equally effective way to

Letter: ‘It wasn’t long ago that we all used rakes’

April 13, 2023

Gas-powered leaf blowers (GPLB) are spectacularly bad for us, both locally and globally. Concord should phase them out. With their inefficient engines, GPLB generate an outsized amount of air pollution—greenhouse gasses, carcinogens,

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