Monday, August 26, 2013

Flag Flap Deja Vu

Town flies flag daily (as does every municipality in Mass)


On August 27, almost exactly a year ago, the Amherst Select Board refused to allow the commemorative flags to fly in the downtown on 9/11.  Since the issue was officially on the agenda that night a simply majority vote could have made it happen.  

Two of the Select Board members (Jim Wald and Alisa Brewer) have previously voted in the affirmative and Chair Stephanie O'Keeffe as a Town Meeting member voted to support the annual flying of the  flags on 9/11.

Last year the SB did meet again on 9/10 (oddly enough they are not meeting on Monday September 9 this year) and I again appeared before them -- this time during 6:30 PM "Public Comment" -- to make a last desperate plea to fly the flags.  

But knowing they would not I also made a  request the board put this issue to rest once and for all.  

How?  

With a simply majority vote the Select Board can place an advisory question on the annual town election ballot.  I promised that night to abide by the direct decision of the voters.  I even returned to a Select Board meeting in March to remind them of the request.  They refused.  

So here we are ... again. 



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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 26, 2013 at 8:42 AM

    A promise to "abide by the direct decision of the voters" means what from you?

    A promise never to speak of it again?

    No one believes that. We know that you will be beating our leaders over the head on a blessedly short list of issues (and bringing along unfair criticisms and caricatures of Amherst from out-of-touch local and national media outlets)until the day you die. We accept that.

    Nothing that could conceivably happen tonight or in subsequent days would change that. Your identity in town, and the publicity that comes with it, depends on it. You revel in defeat, and the chance to blame the Town for it.

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  2. Larry KelleyAugust 26, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    You sound a tad defensive. Even for a Cowardly Anon Nitwit.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 26, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    Anyone catching the irony in the juxtaposition of Mr. Kelley posting a video of Ms. Perot not knowing when to quit, and then entertaining us with his never-ending flag quest?

    Both Ms. Perot and Mr. Kelley have trouble with the realization that "that ship has sailed".

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  4. Larry KelleyAugust 26, 2013 at 11:13 AM

    Yeah, only in this particular case the ship is the "RMS Titanic."

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  5. AnonymousAugust 26, 2013 at 11:32 AM

    Nice try deflecting, Larry.

    In fact, there is no difference between you and her. Because the Planning Board did not agree with her, she believed that its members were not listening.

    Similarly, you believe that you can shame the Select Board into knuckling under. In reality, you won. The flags fly once every 5 years, and, if anyone tried to eliminate that, there would be a great furor about it.

    You won, but you are not satisfied because it's the issue that gets you attention. And attention for you is really what this is all about.

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  6. Larry KelleyAugust 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM

    Actually, these days, I get plenty of attention ... every single day.

    And not just from trolls.

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  7. A man among sanctified chimpsAugust 26, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    "And attention for you is really what this is all about."


    Really, you said all that just to tell Larry he likes attention?

    Great, he likes attention...

    (now, GTFO)

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  8. Walter GraffAugust 26, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    Good shirt Larry!

    "GTFO Larry!"

    Don't forget bumper sticker too.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 26, 2013 at 11:53 PM

    keep up the good fight. thank you

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  10. AnonymousAugust 26, 2013 at 11:54 PM

    fHlag
    FhLAG
    Iwo Jima
    Little Big Horn
    Gulf of Tonkin
    Hiroshima

    rave on lk

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  11. AnonymousAugust 27, 2013 at 11:02 AM

    Walter that "GTFO" was not directed at Larry, it was directed at "August 26, 2013 at 11:32 AM".


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  12. Pronziville pyramiders wont protest Obama!August 27, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    Looks like everyone on the planet wants to be on team Roach Patrol.

    ~everyone~

    "Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is known for his sharp tongue, said on Twitter that "the West behaves towards the Islamic world like a monkey with a grenade.""

    http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2013/0827/Russia-warns-US-of-catastrophic-consequences-of-Syria-intervention

    p.s. Oh yes Ponziville, the whole world really ~IS~ watching...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbCoh5KPIA&hd=1

    (LOL, friggan morons)

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  13. AnonymousAugust 27, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    http://washingtonexaminer.com/lawmakers-to-obama-syria-strikes-need-our-ok/article/feed/2109840


    Yes we can!

    yes we can!

    yes we can!


    (idiots)

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