tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post5842578629259564472..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: It’s beginning to look a lot like ChristmasLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-67304285184635917892007-12-19T12:51:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:51:00.000-05:00Why not charge them the same $1 per Christmas tree...Why not charge them the same $1 per Christmas tree sold? :-)Steven Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382681412040629908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-5211437908287358342007-12-17T11:55:00.000-05:002007-12-17T11:55:00.000-05:00Charge them five bucks per foot. And by the way, l...Charge them five bucks per foot. And by the way, let's see if an assessment can be made for any increase in global warming all their selective hot air and yaking against the very nation that makes it possible for them to protest so freely. Then see if the town will use the money to buy more kevlar vests, etc. to send to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. <BR/><BR/>The only way the BSA can get off as free as the protesters would be for them to set up a protest site on the Kendrick park protesting against the Kulturkampfs of the Progressives. It's just too bad the people who need to see what the Scouts had to protest about would be too busy at the other end of the street demonstrating their usual ingratitude.Steven P. Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672137939858744253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75145278975778962292007-12-16T20:39:00.000-05:002007-12-16T20:39:00.000-05:00I think Kendrick park might fall into the category...I think Kendrick park might fall into the category of commons. <BR/><BR/>Charging people to use commons is counter to its purpose except in the instance the town decides to recuperate actual costs associated with said use, such as a security detail. <BR/><BR/>Common land (a common), is a piece of land owned by one entity (the town) but over which other people can exercise certain traditional rights, such as allowing their livestock to graze upon it. <BR/><BR/>The older texts use the word "common" to denote any such right, but more modern usage is to refer to particular rights of common, and to reserve the name "common" for the land over which the rights are exercised. By extension, the term "commons" has come to be applied to other resources which a community has rights or access to.O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298161341394034059noreply@blogger.com