There has been is a lot of discussion on social media today concerning Article 21 ‘Town Manager Plan’
The article was not well explained, the petitioner who presented the article was not present at the Deliberative Session. An amendment was proposed but struck down. The Chair of the Budget Committee asked for clarification but the response from the Moderator was ‘I’m reading what you are reading this is what was submitted by the petitioner’ The Town Council Chairman also chimed in on the question asking the petitioner to explain the intent of the article and then opined the petitioner was not present to explain.
Listen to the video at approximately 4:59:56
Town Legal staff can be heard explaining the intent of the article to the Moderator. Why did the Moderator and Town Council Chairman choose not to clarify?
It is still unclear to many what Article 21 would do if approved by the voters, but there was a choice made at the Deliberative Session to withhold information from the voters.