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Town leaders need to be held accountable

Dear Editor: I learned years ago that the Canton Citizen is as much about Canton as it is of Canton. It’s a fabric and product of the town with lifelong, close ties to many inside and outside of Town Hall. The latest example of that was the absence of reporting on what’s being called the […]

CHS robotics team to host E-Waste drive Oct. 15

Submitted by the Canton Robodogs The Canton High School robotics team invites the community to its annual Electronics Waste (E-Waste) fundraiser on Sunday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the CHS parking lot behind the Rodman building. At the event, which runs concurrently with the Canton Farmers Market, robotics team members will […]

Select Board needs to step up or step aside

Dear Editor: From 2002 to 2017, I had the privilege of serving on the Canton Planning Board. I can’t begin to imagine the number of public hearings I sat through relative to zoning articles, subdivisions, special permits, Chapter 40B (affordable housing), and scenic ways. Many of these hearings were extremely contentious, with citizens showing up […]

ACLU responds to suspension of public comment period

The following letter was sent  from Ruth A. Bourquin, a senior attorney with the ACLU of Massachusetts, to Select Board Chairman Tom Theodore. *** I write on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc. to share our concern about the suspension of public comment periods at meetings of the Select Board. It […]

We need more from our town leaders

Dear Editor: I was dismayed, to say the least, to read the article informing the random citizens of Canton that the public comment period is being suspended at Select Board meetings. I was dismayed for two reasons: Firstly, the Select Board has opted to hide from public ire to the greatest extent possible. It is […]

Speakers did not refuse to yield microphone

Dear Editor: In your story about the September 12 Select Board meeting, you said that two women “refused to yield the microphone.” That is untrue. Rita Lombardi, the first woman, did in fact yield the microphone — there were two speakers after her, including myself. After being interrupted mid-sentence to be silenced by the chair, […]

SB decision reveals hypocrisy of board members

Dear Editor: I am disappointed to read that the Select Board has suspended its public comment period. I clearly remember during the height of COVID that the townspeople and many elected officials attended the Board of Health meetings and unfortunately spoke disrespectfully and with anger towards those board members when the BOH determined (during an […]

Select Board decision on comments a ‘huge error’

Dear Editor: Suspending public comments is absurd and a huge error by the current Select Board. Where was that despotic decision debated, behind closed doors? The timing couldn’t be worse. This current mess goes back to the last election when finicky voters didn’t pay much attention to detail. Elections have consequences and it’s coming back […]

Crisis in confidence highlights need for independent group

Dear Editor: Each response and action so far has only made it more clear how big the divide is between the insiders’ perceptions of and the reality of the crisis in confidence plaguing the town’s leaders. It strikes me that there isn’t an obvious reason why an independent group of residents should not form and […]

Select Board’s silence on member’s conduct is deafening

Dear Editor: We appreciate the recent articles as well as the oped about the Karen Read trial. They are well overdue, because this event has rocked the town. However, what is still conspicuously absent in the Canton Citizen is any mention of the Select Board’s silence on fellow board member Chris Albert’s actions. Specifically, Albert […]

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