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Resident urges board to protest local drag bingo show; town declines to intervene
Summary
At the public‑comment period a resident identified as 'Skip' urged the commission to protest a drag bingo show at the fire hall, calling it 'a blot and a cancer on our society.' The chair responded that the town would have no comment and that the event was not a town matter.
During the public‑comment portion of the July 11 meeting, a resident identifying himself as Skip addressed the commission to express strong opposition to a drag bingo show scheduled at the local fire hall. Skip said the event was "a blot and a cancer on our society" and argued drag shows represent a moral decline; he asked the board at least to protest the event or publicly not agree with it.
The chair replied that the town had "no comment" and that the matter was not a town business issue, effectively declining to take action or endorse Skip’s request. "It's not a town business issue," the chair said; the exchange closed without additional public‑policy steps recorded in the meeting.
Why it matters: public comment periods are the formal avenue for residents to raise concerns directly with the commission. The chair’s response clarifies that event programming at the fire hall, as described in the meeting, was not within the town’s agenda for regulatory action at that time and that the commission would not intervene based on the comments presented.
Next steps: none were recorded; no motion, referral or staff direction resulted from the public comment in the transcript.
