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Select Board member urges letter protesting state general assistance requirement; colleagues ask for plan
Summary
Select Board member Crystal Robinson proposed writing a letter protesting the state general assistance requirement, calling it government overreach; other members asked for a specific plan or evidence before committing to action.
During Old Business on Oct. 28, Select Board member Crystal Robinson urged the board to write a letter in protest of the state general assistance requirement, saying it represented government overreach and arguing that other towns writing similar letters could prompt a grassroots change. Robinson tied the proposal to the oath each board member has taken to protect the Constitution and to protect life, liberty and property.
Other board members did not reject the idea but asked Robinson for a specific plan and evidence that local protest letters would change the general assistance law before they would engage in that type of activity. The minutes record the proposal and the request for more concrete justification; there is no recorded motion or vote on the proposal at this meeting.
