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Nice article on Mr. Moderator PDF Print E-mail
Written by Josh Cutler   
Thu, Mar 27 2008 07:55

The Globe has a nice article about Town Moderator Allen Bornheimer today. Here's an excerpt:

While "it's not the most efficient form of government," Bornheimer said, the quality of the system's decision making is good. "I think the decisions reflect by and large the aspirations and the attitudes and the goals of the people who are affected by them."

Town Meeting works because the people who come to the meetings not only talk, they're willing to listen, learn, and be influenced when they see neighbors they respect take a certain position, he said.

After all, Bornheimer said, "There are a lot of smart people in Duxbury."

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