40R: The Fall of the Democratic Process The Town Administrator’s opening statements and directives at the October 1st TM meeting on 40R were not upholding our constitutional rights and open meeting laws. It appears the TA invented a new kind of info public meeting with her own rules. Asking the public to sit in the… [Read More]

Candidates Should respond to League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters of South Coast, previously known as the League of Women Voters of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, has been organizing candidate debates, forums, and meet-and-greets for over 35 years. LWVSC has scheduled a can­di­dates’ event on October 17th at the Old Rochester Regional… [Read More]

Here we go again!  Fairhaven continues to be in a financial box and looks for inventive ways to raise revenue. Now they wish to create a new bureaucracy by offering winter boat storage at Hoppy’s Landing.  Hoppy’s Landing sits empty all winter. So what! It does not put any additional drain on scarce resources.  … [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Well, one sign of fall is here: the annual Fire Depart­ment Open House, coming up this Sunday (see page 3). It’s lots of fun, with free pizza and really cool demonstrations. If it’s not too windy, they’ll even burn a little building. Now, who doesn’t love that? And it’s all completely… [Read More]

Sylvia has proven record I met Mark Sylvia when he was elected to the Fairhaven School Committee and as a fellow Fairhaven Town Meeting Member.  During his tenure as School Com­mit­tee Chairperson and as Town Moderator, it became quite clear that Mark researches the issues and is well aware of the importance of having an… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Don’t forget…the Plan­ning Board’s special “infor­ma­tional meeting” is on Tuesday (see page 5). If you’re a Town Meeting mem­ber and you want more info, check it out. If you’re not a TM member but want to know what to tell your TM rep, check it out. In any case, learn about… [Read More]

Sylvia Will Champion Policies that Benefit All I am writing to express my strong support for Mark Sylvia’s candidacy in the upcoming election, for state representative in the 10th Bristol District. As our community faces pressing challenges, we need leaders who will champion policies that benefit all residents. Mark Sylvia is that leader. Most important… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor These people never quit, huh? The latest from the Plan­ning Board is that they wanted to have a meeting with Town Meeting mem­bers and keep out the public. No surprise, huh? Real democracy lovers they are. So, they decided to call it an “informational session” to get away with that. Really?… [Read More]

By Beth David, Editor Oh boy, here we go again. The Planning Board public hearing from 9/4 (see page 4) is popcorn worthy. Honestly, there are things in there that will make you cringe. My favorite is the board members telling the public to call the Ethics Commission. No, guys, that’s not how it works…. [Read More]

What Does Counterproductive Planning Look Like ?  At the Fairhaven Select Board meeting on August 19th, it was made clear to the Chair of the Select Board that a 40B dense development in the waterfront district that is being considered, would provide 60 units. 40R would provide 48 units at that same location. Now remember,… [Read More]