‘Premature?’ No! At This Late Hour, It Is time For Community Action!

In an op-ed, Voices on Wastewater discusses the need for community action.

The Cape-wide citizens group, Voices On Wastewater (VOW), recently received the following response from the Clerk of the County Assembly of Delegates relative to our request for expedited county assembly action regarding recommendations of the special commission on county governance. It is self-explanatory. Dear Ms. Nickerson: On behalf and as directed by the Speaker of the Assembly of Delegates his reply to your email and letter dated March 21, 2012 is as follows... Until there is a detailed proposal coming from the Commission, it is unlikely the Assembly will take any action. I encouraged the County Commissioners on 3/28 to endorse the concepts in the Special Commission's recommendations but they instead chose to hold a series of public …

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RON BEATY

12:08 pm on Sunday, April 8, 2012

Recent public statements by Dr. Cheryl Andrews, Provincetown Delegate to the County Legislature: “The Assembly is the only group that ever opposes the (county) commissioners. Every time they set up a group and [that group doesn’t] do what they want, they get rid of the group.” "The commissioners marginalized the county water collaborative," said Andrews, "and set up the special commission." She …   more ›

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