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Letter: Select board should drop government study committee article

Letter: Select board should drop governement study committee article #IpwichMA

Review of the ICAM recording of the Aug. 23 select board warrant hearing on the proposed town government study committee (GSC) warrant Article 5 bylaw shows more questions and concerns than answers and justifications. From the meeting (recording times 0:22 to 0:58): Town meeting participation in GSC topics: There is no process in the proposed GSC bylaw for town meeting participation in GSC…

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Letter: Select board should evaluate all options on all town matters

Letter: Select board should evaluate all options on all town matters #IpswichMA

This letter is largely in response to the Surpitski, Keenan, French, Cooper letter last week concerning the 911 emergency dispatch center. The select board is responsible for public safety and our municipal budget. It is appropriate and responsible for the select board to gain information on a regional 911 emergency dispatch center as part of an evaluation compared to our Ipswich 911emergency…

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Letter: Facts on town meeting waterways Article 23 debate

Letter: Facts on Town Meeting Waterways Article 23 Debate #IpswichMA

The Ipswich Local News May 18 article by editor John Muldoon on the results of May town meeting included statements made concerning the Article 23 modified main motion for the Select Board to approve mooring and waterways regulations. Mr. Finlay is a yacht club member and stated that research by Government Study Committee on other towns is false. I serve on the GSC and know the research is…

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Letter: Please support Article 25 at town meeting

Letter: Please support Article 25 at town meeting #IpswichMA

Harbormaster warrant article 23 proposes to add Mass General Law Chapter 90B boating operations, and current waterways regulations, to Ipswich bylaws. The Harbormaster expressed to the Select Board, Waterways Advisory Committee, Government Study Committee and Finance Committees that this is necessary for enforcement, to set and collect fines and defend against appeals of boating violations. The…

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Letter: Easier to to claim a cheap laugh rather than provide real value

Letter: Easier to to claim a cheap laugh rather than provide real value #IpswichMA

I have read the Outsider’s comments on the Champion/Finlay letters.   In vain, I struggle to recognize the Gary Champion of Mr. Outsider’s parody, as I have known him well, these past 20 years.  The Gary I know has spent this winter learning the art of stone wall building, before actually building one himself.  He rarely buys anything new, choosing instead to buy uncared for machinery, and…

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Letter: Shameful mockery of public debate

Letter: Shameful mockery of public debate #IpswichMA

Response to The “Outsidah” Doug Brendel’s March 17, 2021 letter This letter is a shameful mockery of public debate.  You, Sir, are ignorant to what is involved. You don’t know or care that town counsel has overruled town meeting and town bylaws. It does not matter to you that town counsel ignored the determinations of state agencies. Fine with you that the select board and town manager still…

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Letter: Response to Scott Finlay’s letter with false accusations

Letter: Response to Scott Finlay’s letter with false accusations #IpswichMA

Yes, I informed Mr. Finlay and others of a public town Government Study Committee (GSC) meeting on mooring and waterways regulations which the select board had requested of the GSC.     Note: the letter referenced is here. Yes, Mr. Finlay emailed with questions, so I provided the facts involved which he rejects because the facts do not support his agenda as a member of the Ipswich Bay Yacht…

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Letter: Life's work to punish yacht club

Letter: Life's work to punish yacht club #IpswichMA

Several months ago, Mr. Champion reached out to me directly to listen in on the town government study committee meeting in which he was presenting his position on Waterway oversight. Something didn’t make sense about this invitation. His position was based purely on “best governmental practice” yet the proposal spoke to something more. I questioned his motivation in an e-mail exchange. “I have…

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