Letter: Democratic Failings Observed At This Week’s Town Council And Planning Board Meetings
I was concerned this week by two points of process regarding Amherst governance. Town CouncilI...
LETTERS
Letter: Council Must Reject Polling Place Consolidation
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to members of the Town Council on Saturday August...
LETTER: OBJECTS TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE ATTEMPT TO STRIKE COST ESTIMATES FROM CROCKER FARM REPORT
As a member of the Crocker Farm Study Advisory Board, I respectfully object to the...
LETTER: TOWN MUST CONSIDER DISPARATE IMPACTS OF POLICIES ON VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
Editor’s note; This letter was sent to Town Manager Paul Bockelman and to Town Councilors...
LETTER: USE GOODWIN ROOM TO PROTECT JONES LIBRARY’S THREATENED COLLECTIONS
The Jones Library’s Special Collections includes works of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Julius Lester, and...
LETTER: LIBRARY EXPANSION REPRESENTS A WISE INVESTMENT
Editor’s note: A version of this letter appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. Like many...
LETTER: THE LAMENTABLE SALE OF LIBRARY’S BIERSTADT MASTERPIECE GIVES US CAUSE TO RECONSIDER PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF 1993 ADDITION
The headline in the November 20,1988 New York Times read, “Town Votes Painting Sale”. “Efforts...
LETTER: AMHERST SHOULD UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF POLICING PRACTICES
I feel very strongly about the recent murder of George Floyd. It sent me back...
LETTER: NO “US” AND THEM IN DEFENDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Last week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a new rule requiring international students...
LETTER: ICE PROPOSAL TO EXPEL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WILL HURT THE US
The new ICE regulations requiring international students to leave the US if their fall 2020...
LETTER: TOWN NEEDS RESIDENT SAFETY COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH POLICE
I am writing with my thoughts about creating some kind of resident committee to work...
LETTER: AMHERST POLICE BUDGET SHOULD BE REDUCED BY 52%
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TOWN COUNCIL You state in your June 1st, 2020 Resolution...