Complaints about TM attendance won’t solve problem

Dear Editor:

To those who are going to complain in the paper about low turnout at town meeting (Man About Canton – April 26): Trying to guilt people into attending is not a successful tactic. All that does is reinforce the idea that the meeting must be a horrible experience.

If you want to be productive, help figure out why people don’t attend. Come up with ideas to make the meeting more compelling and educate residents about why their attendance matters.

Don’t assume people understand the process or its importance. The population changes every year. Transplants from cities or out of state may not have been exposed to this form of government.

As far as the many residents who just don’t care or are too busy, I bet many would attend if they felt more compelled to do so. That’s obviously the big challenge. Newton’s law: A body at rest stays at rest.

Glenn Shane

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