Your choices in Meredith under SB2 for something like a new police station will be whether the chief's door has right hand hinges or left hand hinges.
Town meeting is one of the purest forms of democracy in this country. There is nothing so sweet as an article appropriating $10,000 being amended to $7000 by the citizens on the floor of a town meeting. With schemes like SB2, you lose this ability, subjugating your rights to a few elected people, who will absolutely be influenced by special interests and their interpretation of the "greater good".
Schemes like SB2 are dreamed up by Massachusetts transplants who were driven out of their home state because it has gotten so expensive, yet are only comfortable with a bunch of criminal legislators spending their money. They are too lazy to get involved themselves, and get upset when they see their neighbors doing it at town meeting.
Happy New Year
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