Bow Selectman Endorses BCC Website
Source: Concord Monitor
Bow residents and taxpayers have one more source of information about what is going on in town.
Many elected officials recognize that there is a problem disseminating information and receiving public input in Bow. However, another group of elected officials believe the minuscule number of residents who turn out for important town meetings is proof positive that voters are satisfied with their past and current spending patterns and public policy directions. As an elected officials who believes we have a problem providing resident taxpayers with meaningful information, I welcome and support the Bow Citizens Coalition and its new website, bowcitizenscoalition.org.
What makes the site different is its attempt to provide a level of information required by residents who want to make their own informed decision. This group is taking the press releases, public policy statements and town financial statements and probing them for information that has either been omitted or misstated. That is a good thing in my opinion.
No doubt this will cause some elected officials to feel a level of distress and some to cast aspersions upon the site and particularly the members’ desire to remain anonymous. I am not that troubled by this latter issue because I will form my own judgments about the information I review. I can certainly understand why a school employee, town employee or parent would not want to subject themselves retribution and public personal attacks.
I encourage Bow residents to visit bowcitizenscoalition.org weekly to get more facts about what is going in our town.
TOM KEANE
Bow