The other side

We admit this might not be the best PR for our cause, but here's an e-mail from David DeCarolis, who favors the override.

While this blog is mainly to work against the override, we acknowledge that this is a pretty big issue, and if you take the macro view of how this effects Fitchburg's future, we'd rather have good, solid debate on the future of the city rather than just smash our opinion down your throat.

Additionally, David's e-mail is rather thoughtful and crystalizes an argument in favor of the override. Also, he taps into some of the unrest targeted toward the top officials in town. All in all, interesting stuff and well worth reading, we think.

Just one more note. If it's not clear that an e-mail is targeted toward posting, we'll ask permission first. David agreed to let us post us. Also, we're not making any changes to spelling, punctuation, all that stuff. It's not to make anyone look bad (we all mess up on e-mail), but we don't want to be liable for making changes that tick off the writer or miss a few typos along the way. That's going to be our policy throughout, so if you want clean copy, make sure you edit it yourself. Finally, if you want in on the fun, hit the comment link below, or e-mail us. So, warts and all, here's David's thoughts.

hi, i just want to express my feelings on the matter of an override. as it
stands now i feel that an override is needed and needed badly. the mayor of this
city and the state represnitives have done nothing for the chidren of this city.
Since our mayor has taken office, I have been told that over the past 4
years 9 million dollars has been cut from the school dep. budget. If you have
children in the school system and walked the halls and seen the disrepair that
OUR schools are in you can see the need for this override. I do understand
that the state is responsible for the money that the city needs for education,
but how long can we wait, how long can our children wait.
Our state rep. is
on a holy crusade against gay's and our state senator is nowhere to be
found. Mr. Mylott is more concerned with police protection not
realizing that for every child that we under educate is a drug dealers
dream and next customer. He is just feeding the system. I don't care where the
money comes from we need it badly and we need it now. The older people of
this city can't just say i'on a fixed income i'm against this, if they are using
any of the citys services then they must contribute equaly. People are paying
higher taxes because the value of there property is higher.
Just
to follow up i am also a tax payer, home owner 16 yrs, and manage a local
bussiness. I think Fitchburg is a great city and our leadership is in
desprate need of an overhaul and i hope it comes. But our children can not
wait