Ways of Seeing: The sweetness of town meetings - Addison Independent

Ways of Seeing: The sweetness of town meetings - Addison Independent

SAS CAREY Unlike the divisive national political scene which gives me a stomachache and makes it hard for me to speak with my neighbor and another close friend, the Middlebury town meeting was like a gooey chocolate brownie to a sugar addict. I started knitting a baby hat as I sat down. The three-hour meeting was an experience in kindness, even while discussing the hard questions related to a $50,000,000 bond for our wastewater treatment plant. …