[MassHistPres] Influencing Town Politics

[Jonathan Feist]

Hi all,

In an attempt to make historical preservation more of a local campaign
issue, I sent a little survey to the five candidates running for selectmen,
in Harvard.

I posted my results (with my own commentary) on a new blog. It went live
yesterday. I announced it to some locals that I know, and it already seems
to be getting some traffic beyond that group, which means that there is
pretty good interest around here for such things. It will be interesting to
see how it actually plays out and whether these issues get more air time as
a result. But you might try something similar, if you have similar
rabble-rousing tendencies to my own. I also sent ³Letters to the Editor² to
our local newspapers announcing it, hopefully to come out tomorrow.

Here¹s the link:

> http://harvardpreservation.wordpress.com/

--Jonathan




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Jonathan Feist, Chair
Harvard Historical Commission
978-772-4864 (home)
617-747-2148 (Berklee office)

Preserve Historical Harvard, MA:
http://harvard.ma.us/histcomm.htm