[MassHistPres] Influencing Town Politics

[jfeist at charter.net]

I'm not sure how discussing issues could be considered inappropriate. I didn't endorse any candidate, and my understanding is that part of the role of historical commissions is to raise awareness of issues related to historical preservation.

I would be delighted to be ousted, if this is not the case.

--Jonathan


---- Maggie Rosa <maggierosa at comcast.net> wrote: 
> A note of caution.
> When the Gloucester Historical Commission attempted, last fall,  to  
> solicit answers to a questionnaire that we generated for candidates  
> for city mayor and council we were rapidly informed that this was not  
> appropriate as we are beholden to the same rules that city employees  
> must abide by and not participate, as a group, in city political  
> activity.
> 
> Maggie Rosa
> maggierosa at comcast.net
> 
> 26 Fort Hill Ave
> Gloucester, MA 01930
> 
> Home Phone # 978-281-1871
> Cell 978-290-2553
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:15 AM, Jonathan Feist wrote:
> 
> > 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 “Letters to the  
> > Editor” to
> > our local newspapers announcing it, hopefully to come out tomorrow.
> >
> > Here’s the link:
> >
> >> http://harvardpreservation.wordpress.com/
> >
> > --Jonathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ===============================================
> >
> > Jonathan Feist, Chair
> > Harvard Historical Commission
> > 978-772-4864 (home)
> > 617-747-2148 (Berklee office)
> >
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> > http://harvard.ma.us/histcomm.htm
> >
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