Response To Lowell's First Look Column of 1.13.2020
I am writing today in response to an editorial from Lowell about accountability from the Lowell City Council. You can read it here: Accountability Should Be Word of The Year First, there are some very good suggestions here that I will take to heart and do what I can as a City Council member to implement. Secondly, there are a couple of points that are not so easily digested for me and I will attempt to explain why below. First, the suggestions given that might sting a bit, but with which I concur. Those items include: 1. Overall accountability and transparency is something I will strive to increase both personally and engender as a member of the Council. 2. Explanation of a vote. Sad to admit that doing something this simple did not occur to me, but I will do my best to do so in the future. (I did blog about my change of heart regarding tax abatements in which I explained why I voted for the King Milling abatement, but that was after the meeting. Click the link at the bottom t