{"id":103227,"date":"2024-03-05T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=103227"},"modified":"2024-03-23T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:16:49","slug":"tuesday-night-the-smell-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2024\/03\/05\/tuesday-night-the-smell-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday night – the smell of democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is the day that almost all towns in vermont hold their Town Meeting Day. It’s when the official business of the town is reported, discussed and voted on.

I waled in to the middle school gym and remembered.. as always it smeeled like floor polish and sweat.. this is the smell of democracy !

I’m been coming to Richmond’s towm meeting for 42 year.. with only a few days missed. It is really a wonderful display of what Democracy is (and should be ) about..\u00a0 \u00a0I remember being a young man (24 ? ) and wondering who all the old people n the room were.. now I was one of them \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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I walked in to register my name (DIane and I had already sent in our ballots). as always.. I didn’t even need to give my name.. we all know each other here<\/p>\n

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As always I looked through the booklet that comes with themeeting. I\u00a0 smilled when I saw Max and Becky’s wedding reported in there\u00a0<\/p>\n

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So many freinds to see and catch up with. I sat with our frewind the Bressors for the first part of the meeting.<\/p>\n

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Part of the budget brought up\u00a0 some emotional interactions. One of the townspeople l called for a paper ballet on an amendment. It was seconded so we all lined up and voted on the yes\/no question. The line\u00a0 was out the door.\u00a0 .It took over a half hour.. but no one complained.. Thats how things work here !<\/p>\n

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I went to work feeling good about our twon.. and how we can agree and dissagree and still all remain civil and freindly.. I wish the rest of the world worked that way !

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Tonight was yoga and a wonderful dinner..\u00a0 \u00a0DIane gavew a great class !<\/p>\n

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I love our life here !<\/p>\n

nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n

-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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