A Blog Posting by Michelle Sanborn of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from May 4, 2017.
The New England Blizzard of 2017 – who here will ever forget it? The late-season Nor’easter that dumped over a foot of snow in some places, caused road accidents and power outages, and had winds blowing over 50 mph – on none other than Town Election Day. The blizzard wreaked havoc, and so recently has our state government attempted to wreak havoc: officials attempted to empower towns to nullify the majority vote from Town Meetings across the state. MORE…