tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post9121299670637252228..comments2024-02-18T06:41:44.121-05:00Comments on Thinking Out Loud In Sturbridge: Historic Energy FailUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-81356520282858206642011-04-25T15:44:11.718-04:002011-04-25T15:44:11.718-04:00What makes this more aggravating is that no one in...What makes this more aggravating is that no one in town government, including the the town administrator has offered an explanation. They feel it went for a vote, so there, done. The lesson we should be learning with all of theses instances is that the residents of Sturbridge have given those behind the gavel carte blanche to do as they will. This is our fault. We should expect more from them, and we should be more vigilant. I can't believe I let this one get by me, too.S.P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-86955398132061658252011-04-25T15:10:07.264-04:002011-04-25T15:10:07.264-04:00Did "we" know every single detail about ...Did "we" know every single detail about these plans? Are "we" expected to know every last detail about everything we rely on our town government to do? No, I don't think so. <br />When "we" did realize what was going on regarding funding for the bricks, and some of us wrote about it and some of us went down to the town hall to ask them not to go ahead, did "they" listen? No. Did "we" understand that the doors would be non compliant? Why should we have expected that our own people at the town hall would care more about superficial pseudo glimpses of a past this town never had, than good looking, practical health and safety related inventions of the modern world? <br /><br />What's the sense in having the so called proper "look" when the door can't be used, the rooms are either very cold, or hot enough to make you dizzy, etc., etc. in a several million dollar "mansion," and the smaller place across the street? Who will be the person to officially announce that with 5 million already spent we need to spend more? Who will agree to pay more???<br /><br />Did we get accused of being wrong, lazy, and uncaring, and unable to understand the complexities of the projects when we voiced our opinions? Yes. Were we told that things had to be done in certain ways to attract tourists to "the merchants" in the area of the town common? Yes. When some of us mentioned that there were only two tourist attractions there (The Publick House, and Sadie Green's), were we ever given a reply? No.<br /><br />I keep up with the news the best I can, and I show up at the polls, and I, for one do not feel responsible for those folks who were willing to give up what was in our best interests for what for what they wanted. They still smile and say they think it's all very lovely. I don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-50288823659494978322011-04-25T01:00:31.323-04:002011-04-25T01:00:31.323-04:00I am almost without words. The restoration of the...I am almost without words. The restoration of the school and the town hall included replacing the 100 plus year old non energy efficient single pane windows with new non energy efficient single pane windows? And we allowed it? Shame on us. We deserve the heating bill for our stupidity being so blatant. I would like to know whose idea the single pane windows were to begin with.Long time residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-64418737187527916102011-04-24T07:26:26.992-04:002011-04-24T07:26:26.992-04:00Great article Wally. I had discussed the single p...Great article Wally. I had discussed the single pane windows and the slate roof during the planning stages with the Chair of the Finance Committee, as I recall the FC was fine with both. Shame on me for not bringing it up before Town Meeting but that particular Town Meeting was held at Burgess and by the time I had signed in and got to my seat the Article had already been presented and passed, I might add without discussion. There was such a crowd, because that was the same night the Burgess School vote was up, again shame on me for being late.Gingernoreply@blogger.com