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Town meeting fun
Small-town politics meets big-time energy crisis |
Katharine Wroth |
21 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last night I went to the town meeting where I live, which -- well, if you've never lived anywhere podunk enough to have a town meeting, you're missing out. This one was just as I remember them from my childhood, though PowerPoint has replaced mimeographed pages: ambition, exhaustion, confusion, and the one crusty, bearded guy who has to argue every point. After a presentation by the head of the municipally owned utility, a tall, thin audience member in a tan suit an ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, energy at home, green living, oil, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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