I find it useless to go to town council meetings.

This it how goes. You arrive. The mayor may smile at you.

You get your three minutes of time. Someone times you. The bodies at the front tables may stare at you. Or not.

But they don’t respond. Not then. Not ever. (One intrepid council person does sometimes respond later in the meeting but the council, particularly the fellow who sits next to mayor, shoots him down. Almost always.

In the last couple years a group has grown that wants to improve things here in terms of community involvement – in terms of affordable housing. In terms of...