I have lived in Amherst since 1970 and when I retired in 1992 Sara Wolff and I decided that Amherst was close to an ideal place for our remaining years.
I was privileged to serve as a Town Meeting member for Precinct 9 and felt, as I still do, that for all its inefficiencies, Town Meeting is democracy in action.
As an immigrant (many decades ago), I’ve always valued representative democracy and Town Meeting is democracy at the grassroots.
A mayor and council may or may not be representative but Town Meeting is sure to be.
Michael Wolff
Amherst