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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In Abington I know the BOS do the pledge before their meetings. I've been on the Planning Board for 25 plus years now and we've never done it at our meetings</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bruce Hughes, Chair, Abington Planning Board</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 01:38:48 PM EST, William Roth via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv1947329602"><div><div dir="ltr">Tom,<div>It's not an agenda Item but the Board here in Stoughton always does the Pledge of Allegiance. It's just their practice. I would not think it should be written down in the procedures. It's really just the prerogative of the Board if they want to do it, is how I look at it.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="yiv1947329602gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Bill Roth</i></font><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Town Planner</i></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Town of Stoughton</i></font></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1947329602gmail_quote"><div id="yiv1947329602yqt05832" class="yiv1947329602yqt5117918547"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv1947329602gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 12:48 PM Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv1947329602gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv1947329602m_-5791034233858672116ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1947329602m_-5791034233858672116ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpe342686dyiv1939201495"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr">Dear Planners:</div><div dir="ltr">The Board in CranberryLand USA is still working on finding their way. We have had some very interesting conversations about the Agenda recently. My question might just make me that most unpatriotic planner in Murica, but sometimes we have to ask the tough questions.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Does the Planning Board that you work with recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of their meeting? I have been in the process of updating the Board's Operating Procedures <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.carverma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif4221/f/uploads/pb_procedures_revised_6-29-2016.pdf">https://www.carverma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif4221/f/uploads/pb_procedures_revised_6-29-2016.pdf</a> and there are no pledges noted in the policies nor on their Agenda, nevertheless they persist. No pledges including a Pledge to the Zoning Bylaw nor a Pledge to the Subdivision Regs not even a pledge for a Nina Toten Bag <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://shopnpr.org/this-is-nina-totin-bag">https://shopnpr.org/this-is-nina-totin-bag</a> are cited. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>It seems like a regular feature in some communities for the Select Board but these folks selected the Planning Board for their public service. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I would be much obliged as well if you wanted to share any of your policies and procedures.</div><div dir="ltr">Thanks much,</div><div dir="ltr">TBott, fellow traveler? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="font-family:serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Thomas Bott Carver Town Planner</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><font id="yiv1947329602m_-5791034233858672116ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2" style="background-color:inherit;font-style:italic;">Practicing Planning in the Commonwealth since the last Millennium </font><font color="#808080" size="2" style="font-family:new times, serif;background-color:inherit;"><i>#TownPlannerSilverJubilee<br clear="none"></i></font><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br clear="none">
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