<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp2dca9aefyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpe342686dyahoo-style-wrap"><div id="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpe342686dyiv1939201495" dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpe342686dyiv1939201495ydp72e5de74yahoo-style-wrap"><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></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 href="https://www.carverma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif4221/f/uploads/pb_procedures_revised_6-29-2016.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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 href="https://shopnpr.org/this-is-nina-totin-bag" class="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shopnpr.org/this-is-nina-totin-bag</a> are cited. </div><div><br></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></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></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpe342686dyiv1939201495ydp72e5de74signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Thomas Bott Carver Town Planner</div><div><br></div><div><font id="ydp2dca9aefyiv2436818400ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_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:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:inherit;"><i>#TownPlannerSilverJubilee<br></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>