Remembering now when Morris Wiley and Luther P Smith plus one other were the only select board I knew growing up in Eastham (16 yrs before leaving for college). Was not around when the board expanded. Recently had a visit from Luther's nephew and heard amazing stories, amusing-from-a-distance, that reinforce yr 'good old boys' premise. Frances and Luther were beloved neighbors from whom we bought our house. Still, some stories are too good to be lost to posterity! Looking forward to Part II, Seth.
Yes, and so much local government is just a stew of rules and regulations, requirements and constraints, that are all about land ownership, and it snowballs: once land is acquired, the landowners want to exert more control over it and any possible future division or subdivision; hence, NIMBY. It's much less caring about your neighbor let alone the service worker who can never afford to become your neighbor. We are happy to consign them to the laboring class, and not care necessarily where or how they live, so long as the soup gets served hot.
Remembering now when Morris Wiley and Luther P Smith plus one other were the only select board I knew growing up in Eastham (16 yrs before leaving for college). Was not around when the board expanded. Recently had a visit from Luther's nephew and heard amazing stories, amusing-from-a-distance, that reinforce yr 'good old boys' premise. Frances and Luther were beloved neighbors from whom we bought our house. Still, some stories are too good to be lost to posterity! Looking forward to Part II, Seth.
Yes, and so much local government is just a stew of rules and regulations, requirements and constraints, that are all about land ownership, and it snowballs: once land is acquired, the landowners want to exert more control over it and any possible future division or subdivision; hence, NIMBY. It's much less caring about your neighbor let alone the service worker who can never afford to become your neighbor. We are happy to consign them to the laboring class, and not care necessarily where or how they live, so long as the soup gets served hot.