CT Blue

I learn from the Mystic River Press that I have in fact been appointed to the Groton Charter Revision Commission. The split is 5-4 Republican, but in my experience Groton is one of the few places where party affiliation doesn’t tell you that much. We have some reasonable Republicans and some loony Democrats (I’m not referring to any Commission member as being in the latter category). Actually, this commission appears to have a far higher average IQ than the one on which I served years ago.

This marks my return to the political arena, in a limited way at least. I have been grappling with the question of how and whether I should write about the Commission on this blog. If I do, I’d have to be fairly circumspect. It makes no sense, for instance, to strongly criticize commission members, since that would only diminish whatever effectiveness I might otherwise have. On the other hand, last time around I was effective precisely because I managed to piss off so many wacko members that they all quit. This group is different though. There don’t appear to be any wackos.

I’m inclined toward writing about it, but I’ll likely restrict myself to the issues that come up. It’s the closest thing I’ll come to being a Founding Father- in this case not all that close, more like a Refurbishing Uncle. Still, it is sort of fun to have a hand in shaping the fundamental law of any political entity, even if it is the Balkanized town of Groton.

Anybody interested in making suggestions for Charter improvements should feel free to write me. You can read the Charter on the Town of Groton website, or view it in PDF format here.