The Sentinel publishes a letter from David Crawford about speaking out to city councilors regarding the BEARCAT:
BearCat: Call your city councilor!
Hundreds of Keene residents and businesses signed a petition against the BearCat. More than 30 letters to the editor since mid December, when it started.
An online poll done by The Sentinel with 87 percent opposed or wanting it to be reconsidered.
All this presented to the councilors by an overflow crowd; people had to be turned away for fire regulations!
And they are still going to vote for it and cram this BearCat down the throat of a public that loudly and clearly opposes it!
Please call your city councilors to tell them you don’t want them to vote for this thing.
Ruth R. Venezia 352-4822, at large; Kris Roberts 352-1105, at large; Philip Dale Pregent 352-6736, at large; Carl B. Jacobs 352-0421, at large; David R. Meader, 357-1340, at large; Janis O. Manwaring 352-7185, Ward 1; Mitchell H. Greenwald 352-5483, Ward 2; Bettina A. Chadbourne 357-2601, Ward 2; David C. Richards 352-1084, Ward 3; Philip M. Jones 358-5016, Ward 4; James P. Duffy 357-8761, Ward 4; June M. Donegan 357-3827, Ward 5; Thomas F. Powers 357-3738, Ward 5.
It does feel good to get active and feel like you can have power. So let your representatives know you don’t like what they’re doing and then let them know when you do like what they’re doing.
This is the BearCat sales rep from the Huffington Post article: “Massery predicted opposition from Keene residents will ultimately be in vain. ‘We have BearCats in 90 percent of the 100 or so largest cities in America,’ Massery said. ‘This is going to happen. It has already happened. To resist now would be like saying police officers should scrap the Glock and go back to the revolver. It’s a fantasy.’ ”
He said it’s a “fantasy.” Let us Keene residents show Mr. Massery that it isn’t a fantasy, that we can say “no” to this.
DAVID CRAWFORD
Marlboro Street
Keene
