[Rich, 03:38]
Comments on Leone Remarks

• You mischaracterized Mr. Kohl's remarks about the narrowness of passage last year. Contrary to what you implied, he did not claim last year's vote was improper or invalid.
• The attorney general's approval of a by-law says nothing about the appropriateness or wisdom of a by-law. It only says that the by-law is not illegal/does not attempt to do something the town has no power to do. So the AG signoff of the special places by-law meant that the by-law was properly passed and was legal, but in no way implied that it was wise, well-written, or appropriate.
• You said that TM has plenty of input into the special places process. That is of course true. However, Mr. Kohl never claimed that TM had no input into the process.
• In your remarks you said that if abutters were against a special place designation it would not be forced against them. If special places are so special that this by-law is needed to protect them, why refuse to make a designation if abutters are against it? If a place is special, should it not be designated regardless of what abutters feel? That you would say a designation would not be pursued against opposition indicates that these supposed special places are not that special after all, which would seem to bring into question the entire rationale of the by-law.