Community?

[Steve]

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Maybe it helps to know we're not alone in these conflicts.  Here are
a few excerpts from the article I referred to in the original
message (about the expulsion of two board members from the North
Beacon Hill Community Council).  See if this sounds familiar -


Roger Pence, Council President:

"We're not just going to walk away and leave the community affairs
to the yellers and screamers."

"People don't like to be insulted and held up for contempt just
because of a difference of opinion.  We've lost several people from
our organization just because they don't want to deal with these
people anymore."

"I've talked to city department heads who have been called liars in
meetings - you just don't do that.  To be active in community
issues, you need a certain amount of people skills."

(One of the evicted members):  "I think it's too bad when a
community cannot have strong advocates for different viewpoints."

Roger Valdez, Council VP:  ...if the community council can't start
working together, it will become irrelevant.  "We're going to have
people continue to walk away from these problems, and the real loser
is the neighborhood. 




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