Let the Talbot County Council Know How You Feel About Their Vote on the Talbot Boys

Below are the emails I sent to each Talbot County Council person after their vote on the Talbot Boys on 11 AUG.  The final vote was 3-2 in favor of leaving the Talbot Boys stand...for now.  I did end each email with an additional paragraph stating their email was published here; however, if they responded to my email, their response would remain confidential unless they explicitly gave me permission to post it.  I also invited them to visit this blog and personally respond to all who matter - the citizens of Talbot County.  

A failure to respond should not be taken as a snub.  The Council members are very busy and they cannot possibly respond to every email nor visit every blog.  It is our responsibility to listen to their meetings and determine, by what they say, if they are listening to us or not. 

 

Dear Ms. Price:

Thank you for voting to keep the Talbot Boys in place.  During the Council meetings, I've heard you more than once admonish the Council that they should be voting for what the people of Talbot County want, not what the Council member's personal agendas dictate.  I hope moving forward you keep up the fight to force the Council to listen to the citizens.  There is a group out there whose voice is being drowned out by a handful of vocal opponents, opponents of whom a lot hail from the other side of the Bay, including our own comptroller, Peter Franchot.  It's time to hear from Talbot citizens and ignore the loudmouths from the other side of the Bay who only want to score political points, accumulate likes and shares, or gain fifteen minutes of YouTube fame.

Again, thank you for supporting the Talbot Boys and thank you for standing up for the citizens regardless of whatever your personal feelings on the Talbot Boys might be.

Please express your thoughts - lprice@talbotcountymd.gov

Dear Mr. Divilio:

Thank you for voting to keep the Talbot Boys in place.  You impressed me with your presentation during the 28 JUN Council meeting where you presented a constructive alternative to demolishing the Talbot Boys.  A group of seven citizens, the Committee on Monument Equality and Preservation, recently submitted a request for a Memorandum of Understanding and laid out their plans they've been working on for the last four years.  Between your idea you presented and theirs, I hope you can help guide the Council to rise above the pop culture fray and finish telling the story that needs to be told.

Again, thank you for supporting the Talbot Boys and thank you for offering constructive alternatives to the destructive options many propose.

Please express your thoughts - fdivilio@talbotcountymd.gov

Dear Mr. Callahan: 

 

Thank you for stepping up to the mic and defending the Talbot Boys on the grounds that because of COVID-19, this highly emotional (and complex) issue hasn't been given its proper public vetting.  My biggest objection during the 28 JUN meeting was that the amendments to proposition 290 weren't amendments at all. It was a complete and total rewrite of the original proposition.  It is that sort of sneaky, underhanded politics that infuriates the average citizen.  You obviously were looking out for the interests of the average Talbot citizen regardless of what your personal feeling may have been.

Again, thank you for standing up for the Talbot citizen and saving the Talbot Boys from a hasty move to destruction.

Please express your thought - ccallahan@talbotcountymd.gov

If they don't hear from you, they'll do what they want

Dear Mr. Pack:

Based on the correspondence I have submitted to you so far, I don't think I need to repeat the words you so eloquently expressed four years ago to keep the Talbot Boys in place.  Unlike the cancel culture and 15-minute fame seekers think, I do understand people grow, mature, and change their minds.  Like you, I'm a University of Delaware alum, class of '85, so please don't take my comment negatively.  I am still growing, maturing, and changing my mind.

But for the life of me, I can't understand how a man being killed unjustly in Minnesota is justification for tearing down a veterans' memorial in Maryland.

Historically, Minnesota is so far removed from the Confederacy, you'd probably be hard pressed to find a Confederate flag in the state.  I can respect that you changed your mind from four years ago, but you have yet to explain why you changed your mind.  The closest comments I heard you express to explain your change of mind is that the Talbot Boys has taken too much of the County's time and now is the time to remove the Talbot Boys.  And you added that no citizen group has come forward with a plan nor money to build a Union Talbot Boys.

Four years ago, a group of citizens did get together after your vote to keep the Talbot Boys.  They have recently submitted a request for a Memorandum of Understanding from the Council to give potential investors assurance the land and project will move forward.   Heck, the Vietnam Memorial required similar action by Congress before anyone could start raising money.  I might not be able to change your sentiments of the Talbot Boys, but could you at least look at what the Committee on Monument Equality and Preservation has envisioned and give them a chance to present a constructive solution to the Talbot Boys instead of jumping on the destructive solution?

Please your express your thoughts - cpack@talbotcountymd.gov

Dear Mr. Lesher:

Back in May, 2018, I wrote about the candidates running for County Council.  No, I'm not going to make it easy for you and link the article.  You know where my blog is.  If you're curious, go find it.

Long story short, your lack of an Internet presence that clearly stated your qualifications and where you stood on various issues and/or your vision for Talbot County was as nonexistent as the proverbial needle in a haystack.  The nonexistent political information voters would like to know led me to ask if you even knew you were running.

Apparently, you did know you were running and you must be well connected, perhaps with your friends on the other side of the Bay, because here you are, sitting on the Council.   Funny how I listened to your YouTube presentation and history revisionist views of the Talbot boys (a veterans' monument, not a Confederate monument, by the way), yet you turned off the comments so you couldn't hear what residents you are allegedly representing had to say.

Despite your secretiveness, I, and many citizens, can read between the lines.  You ran for County Council in 2018 for the sole purpose of working to destroy the Talbot Boys.  You had no vision for the County, still don't, but the veterans' monument has to go.

You're an example of everything wrong in politics today.  You ran for the wrong reasons, ignore your constituents, and push your own agenda.  You claim in your video that you have received numerous calls to take down the Talbot Boys.  Care to produce a statistical analysis of those calls verified by a third party?

Let's raise the ante.  Would you put forth a resolution to have a ballot measure decide the fate of the Talbot Boys?  The citizens, not you, get to make that decision.  Why wouldn't you let the citizens make the decision?

You have two more years to pretend to serve as councilman.  You have taught me that the cancel culture mentality is the way to go in the new millennium.  You can bet I'm going to work hard to deny you re-election and work even harder to have you erased from the pages of Talbot County's history.

Are you satisfied with the seeds you have sown? 

Please express your thoughts - plesher@talbotcountymd.gov

For your viewing pleasure:

Not a YouTube video, but click the link to watch the 11 AUG meeting and the vote on the Talbot Boys

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