*I very much appreciate your response, having cherry picked my email as (perhaps) offering a good primer on civic process here in Lincoln. I find it helpful to have this be on LT to help inform and remind all. *
from Wikipedia: > *Cherry picking*, *suppressing evidence*, or the *fallacy of incomplete > evidence* is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to > confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of > related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. Cherry > picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally.[2] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking#cite_note-2> > I see no 'cherry picking' either intentional or otherwise. I, for one, appreciate the inclusion of relevant references so that I have the context for a response especially within a long thread of multiple messages. If you meant another definition of 'cherry picking', my apologies. Rich On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 10:52 AM Michael Dembowski <mjdembow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Margaret - > I very much appreciate your response, having cherry picked my email as > (perhaps) offering a good primer on civic process here in Lincoln. I find > it helpful to have this be on LT to help inform and remind all. > Sincerely > Michael Dembowski > Conant Road > > On Oct 29, 2023, at 9:16 AM, Margaret Olson <s...@margaretolson.com> wrote: > > > > *"At what point does any town official respond to David's critique? - a > response is needed whether by special meeting or thru LT.* > > *At risk is any community faith in the process that already seems > fractured. "* > > Michael, > > The open meeting laws require that any deliberations be held in a posted > public meeting. When I respond to posts it is to cite facts and to the > extent possible point people to existing information. The open meeting law > requirements are cumbersome and do make the pace of response slow, and > particularly slow for issues that cross multiple boards as does the HCA. > > All of the HCA materials, including the town's state submission (to date) > and all public presentations, can be found here: > https://www.lincolntown.org/1327/Housing-Choice-Act-Working-Group. This > site is updated regularly with new information. Keep in mind that the > boards and committees receive multiple variations on the same questions and > in general address them through the public forums and the town's HCA page. > > I encourage you and others with questions to come to one of the forums on > November 8th: at 8am in the town offices or at 7pm on Zoom (registration: > https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcuuqqj8uGtFZbgFL3Ghr2zR5oH5ZdaVF). > > > Margaret > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 8:52 AM Michael Dembowski <mjdembow...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> At what point does any town official respond to David's critique? - a >> response is needed whether by special meeting or thru LT. >> At risk is *any* community faith in the process that already seems >> fractured. >> Dialogue is welcome - whether it be acknowledgement of errors, a response >> to each point made, or even an extended invite to David to formally join >> HCAWG. >> Michael Dembowski >> Conant Road >> >> >>
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