Incompitent is the only word to describe town leadership from the School Committee last year to the BOS this year a complete and utter DISCRACE. No wonder we are seemingly so much worse off than other towns during these tough economic times, bozos and clowns are running the show here. I am coming around to understanding how we flushed the good will of our teachers down the toilet last year cause now its residents turn to see the emperor without the clothes so to speak!No money for police, fire, and teachers steps BUT new positions, elevators, and bleachers? No problem. Yes I am now understanding all the bitter teacher comments here the past year, shame.

Not standing up for the BOS but in order for the meeting to be move there just was not enough time. Notifications have to be made in a legal way with news paper postings and have to be made within so many days. They had no idea what was coming there way and the fire dept did the right thing. This is a public safety issue. Now with more time and a bigger venue I have a feeling there will be a bigger turn out next week. I wonder if there could, or should be a citizens petition to remove the question before a vote on town meeting floor? Time for change! How do they think this could even be implemented or enforced? Throw more money at a problem we don't have.

I think that Ross knew well in advance there would be a large crowd. In plenty of time to move the meeting. I suspect that not moving the meeting was a calculated non-action intended to limit the public discussion about Article 30 prior to ATM. Jefferies, being the self centered "smartest guy in the room" realizes he vastly underestimated the local, state and national support of the 2nd amendment and he and the rest of the BoS are in damage control trying to circle the wagons around and protect him and his bid for re-election. They do not want a lot of pre ATM discussion about Article 30 because they do not have the queen moderator on hand to control the discussion. Knowing full well that most all of the comentary about Article 30 will be common sense arguments against it and continued support of it by Jefferies and limp wristed hesitation about it by the rest will reveal their true level of ignorance on the issue and the stupidity of continued support Article 30.

How could he/they not know so many people would show up? If Mr. Ross sincerely doesn't know then he is out of touch. If Article 30 limited free speech, or women's reproductive rights, or Habeas Corpus, do you think there might be just a few people show up? So the fact that the BoS drastically underestimated the amount of people concerned with the 2nd Amendment and/or an expensive lawsuit that could deplete precious dollars shows that they have no clue who their constituents are. We need to clean house.

Last year Uncle Bob took sides publicly against the towns teachers, now teachers here in town wish to see him figuratively hung by his own rope.
So long Mosses its been a long strange trip!

I don't always agree with R. Gagnon but this time he hit the nail on the head.

Lets vote the clowns (Harkness and Keele) out of the SC and really clean house so we can be great again

Time for a new BOS. Let's see if the people really speak.

Last year I was embarrassed to be a resident because of the tactics if our school committee, this year I'm embarrassed by the Board of Selectmen. Change is overdue

If you think there were a lot there last night, wait until next week. This is not an issue of this town. This is an issue of the constitution. It appears that Westford is looking to be the Lexington and Concord for sustaining the constitutional rights the forfathers gave us.

What is the BOS doing to make it harder and more punishable to be a...criminal?(Meanwhile Gov. Patrick introduces measures to make MURDER, a less serious offense, to some), everybody good with THAT?

So sad that within 5 miles of where the BOS sit and meet, Our Country's Independence began with those first shots fired at the British who, were on the way to confiscate cannon balls, powder and muskets. What has this once fine and Constitutionally guided state become?

Bob, not only that but with Colonel John Robinson of Westford second in command at Concord. This entire fiasco is a dishonor to the memory of that American hero (amongst others). Both the U.S. and MA Constitutions clearly allow for citizens to defend both their home and their democratic freedom.

Just a quick correction on the content if article 30. It states above 'ban assault weapons' but those are already banned. This article will ban most firearms, those used for sporting, hunting, self defense, and competition. A small handgun falls under this, for example a Ruger SR 22 and other common firearms. Anything that accepts a magazine, regardless of the magazine being used.

This is not an ban on assault weapons. It's a ban on most firearms.

For anyone wanting to exercise their God given right to defend themselves, as defined In The Bill of Rights, before that right is made illegal... there is a Basic Pistol Course being offered this Saturday. Contact me for details: bocan3@Aol.com

Hi Mike,
The use of the word God in my post, was to express that there is a higher power, an inherent natural instinct, imbued within us, all of us, as much as reflexes are, as humans, to defend ourselves, our family, our loved ones and our property. That no one can take that from us. People say this "right" is given to us, in the Bill of Rights. That is incorrect, it is merely "defined" in the Bill of Rights.

CCR,
The wording and the definition of "assault weapons", continues to be intentionally deceptive, especially when politicians are "telling" people these terms in public forum. In a recent address to the Natick Town Meeting, I heard Rep. David Linsky, (intentionally), misdefine "assault weapon", by omitting the second line of the dictionary's definition where it states "...and also capable of select fire operation." (meaning semi-automatic fire mode.) He "informed", the crowd, about the need to ban "machine guns"(perhaps not realizing that they are already banned/restricted heavily.) For a person who introduced himself to the crowd as having been, and still active in legal enforcement of the law as a lawyer, especially in regards to firearms law, he clearly omitted some salient facts in his "presentation" to the meeting.

I believe the time is upon us good citizens to remove from office, those who no longer care for, or act in accordance with, The Constitution.

Recall on Harkness and Keele, send Town manager and School Superintendent packing? Looks like my cowboy buddy is making some sound sense for once!

Long live democracy, Change is in the air, let's let the clowns know we have had enough song and dance

Ghost & Jesse James, "Long live the representative Republic", the US is not a Democracy. Good for your town to be able to recall such anti-American officials!
There seems to a universal ignorance of the fact that following firearms registration comes firearms confiscation and then comes...(Does ANYBODY remember history anymore?)

Bob: I do.
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Moses has awakened a sleeping giant! I guess Westford has money to burn on legal fees

You should see this before the meeting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDPN_7RgOtk

I suggest the that the folks "protecting" the 2nd amendment read the top of page 8 of the US Supreme Court decision "Heller" (written by arch conservative Justice Scalia). This decision settled the handgun ban in Washington DC in favor of gun supporters. However, the Court pointed out that the right is not unlimited and for the 1st time, the Court defined what "Arms" means as follows:
"Before addressing the verbs “keep” and “bear,” we interpret their object: “Arms.” The 18th-century meaning is no different from the meaning today. ... The term was applied, then as now, to weapons that were not specifically designed for military use and were not employed in a military capacity."
Under Heller, Westford or any other city or town can ban weapons designed for or employed in a military capacity. You could start with almost anything semi-automatic, including the original 1911 .45 caliber handgun which was designed by John Browning specifically for military use.

My quotes above your reply are from the SCOTUS ruling.