AutomationBias t1_jebp3bs wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:06 PM

Reply to comment by DumbshitOnTheRight in Ramifications of the "Right to be Rude" in Massachusetts by abhikavi

I go to town meeting every year, and as much as we're all annoyed by the cranks who monopolize the microphone, it's not really practical to limit individual speakers to two minutes - especially when there are big ticket items to be discussed.

Splime t1_jecbvoa wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:44 PM

Funnily enough, here in Littleton everyone gets a 3 minute limit at Town Meeting, apart from the board presenting the article which gets 10 minutes. At least here though, if something has made it to Town Meeting, the important discussions have already happened.