25- Surprise! Change of Venue for Public Hearing

I have been speaking to a reporter from the Woodstock Times for a couple of days. He is working on a story about RUPCO and our favorite intersection that should be in print in tomorrow's paper. Around 5 PM today he informed me that somebody from the town offices let him know that the Jan. 14 public hearing will be held at the community center, not at the town offices, as previously advertised. So, MY notice came 24 hours in advance. I called up the leader of the opposition group, SAGE, and she said that nobody told her. The town, or the planning board, or whoever called this shot clearly does not have the courtesy to inform the LEADER of the official opposition group that the venue has changed. I characterize that as worse than discourtesy. I would call it malice. The venue has been changed on the official town calendar on the website, but who consults such a thing when it has been clearly stated that the hearing would be at the town offices? Maybe an obsessive compulsive person, but not a normal person. The right thing to do would have been for the town to have alerted some interested parties, in addition to the newspaper. Let's see if the town posts a sign at the town offices prior to 5 PM tomorrow to tell people to go over to the community center instead. (Hint to the town: post a sign! It's the decent thing to do!)

See you tomorrow at 5 PM at the community center!