<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630119255634698692.post6152494770418551297..comments</id><updated>2011-12-08T22:10:51.747-05:00</updated><category term='Westminster'/><category term='HOG'/><category term='Nurse&apos;s Day'/><category term='HOG&apos;s'/><category term='HOG Rally'/><category term='tax incentives'/><category term='Tantasqua Regional School Committee'/><category term='Sturbridge'/><category term='Nursing Care'/><category term='Cable Advisory Committee'/><category term='selectmen'/><category term='Charter Communications'/><category term='Nurses'/><category term='Telecommunications'/><category term='Economic Development'/><category term='Harley Owner&apos;s Group'/><category term='TRSC'/><category term='Honor'/><category term='Nurse&apos;s Day Recognition'/><category term='Gratitude'/><title type='text'>Comments on Sturbridge Political Watch - Selectman Tom Creamer: The Essence of Democracy</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.sturbridgepoliticalwatch.com/feeds/6152494770418551297/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/6152494770418551297/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sturbridgepoliticalwatch.com/2011/12/essence-of-democracy.html'/><author><name>Thomas Creamer</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/104426934699662770700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fNisHLpy9bw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADMM/3sWBi1jKJow/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630119255634698692.post-4876130426874992728</id><published>2011-12-08T20:55:27.625-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T20:55:27.625-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That was a great meeting.  The voters spoke their ...</title><content type='html'>That was a great meeting.  The voters spoke their minds in a good fashion and the closeness of the votes made for an exciting evening. I should have spoken up an the article for the Saturday meetings, two more votes and so many more people could have the opportunity to partake in Democracy.  The other aspect of having the meetings on Saturdays that wasn&amp;#39;t brought up is that many people leave the meetings as the evening progresses due to work in the morning or other reasons.  They are forced to be unheard on some very important issues.  $$$</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/6152494770418551297/comments/default/4876130426874992728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/6152494770418551297/comments/default/4876130426874992728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sturbridgepoliticalwatch.com/2011/12/essence-of-democracy.html?showComment=1323395727625#c4876130426874992728' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sturbridgepoliticalwatch.com/2011/12/essence-of-democracy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630119255634698692.post-6152494770418551297' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/posts/default/6152494770418551297' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1729566069'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630119255634698692.post-5429490922586380890</id><published>2011-12-07T21:26:35.150-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T21:26:35.150-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Tom, for being there even at a time which ...</title><content type='html'>Thanks, Tom, for being there even at a time which was physically difficult, and for being a clearly spoken voice of reason at the town meeting.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/6152494770418551297/comments/default/5429490922586380890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/6152494770418551297/comments/default/5429490922586380890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sturbridgepoliticalwatch.com/2011/12/essence-of-democracy.html?showComment=1323311195150#c5429490922586380890' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sturbridgepoliticalwatch.com/2011/12/essence-of-democracy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630119255634698692.post-6152494770418551297' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2630119255634698692/posts/default/6152494770418551297' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1104919950'/></entry></feed>
