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It would be difficult, indeed, .to imagine a more underhanded or irresponsible exercise of the public power by elected representative* than the Board’s secret vote cm November 6 to condemn the Route 621 tract fora land* fill. It’s far from the first time that the supervisors have taken secret action on major matters without bothering to seek the views of their constituents. But what is one to think of their voting in private on a matter about which they have deliberately misled their conetitw* ents? t.
Not only did the Supervisors make a bid on the proposed landfill site without any public discussion — or even disclosure. They made every effort before their secret condemnation Vote t$ hide their plans.
On the Monday morning of the decisive meeting, phone callers in the area of the site were told that the plan had fallen through, that the landfill is
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