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Apathy and trust

Tte paraphrase Kfeamw- foMsevatlh apathya the

W*t ruau mare tiamagmg; than swam. gratatti ami

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has apathy atra*a*fct sewn that sa#*aisaiT distrust bartwwtx the W*ti residents ami Town Ctmmai o*a*r what $b«wM ha* marfcsai as a seminal afdhaaueaMmt for at Wwa se srnaii? That cs after vears vjf searching for svEutawns to* a fostering: prebiem. that the to*wn has finally begun the much osata&ai wastewater prufeaft.

It is hard to* bald the ceuncd tuQy ratepMasthlt Sir the dfe&unnsct turnip residents foel has ga&urca*d shn for aw fous&. se fow sh«w»rti anj* interest in the pfodiftn^ am» tin uf muntvtpai ^vectunent.

Put there ts a respvnstbtht> wci the part ut elected elBEctals ovt etdy to* mwt the iw(ubMa»a^ «£ puhfte oetihkatiett raigarafcng laws ami erdmancatSv hat to* ml» a test etfort at ensuring their cvnstxtuents umtetatemi what the* are dwng ami when the* are du*ng it

Fdbfcshmg legal nettces iat the classified satctmm «f that newspaper just duatsnt cut it.

Wt waficofv that uet a to*wn this smaiL with en^r une pami adnumstraGtee assistant. ami whtw cammed awa ■ hues are *irtuafty unpaid *u£nnteatrsv that eamamreani are hunted

ll*wat*atr. there are simple actfons such as a tetter to* that cchtur a press a**a«y new ami them. «r letters mailed tw town residents ux water bills oetdScuxg them y£ important meetings w*U m advance It is nut just the rarspensibtht* e£ Wwit rateudents to* tale an htttwt at theur government hot uf that ^vynuaamt to* malar aittiee ami repeated efforts to* inform cttxaemi ataut what they are dang

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Et^ both apathy ett tha part ctv raraahmtok ami am attrttwfo at' oowatm^: mmmml U^ai m^txfocatxvat twpraiwato wt that part af th«f evumti that has foaai to* this ih&vuamtct.

This is ihshsarbetan^ for amny rvasvosv tdheti" amrmc thsat that tha* tua^wr prumis^i a tomurat ssaMaphfiwi hy '‘mutual trust'*’ wh*<& he twk adSecaK

Kxerxvm# at thxs beautifod tawu - tmchafcttt this nswspapawr - ts ratspamsfol* for makatop this ahuafortotiy nwvessar* pruj««ct warh

That \**s untcwmts trtws tst iw Settor for* fo nmtirs * a twm iur ttecussea* & K»ato aaiHr 4fora mfoda.

Wtor^ Lccsrs st tfo &(fo»r ho* » folfoM fo 3B»?

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