Franklin Twnshp Meeting Feb. 8 @ 7 PM tries to limit public comment to 30 mins.
Outrageous! Can you imagine trying to silence the people who want to express their opinions about the Bennetts Lane project in a public meeting, especially one where the Council expects to cast its final vote on the project?
Is this how the constituents of the Franklin Township Council should be treated? President George Washington said "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
The FT Council must be really tired of hearing that this project is a bad idea. I've sat through four Franklin meetings myself and had yet to hear a positive word spoken about this project in Public Comment. The ones who don't think this is a bad idea are the ones who should be working harder to find a solution.
I am getting mail from Franklin residents who talk about the other roads not taken by the Council; how other projects were proposed and would have fulfilled the quota required by the state; how all were shot down apparently because the Council was determined that the Bennetts project be the only game in town, or somebody was invoking NIMBY.Everyone who wants to have a say at this meeting should insist on being heard. Don’t allow the FT Council to prevent your free speech! Demand it!