It doesn't really work in Belmont.
Pretty much here if you want to be a State legislator, you need an ''R'' next to your name. As long as you don't have a primary, you can sit in Concord earning $100 per year for the rest of your life.
Because we are ''blue collar'', issue are almost always ''kitchen table'' budgeting.
They like to know how the money is being spent, and in this what the benefits to them would be.
It may be that opening up the speed limit would attract more ''customers'' to the lake... and thus enhance Meals & Rental revenues without having to change the tax rate. That would be a positive.
But with so many of the businesses complaining of labor shortages, food shortages, and now energy costs... it brings into question what the outcome will be this year if those issues persist.
Having restaurants close prematurely... or worse permanently... is an outcome I think we would all want to avoid.
We want to keep the economy growing regardless of what happens elsewhere.
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