Alton Tries to Silence its Citizens

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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

In normal circumstances, most would agree. But in this case, this is a "citizen" who has been continually disruptive, refuses to conform to Robert's Rules and other norms of public behavior in meetings, and is preventing the meeting from proceeding.

At some point it stops being free speech and just becomes obnoxious.

I have met this fellow. As we all have, I'm sure. I am certain that most Alton residents would agree his actions are counter productive. However, rather than let the gentlemen speak his mind for 5-minutes and further prove he is an idiot the selectmen took it upon themselves to prove they are idiots. There is a time and a place to call the police and this wasn't one of them.