To the Editor,
I should like to address your editorial piece “Doesn’t look good.” SoutholdVOICE’s guidelines concerning government officials, stipulates that an elected official may join our organization, but may not serve on the board, as any officer. Mr. Bergen, who is a member because he has chosen to support our goals, holds no such position in SoutholdVOICE. He is, however, a valuable, contributing member whose counsel is welcome.
In as much as we are not a political action group, but an open and transparent organization of like-minded people, whose purpose is to educate the public as to the activities of regulators which affect property rights and to foster dialogue between the folks living within the jurisdiction of the Trustees and those doing the regulating, we welcome the contribution of Mr. Bergen, who spoke to our group meeting in July on the issue of dredging. He has been a frequent author on our website, as we have invited all the Trustees to participate on our website. Both they and we, see this as an effective way to communicate to their constituency, and to date, all but Peggy Dickerson have done so. This furthers the stated purpose of SoutholdVOICE: to involve our members in the conversations about their property. You will see by reading the articles on the website that it is an open forum where the members voice their own opinions and ideas.
John Kramer
Chairman of the Board,
SoutholdVOICE.com
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