‘We can’t keep doing nothing’
BY JEFF HAM
No. No.
No school upgrades. No new housing.
Referendum after referendum, it’s exhausting to see our roadsides lined and our mailboxes filled with reminders that Cape’s loud no-nothing groups are determined to keep blocking changes this town sorely needs.
Of course we all support affordable housing and better schools, it’s just that THIS plan isn’t the right one. “We can do better.”
Translation: “We can do nothing.”
Trouble is, we can’t keep doing nothing. We can’t keep calling Cape schools the best while the buildings fail and their students and staff face growing health and safety hazards. We can’t keep barring the door to would-be working class residents who could bring life to a “town center” that offers little more than a picture-postcard image.
We won’t make these issues go away just by rejecting plans to resolve them. We’ll just make them bigger and more costly. So when I see the No No signs, I know what to look for on my ballot June 10.
Yes. Yes