The first question I ask is has anyone lost their sense of mission? In this case I believe the mission is in order. Then I look for leadership qualities; is the leadership escalating or de-escalating the situation? I think Dezzi made efforts to de-escalate.

‘I would love to see the Colony scraped clean; I would settle for that. Bare land would be enough to make my Christmas wish for sure.’

“We would appreciate minimal tree trimming in the future unless requested.”

“This week we stood by and helplessly watched a lot of hard work cut down and loaded into a trash truck for no reason other than our governing body ‘having the right to do it.’”

“The unsightly road changes on Broadway in the Village, I must say, are quite ugly…it turns our quiet, quaint, community into something resembling a shopping mall parking lot.”

‘I think this is getting killed. I was the one who banged and banged and banged for this and I can see it going down in flames. We are all ready for a March vote, we will get to November next year and it will be a dead issue.’

“Our dogs deserve a play area, too. There are those of us who were either blessed or cursed not to have two legged children, and we have four-legged substitutes who play a vital role in our lives. They deserve an area to socialize with other dogs.”

When new Rec. Center disappears from plan, Town leaders turn confrontational. Dog park also at issue.

“I am very concerned about the haste with which this is moving, Getting reasoned public input when we have not even had the opportunity to react bothers me. I have been a voice against this since the beginning, but I am not trying to throw a wrench in this.”

“There are numerous challenges underway and going forward that I want to be part of,” said Duncan. “I saw the groundswell of support to be part of that leadership process and it made me re-focus.”