Town Day Committee offers Thanks

Once again members of the Winchester Republican Town Committee and the Women's Republican Club of Winchester have teamed up to provide representatives to greet the public passing by the Republican booth on Main Street during the annual Town Day Celebration held on Saturday June 4th.

The members provided information about the GOP and Committee during the daytime exhibition hours and passed out pamphlets custom designed for the occasion. Eric van Gemeron Secretary of the Winchester Republican Town Committee offered thanks to all who volunteered time to keep the booth fully staffed throughut the day.

Among those participating were Phyliss Johansen, Eric van Gemeron and Bill O'Leary who set up the booth in the morning and cleaned up the site at the end of the day; State Committeeman Bernie Green, his wife Peggy and Mary Robinson who were there in the morning; Dot Neri, Judy Myrha, Maureen McCarthy, Harry Shuris and Ann Paladino who were there during the day; a special thank you to Marie Baratta who manned the booth for the entire day and to George Geogountzas, running again for State Representative, who greeted townies for a while.

Here is the Point: Stumbling in the Darkness of Zero Tolerance

By Rick Greeley

Republican State Committeeman (2nd Plymouth and Bristol District)

When is enough, enough? Every week it seems that another story surfaces surrounding the lunacy of yet another "zero tolerance" policy gaffe. Government agencies, most notably public school districts, often employ so-called zero tolerance policies in order to deal with a particular issue. The purpose of those policies is to appear to lay down the law, as if to say this particular behavior will not be tolerated at all, no ifs, ands or buts about it. And we will deal with those who break these rules in such a harsh and impartial manner that it will deter all others from doing the same.

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