http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/nyregion/hudson-river-valley-draw...
Everyone blanche: the opening picture is of East Main Street, Beacon.
But the picture caption says: "Main Street in Hudson, N.Y., shows elements of both the town's economic struggle and its influx of city émigrés."
Good read nonetheless.
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Anna West:
yes anonymous accounts are ok here. the idea is not to stifle whistleblowers, just ridiculous attacks and trolling from anonymous accounts
i guess you could put it this way...
anonymous and insightful: ok
anonymous and inciteful: not ok
Yes, it can show up anywhere BUT it is particularly strong here and not something to casually dismiss. Originally, it caused problems for the town and taxpayers because locals did not understand about nepotism and why it wasn't proper to hire their son, brother, etc. A law preventing that was just recently passed and caused lawsuits etc within various departments of the city of Beacon.
It is why I hope this website continues to allow anonymous posters. So that everyone can see how serious this division is and how harmful it can be to the citizens.
steve, attila:
agreed. i mean we're supposed to be neighbors here. steve and i have clashed before in the tar sands thread, which is fine, we didn't make it personal. nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong with a healthy ideological disagreement and a respectful discussion. and attila i respect you: you always lay it out candidly with your name and face on what you say. that means you have integrity and accountability
however, the real name issue is a problem because some people are a little uncomfortable laying out their full names. which is fine, they should still be able to sign up and contribute here, because 95% of them aren't going to get into personal attacks
which leaves a certain 5% who sign up with fake names and attack people personally. they will ruin a site like this, so we just need to mod such people
Steve - I had been thinking the same thing.
I also agree with Wendy that people should be held accountable for their words. If one genuinely feels strong enough about something they should be willing to put a name and face behind it. I would respect and value the opinions of those individuals much more that way. Obviously I have no problem speaking my mind in an open forum such as this site and I encourage others to do. I dont have many answers but I have a lot of questions and this forum gives me the freedom to seek answers from other residents of Beacon.
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