Got this in one of my personal email accounts, interesting read I think.
Interesting response to a resident from select board member Griffis.
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Griffis, Terry <tgriffis@templetonma.gov>
To: Robert May <robertmayt@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 09:07:20 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Move along unless you have $$$$ is the modus operandi in Templeton?
Better yet, how about I give them your address and they can camp out in your yard🤣
From: Robert May <robertmayt@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 5:44 PM
To: Griffis, Terry <tgriffis@TempletonMA.gov>
Subject: Re: Move along unless you have $$$$ is the modus operandi in Templeton?
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 5:44 PM
To: Griffis, Terry <tgriffis@TempletonMA.gov>
Subject: Re: Move along unless you have $$$$ is the modus operandi in Templeton?
If you say so.....reads like you're trying to dissway guilt, shame. .
Happy delusion
Happy delusion
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 5:33 PM, Griffis, Terry<tgriffis@TempletonMA.gov> wrote:Mr, May,What you see isn't all there is. Have you worked with homeless people at all? I have volunteered for a number of years 20+ and still help with online presence.A youth pastor asked me what ministries were available in the area so I trained teens to help picking them up and bringing home . We serviced not just homeless but incredibly poor and disabled. At one point we the clothing ministry sent 22 tons of ADRA boxes to third world countries.At the store NOTHING had a price on it, pay what you can afford. No on turned away. The woman who ran it had special rooms set aside with brand new things for fire victims and much much more. Food was always free and so were winter coats.I was super happy there but stopped to focus on Templeton. I'm sorry your buttons were pushed . Spouting off is one thing doing something is another. I don't buy your guilt and shame. I hope your letter was cathartic. I wish you peace of mind and heart.Terry GriffisFrom: Robert May <robertmayt@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 3:05 PM
To: Adam D. Lamontagne <alamontagne@TempletonMA.gov>; Currie, Michael <mcurrie@TempletonMA.gov>; Bennett, Jeff <jbennett@TempletonMA.gov>; Toth, Timothy <ttoth@templetonma.gov>; Griffis, Terry <tgriffis@TempletonMA.gov>; Richard, Julie <jrichard@TempletonMA.gov>
Cc: Bennett, Mike <mbennett@TempletonMA.gov>
Subject: Move along unless you have $$$$ is the modus operandi in Templeton?Members et al,We have 20+ agencies willing to help! Yup, Mike says they are willing to help the 2-3 agricultural retailers who need to use town property to advertise.Now lets look to the Loitering! We have homeless people needing a place to live. Mike doesn't offer assistance from those 20+ agencies, nope, He offers a "No Loitering" on Public property.I love it! 3 Retail entities garner all kinds of empathy from the Selectboard, but Human beings without safe and secure places to sleep, eat, live, garner a call to cops to move them along..............Where? Did you give them options. Are we just hoping they move to some private piece of land? Make it some citizens problem, I mean seriously, where are they suppose to go?This shows the Citizens what type of people our Selectboard is made up of. People more concerned about a commercial entity making money than people being safe, healthy, fed.I'm personally disgusted that a our Selectboard changed/made policy again for a commercial sign to be allowed on Public Land but not a Human being. How did we go from:To: Retail signs on Public Land, absolutely cannot interfere with commerce! Human beings on Public land, we tell the "undesirables" to move or face ????Did you notice how the member of the Lions Club was right there offering suggestions for assistance to these homeless folks.............lol. She didn't say one word, offer one ounce of assistance, just like Mike and his 20+ agencies offering nothing to the homeless, but everything to retail entities upset about signs.................How charitable these folks really are?How pathetic was this demonstration, you be the Judge.This is an example of Templeton government in action. Maybe the Homeless folks should hang a sign around their neck, problem solved!In Templeton, Selling food is more important than HAVING FOOD!Thank you Selectman Bennett for supporting people and trying to put a stop to retailers abuse of public land without compensation.Chief Bennett, Can you please tell the citizens how on earth you re going to handle this new loitering restriction imposed without instruction or without any objective standards of Guilt? How will any enforcement not be deemed a violation of the individuals Constitutionally protected Rights. As you may know by now I'm not a fan of these laws. I find them offensive to a processes ethical requirement.Without guidelines and clear definitions I find this action offensive to the citizens of templeton. I also feel they will cause legal action against the town if used. This is why Town Counsels opinion on how to set it up is biased or unethical in my humble opinion.Hey Mike, did we check if any of "those people" were veterans? Will we be telling homeless vets to move along to or just homeless non veterans?Citizen taxpayer,Robert May
