town meeting

The debate over the St. Lawrence Cement Company turned the people of Hudson, New York against each other. The members of the opposite sides either supporting the plant or against the plant hated each other. One of the most surprising aspects that I noticed while watching the movie in class was how the local government handled the situation. Mayor Scalera seemed to look at what was for his best interest when taking the money for the plant. The town hall meeting to discuss whether or not to take the offer was what I thought to be a joke to call that city government. When an alderman tells a constituent at the end of a meeting that he does not like them, which is not acceptable I believe. This is what I thought was the root of what turned this whole situation so bad. When a governmental body pins people against each other and create such a divide is not right. The government is supposed to help sort out the situation calmly and not cause such fights. It is hard to believe that any of these city officials could get re-elected after what they pulled. I am not sure if what I see in my city is a better run city government or if there are towns across the country that have governmental meetings like this. I just see this as not acceptable and it is cause of them that they cannot accomplish anything.