A plea

One reason I started writing this column several years ago was in reaction to all the cheap, snarky meanness and point-scoring that seems to pass for civil discourse in society today. My point in mentioning this is that the political season is upon us, and here in Unionville we've already seen some perhaps overheated election rhetoric. You may disagree with what your local politicians are doing; goodness knows I do sometimes. But please, let's be mature ladies and gentlemen about it. Making accusations and personal attacks is polarizing, it's embarrassing, it's divisive, it's uncalled for, and perhaps worst of all it discourages good people from getting involved in politics. We can do better.