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Public officials have no business trying to silence the popular press, nor should they have any expectations of professional privacy beyond truly confidential matters. Ms Greene's action of attempting to contact you at home, rather than at your workplace was at best misguided and her intimidation of senior citizens was contemptible. You need to let her know that you are staying on top of her conduct as a service to the community.
(Posted by David MacGuire, 16 July, 2007 21:57:24)

Barton and Joakim are prime examples of “Valley Girls Gone Wild." If it weren’t for Barton, Joakim, Munafo, Tobey, Crocker, and Farnham, the new town charter initiative on the ballot in November wouldn’t have been possible. 5.000 voters, at first reluctant to fix a government that “wasn't broke,” got a taste for Barton and Joakim, and signed on for change. We need to create a new town charter that makes it impossible for eight members of a coffee klatch to send one of their own to town hall to make decisions affecting 48,000 people. Joakim won by 8 votes in her first term, and 74 in the second election. Barton was an "unknown quantity" in her first term, but she "outs" herself everytime she opens her mouth. One councilor per village is enough parochialism. The town needs problem solvers, not problems.
(Posted by Gary Lopez, 06 June, 2007 20:51:34)

It's called soft bigotry. There are more Christians here than people of other faiths and therefore can take care of themselves. Greene was only minutes away from the victims of the hate crime at the church, but didn't see the need to respond, even though she spent months as head of a sub-committee that worked on response measures for hate crimes. If someone had spray painted "faggot" on CIGSYA house, she'd have been over there in a heartbeat with Barton on her heels, camera crew in tow with paintbrushes in their hands!
(Posted by WHATTA LOAD, 06 June, 2007 14:29:06)

Same story different day.... Why is it Catholic bashing is an acceptable form of Bigotry?? These no place for haters are a joke. So often we (catholic/Christian)'s are relegated to second class citizenship in the mainstream press by the likes of people such as Hillary Green and Janice Barton; Mega Kudos to Hyannis News for giving an outlet for this outrageous act and exposing Green for the Bigot in sheeps clothing she is and Barton for being the lazy fool we have come to expect. There should be a subcommittee on the NPFH to weed out the bigots in there own midst. And I bet the calls from green were done on Town time??? Fire her Klimm if you have any self respect left.
(Posted by kikinwing, 06 June, 2007 09:54:33)

Too much exposure? If it were up to Barton, this would have all been swept under the rug and sitting in the cold case files. The persistance of Thoman and Hyannis News to get the committee moving on this issue is the ONLY REASON they have responded it all, and it took TWO WEEKS to do it! As for Barton & Greene, they should be reported to the ADL immediately, and removed from their positions. Greene should be reported to HAC for representing herself in her capacity as director, an obvious attempt to intimidate the newsdesk, Bastille, the and even his MOM!
(Posted by Rainbow Gal, 06 June, 2007 09:52:22)

Wow. Sounds like Barton and Greene should shed a few committees. NPFH would be a great place to start. Why does Greene say "stop" and then harass the guy's associates and his MOM? Is Thoman really "running rampant and spewing her hateful words everywhere"? If not, it sounds like Thoman might have a defamation of character suit against this whack job. I've read Thoman's editorial and don't know what all the fuss is about. Looks like she just wanted Barton and the committee to DO something, and now, thanks to all the publicity, Barton has been forced to ACT. This committee has a Lazy, and a Crazy, now where is MOE?
(Posted by Dennis Wilcox, 05 June, 2007 19:45:57)

Hilary Greene serves on several other committees in town, and like Barton, serves in name only. She was an ineffective leader of the sub-committee for response to hate crime. Her office is only a few minute's walk to Calvary Baptist Church. Like Barton, she was notified of the hate crime the day it happened, but did nothing to help the victims.
(Posted by donovanatee 02601, 05 June, 2007 15:20:02)

UPDATED: Ongoing Threats & Angry Banter from NO PLACE FOR HATE Committee Head?

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