GUILFORD-To the editor of The Commons and voters in Vernon and Guilford: As kids we used to play a card game that consisted of laying one, two, three, or more cards on the table face down and declaring they were "three aces," or whatever. Your opponents have to decide if you are telling the truth or bluffing. A simplified version of poker.
In polite circles, it was called, "I doubt it," which is what you would say if you thought your opponent was lying. Teenage boys usually called out something else.
Regarding Jason Herron's paid political advertisement in the June 5 issue of The Commons: if you have experienced Jason at a public meeting, you know he is guilty of the incivility he complains about.
Guilford has always had healthy disagreements in political discourse, but the tone he brings to public meetings is a new low. I would even quote George Washington, to say that it "agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms."...