Letters and Opinion

Letters which are printed here appeared in one or more of the local papers as Letters to the Editor and have been made available to us by the authors.

Other opinion, such as speeches, were spoken, usually at Town Council meetings.

Letters are listed in reverse chronological order, most recent letters will be at the top. We encourage you to write your own letters to the local papers. Email addresses for the local papers are on our links page.

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Date: July 25, 2010
Subject: Your Comments on Whalerock Partnership Agreement

Date: April 9, 2010
Subject: Planning for a rainy day

Date: February 14, 2010
Subject: Your Comments on Town Council actions

Date: February 11, 2010
Subject: Your Comments on a Municipal Court in Charlestown

Date: February 15, 2010
Subject: Your Comments on a new boat ramp on Ninigret Pond

Date: January 20, 2010
Subject: Salt Ponds Coalition letter in opposition to the Town Council's proposed boat ramp on Ninigret Pond

Date: November 6, 2009
Subject: Your Comments on the wind issue

Date: November 4, 2009
Subject: Wind Turbines as Good Neighbors

Date: September 23, 2009
Subject: Opinion is not a conflict of interest

Date: June 7, 2009
Subject: It is time to consider repeal of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Date: June 3, 2009
Subject: A letter from one of our e-mail list members to our Rhode Island Senators and Representatives

Date: May 29, 2009
Subject: A letter from one of our e-mail list members to Congress

Date: May 27, 2009
Subject: Tell Pichardo not to strip our right to vote

Date: May 4, 2009
Subject: Former foe sides with LeBlanc on wind turbines

Date: April 22, 2009
Subject: Education for a teacher does not end

Date: April 9, 2009
Subject: Every vote counts - unless you don't vote!

Date: April 1, 2009
Subject: Letter to our Congressional delegation about April 1 hearing

Date: March 31, 2009
Subject: No support for giving up our right to vote

Date: January 14, 2009
Subject: Pilot Program Offered to Charlestown Government, Business, and the Community

Date: November 27, 2008
Subject: A breath of fresh air has arrived in town

Date: November 17, 2008
Subject: And the Winner is Charlestown

Date: November 6, 2008
Subject: Email response to the 2008 election results

Date:October 29, 2008
Subject: Restore civility and sound judgment to Charlestown

Date: October 29, 2008
Subject: Charlestown voters need to pay close attention to local races

Date: October 27, 2008
Subject: The Need to Make a Thoughtful and Informed Vote

Date:October 22, 2008
Subject: Bruce Picard had to get out of Mageau's reach

Date:October 10, 2008
Subject: Send a message to Mageau

Date: September 10, 2008
Subject: Mageau shows disdain for the very citizens he is attempting to impress

Date: August 13, 2008
Subject: Resignation statement from Dr. Milton Krantz

Date: August 7, 2008
Subject: Opposing the bullying tactics of Mr. Mageau IS a laudable quality

Date: August 7, 2008
Subject: Rosenberg’s column no laughing matter

Date: July 31, 2008
Subject: The single overriding problem is the domineering and abusive behavior of James Mageau

Date: July 22, 2008
Subject: Time to replace council leadership

Date: July 21, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau's Disgraceful Performance

Date: June 21, 2008
Subject: Walsh has missed opportunities to protect Charlestown

Date: June 14, 2008
Subject: Keep pushing Charlestown council for change

Date: June 10, 2008
Subject: Once Again Mr. Mageau Distorts the Truth

Date: June 10, 2008
Subject: Charlestown has more than one individual to embarrass us completely to the core

Date: May 29, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau tried to block publication of a letter

Date: May 23, 2008
Subject: Rep Walsh walks away from the override vote

Date: May 22, 2008
Subject: Veterans defended the freedoms that Mageau so blatantly mocks

Date: May 22, 2008
Subject: Citizens respond to Mageau

Date: May 20, 2008
Subject: Eliminating pollution to Salt Ponds starts with single step

Date: May 19, 2008
Subject: Parade organizer stunned by Charlestown council’s vendor decision

Date: May 19, 2008
Subject: Flags show respect on Memorial Day

Date: May 17, 2008
Subject: Councilor’s actions show disrespect for town oath

Date: May 17, 2008
Subject: Mageau misses point about freedom

Date: April 30, 2008
Subject: RI Representative Walsh borrows from the Mageau “playbook”

Date: April 24, 2008
Subject: Citizen’s alliance invites Charlestown residents to meet

Date: April 22, 2008
Subject: Some are afraid of a connected and well-informed population

Date: April 10, 2008
Subject: Position on the Taxpayer Alert Letter Proposals

Date: April 9, 2008
Subject: Taking a step back can be a positive

Date: April 2, 2008
Subject: WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT for Charlestown, Rhode Island - Random Considerations

Date: April 2, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau's mailer filled with misinformation and scare tactics

Date: April 1, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau, Proves Again He Is No Friend of the Taxpayer

Date: March 31, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau attempts to take the citizens of Charlestown down a wrong and dangerous path

Date: March 30, 2008
Subject: Mageau's proposals will cause long term harm to Coastal Ponds and increase the tax rate

Date: March 14, 2008
Subject: What Mr. Mageau Doesn't Want You to Know

Date: March 10, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau is overstepping his authority

Date: March 6, 2008
Subject: Mageau's facts are erroneous, and his numbers are imaginary

Date: February 27, 2008
Subject: As each Mageau letter is published, more and more citizens flock to the side of the angels

Date: February 22, 2008
Subject: Life long Democrats maligned by Mageau

Date: February 21, 2008
Subject: It is necessary to counter a few of the suggestions published recently under Mr. Mageau’s name

Date: February 16, 2008
Subject: Mr. Mageau would benefit from an anger management course, or professional counseling

Date: February 7, 2008
Subject: Mageau's opposition to CCA's agenda pits him against the majority of Charlestown residents

Date: February 6, 2008
Subject: CCA's only "interest" is Charlestown

Date: February 4, 2008
Subject: Mageau and Hogan continue to attempt to use CRC for their own purposes

Date: January 28, 2008
Subject: Mageau made it abundantly clear that he wanted to take away citizens rights to vote

Date: January 25, 2008
Subject: Mageau is not the full Council

Date: January 19, 2008
Subject: Having an opinion shouldn't invite abuse

Date: January 16, 2008
Subject: A response to Mr. Mageau / Concerning the Planning Commission

Date: January 11, 2008
Subject: Any candidate who has supported, enabled or has not had the courage to denounce Mageau will not receive my vote

Date: January 11, 2008
Subject: Original Charter, not Hogan, was right on elected officials

Date: January 8, 2008
Subject: Mageau Hogan and Carney questioning whether the voters can continue to vote for Planning Commission

Date: December 18, 2007
Subject: Mageau would have citizens stripped of their voting rights

Date: December 12, 2007
Subject: Why doesn't charter panel work on Charlestown’s real needs – like a recall?

Date: December 3, 2007
Subject: An elected Planning Commission is something to support and fight for

Date: November 28, 2007
Subject: Deb Carney was very disappointing

Date: November 26, 2007
Subject: Attacks Against the Charlestown Planning Commission

Date: November 20, 2007
Subject: Status Quo with Charlestown Council

Date: October 31, 2007
Subject: Councilor Mageau’s role shouldn’t diminish committee’s positive work

Date: October 23, 2007
Subject: Don’t be fooled; there’s no reason to expect change in Charlestown

Date: October 23, 2007
Subject: Letter from Barrett was not from Town Council

Date: October 17, 2007
Subject: The Problem is Mr. Mageau

Date: October 15, 2007
Subject: Mageau ’s reference to ‘mob’ and ‘caving in’ shows how misguided he is

Date: October 14, 2007
Subject: Why wasn’t Mageau removed from meeting after last week’s outbursts?

Date: October 12, 2007
Subject: Mageau’s disgraceful behavior ‘a new low’ in Charlestown quagmire

Date: October 9, 2007
Subject: Stand regarding attorney shows Mageau’s interests don’t match town’s

Date: August 18, 2007
Subject: Why would Mageau surrender our right to vote on casinos?

Date: August 7, 2007
Subject: A Thank You Note to Charlestown for Supporting Good Government

Date: August 3, 2007
Subject: One has to pose the tough questions about West Fest

Date: July 21, 2007
Subject: Mr. Mageau represents the worst in Rhode Island politics

Date: July 18, 2007
Subject: Mr. Picard Needs to Resign

Date: July 11, 2007
Subject: Allowing gambling in Charlestown will adversely affect life in this small town forever

Date: July 10, 2007
Subject: It’s time for Councilor Picard to step out of his ‘running mate’s shadow

Date: June 3, 2007
Subject: The only interests that Mr. Mageau represents are his own

Date: May 27, 2007
Subject: How is it that Barrett and Mageau can ignore the wishes of the majority of the council?

Date: April 29, 2007
Subject: Facts show Mageau working in interest of the Tribe

Date: April 12, 2007
Subject: Charlestown planner search deserves a normal selection process

Date: April 1, 2007
Subject: Money that could have been used to preserve some of Charlestown's last working farms, protect drinking water and important wildlife areas, or expand our parks will now be used to build a $1.6 million beach pavilion

Date: March 31, 2007
Subject: Mageau apparently has difficulty remembering data

Date: March 20, 2007
Subject: Mageau files a frivolous complaint against Planning Commission

Date: March 5, 2007
Subject: Charlestown citizens deserve their Constitutional rights

Date: March 5, 2007
Subject: Mageau has committed many truly egregious actions but he has done one ood thing, and that is to inspire hundreds of people to get more involved in their town's government

Date: February 19, 2007
Subject: Just who does Mr. Barrett work for?

Date: February 19, 2007
Subject: Mr. Mageau rarely gets his facts straight

Date: February 19, 2007
Subject: A history of the Police Station project

Date: February 5, 2007
Subject: A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHARLESTOWN FROM RISC

Date: February 1, 2007
Subject: If Mr. Mageau has so much support from voters, where are they all?

Date: January 23, 2007
Subject: Mageau has blocked public speech, but let your voice be heard at CCA meeting

Date: January 23, 2007
Subject: This Town Councilor supports recall

Date: January 12, 2007
Subject: Mageau’s motion to suppress the video taping of the meeting did not prevail

Date: January 1, 2007
Subject: In other towns, a gathering of conservation minded public officials is celebrated, but in Charlestown such a gathering is viewed as a dangerous event, and a call goes out to Homeland Security