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Nonpartisan government, Efficient delivery, Equal treatment under the law, and policies that expand opportunity in practice, not in speeches.
We believe in a Hudson that is more:
Nonpartisan (apolitical):Â Government decisions should be based on evidence and public interest, not party loyalty or personalities.
See our brief post defining âApoliticalâ and related but distinct American political terms.
Efficient:Â City services must deliver the greatest benefit with the least waste of taxpayer money, time, and effort.
Equal Protection under the law**:**Â Every resident is subject to the same rules and entitled to the same protections, due process, and access to opportunity.
Hudson (circa 2020-2025) runs on hypocrisy, dressing selfâinterest as virtue. Housing is treated as blood sport. City Hall runs theatre instead of government, rewarding insiders and punishing outsiders. Tax codes protect patronage. Local myths thrive while facts are ignored. Bad nonprofits harvest grief for grants. The rich pay, the poor collect, and the middle class is forced out and forgotten.
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Hudson has drifted from e pluribus unum to e pluribus plura out of many, even more. It will recover when common sense and common purpose outweigh petty quarrels.
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But it does not need to be this way.
Hudson should stand for more than vice and nostalgia. Meritocracy and ambition can thrive alongside pluralism, history, art, and nature. A city that leads in design, culture, and Price legacy can also run a government so efficient it makes Zurich jealous. Why not aim to become a National Blue Ribbon School Program? We can choose competence over theatre and ambition over grievance, building a Hudson with lower taxes, predictable Planning Board decisions, topâquartile public schools, and a civic culture free of nativism or factions where every resident is equal.
Our work proceeds through three instruments:
đŁď¸Â Commentary: We write (Editorials), commission or accept (Guest Op-Eds), and publish knowledge guides; sharp opinion on issues that matter.
đŻÂ Critique: We challenge avoidable failures and satirize hypocrisy in The Shallot (inspired by The Onion).
âď¸Â Courts: When persuasion fails, we pursue (or support) litigation as a last resort to protect residentsâ rights and ensure equality.
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âThe courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority.â ~ Alexander Hamilton
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