/tags/amendment/ Recent content in amendment on Belmont-MA.info Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /withdrawing-article-10-amendment/ Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /withdrawing-article-10-amendment/ I first state my reasons for why I believe it makes sense to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. I then provide a number of different thoughts related to withdrawing my amendment. The case for replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day First, I don’t believe Columbus is deserving of a holiday or great respect. Like so many historic figures, his legacy is a mixed one, but it’s a mixed legacy that strikes me as far more negative than positive, as others have well articulated. /article-10-amendment/ Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /article-10-amendment/ Summary of this post and my position on article 10 I support Article 10, the resolution to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in Belmont, and I proposed an amendment to standardize the punctuation of the name of the day, to reduce the chance of misreading a particular sentence, and to address concerns about the inaccuracy of some historical claims. I intend to vote in favor of Article 10 regardless of whether my amendment passes, though I believe my amendment includes some improvements and helps promote an important norm of intellectual honesty.