Residents Bypass Vernon Board; Riled by Chairman's Conduct, They Pass Own Rules

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Vernon -- Residents knocked down a wall -- or at least voted to do so -- Wednesday night at an annual town meeting in the first of several actions aimed at checking the power of their town chairman and demonstrating the power of the people.

In a rollicking four hours during which sheriff's deputies arrived to keep order, the residents took full advantage of a town policy that allows them to make up and approve their own rules at annual meetings. In doing so, they moved more policy in one night than the Town Board has sometimes been able to do in one year, including:

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Residents Bypass Vernon Board; Riled by Chairman's Conduct, They Pass Own Rules

- Ordering destruction within the next 30 days of a wall on town property that police say has shielded suspicious vehicles and sexual activity from view of the main road.

- Changing the makeup of ...

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