I got to see and be part of a dialogical process at work in Chadd’s Ford HARB meeting on May 12, not the normal “divide and conquer” divisive process I expected. Thanks to Michael Ashmore and Tony Webb, I was a proud and informed citizen of a great country that night.
Through a miscommunication, a large group of us very concerned Webb Road residents came to what we understood was to be the supervisors meeting on the Grace land development. While this had nothing to do with the HARB meeting that night, Ashmore took the lead in recognizing the outpouring of energy in the room could be an opportunity for deeper understanding or greater negativity. Through a thoughtful, respectful and informative process, he dealt with each question in way that increased the awareness and appreciation of the essential issues. At which point Tony Webb from the Birmingham HARB offered creative solutions which presented better opportunities for all residents, including Mother Nature.
The enlightenment thinking sought by our Founding Fathers could only have come from such a process of dialogue, aimed at generating higher levels of consciousness and unity – not a destructive exchange of emotional tirades and personal attacks too common in our political discourse today. Thank you Michael Ashmore and Tony Webb.
Bob Holliday
Chadds Ford Township
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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