At Grafton’s annual town meetings, the libertarians floated all sorts of new ideas, hoping to find common ground with longtime residents. They were stymied in their efforts to withdraw Grafton from the regional school district, explicitly condemn The Communist Manifesto, and eliminate funding for the Grafton Public Library. They were successful, however, in getting a measure passed to cut 30 percent from the town’s $1 million budget, as well as another to deny funding to the county senior citizens’ council. They failed to muster enough votes to abolish the town planning board but did manage to
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