Yes it does seem some politicians are ghost-like. They usually are transparent, say things that you can’t hear with your own ears, and are hard to track down when you really want them.

But thats not the point of this opinion piece in the Enterprisenews.com.

Middleboro selectmen didn’t spend a whole lot of time Monday debating whether a ghost haunts Town Hall, but every minute they did spend on the topic was a minute wasted.

Maybe town officials need a distraction from the debate over whether to fundamentally change the character of the town by bringing in a massive casino complex. But ghosts? That verges on the ridiculous.

Middleboro has a lot on its plate with the casino matter, budget problems and a host of other topics. It doesn’t need Casper the Friendly Ghost on the agenda, along with serious issues.

It’s interesting how “ghosts” have become so mainstream that they are now argued in a political sense. We suppose they have a point of view that others will agree. These board members are spending time on issues that they view trivial.

We don’t know the motivations of this particular board but often these “ghost” items on their agendas have an economic factor with them. This particular investigation has been written about by several media outlets creating quite a bit of stir.

Here are a few articles:

WBZ-TV
Taunten Daily Gazette
Patriot Ledger

We don’t know about you but we have never heard of Middleboro, Mass before and live only a state away. Perhaps we will visit someday to see this Town Hall and spend a little money there. Maybe thats what this town board is hoping happens.