To the editor:

Mark Katzman closes his admonishment of Town Council candidate Michael DiPaola’s anti government display on East Main Road with a call to inform. He believes voters should know DiPaola is responsible for the display, and implies if you dislike this display you certainly don’t want to see this individual elected. 

How one dresses or how they might struggle to elocute an argument may draw attention to them, but do those outward acts tell the informed story. There is a book and its cover. Perhaps DiPaola’s display and awkward correspondence are a response to injustice visited upon him by the government he now seeks to serve as a Town Council member. 

Founded on the Compact of 1638 and declaring ourselves the “Birthplace of Democracy,” yet only a few of our present inhabitants appear capable of respecting opinions (and the expression of those opinions) not aligned with our own. 

When I travel past DiPaola’s display I struggle to understand the angst. While unsightly, it injures no one. It reminds me how powerful the right of expression is and how unique it is to our country for an individual to be empowered to wield it. 

Scott Boyd 

20 Kensington Ave.

Portsmouth