Weekly Question: Is Town Meeting a 'Relic' Best Left Behind?

As Wayland winds down from another Annual Town Meeting and other towns throughout the region are holding theirs, one writer at the Boston Herald is taking issue with the colonial form of government.

Calling Town Meeting an "inefficient relic of our Puritan past" that "has a discriminatory impact on working voters and voters with young children," Jennifer C. Braceras advocates for its end throughout New England.

Braceras' strong language continues as she describes town meeting as an "anti-democratic" institution that leaves major town decisions to the "tyranny of the minority," which, she says, is usually comprised of the "single, childless, or elderly, who have time to spend long hours debating items that could be easily resolved in moments."

Read over Braceras' full column and then tell us what you think for Wayland.

So as you consider the four recent sessions of Wayland's town meeting and the outcomes, we want to know whether you agree with Braceras' assessment.

Tell us: Is it time to "abolish" Town Meeting in Wayland?