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Jeers to the people whose unproven allegations against Three Rivers councillors have led to several of them deciding not to re-offer in the upcoming election. The current council has faced a lot of abuse in person and online since taking office. Several members of council recently told The Guardian that abuse played a factor in them considering whether or not to run again. While no council is perfect, and criticism of council decisions is expected, some people seem to have taken things too far. Taxpayers should be able to question decisions their elected representatives make, but when that veers into personal attacks or abuse without any evidence of wrongdoing, then it crosses a line. It will also make it harder to find people who want to run for office if they know they will be subject to the same sort of abuse. 

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