If people from one neighborhood control your town board shame on the rest of your town. And going to a ward system won't fix it because the elections in the wards with lazy voters will almost certainly be won by lowlifes who can conger a few votes with promises to friends. A town is small enough that it can have an at large representation. So is Buffalo for that matter but it won't happen because the district council members will never put it before the people. They have de facto veto power over development in their districts allowing them to exact tribute as a condition of their approval. When the Empire Zone program was first developed each councilman got a share of the city's empire zone credit to dole out to friends and family and the program was a failure in the city. In the burbs, not not only were at large boards able to take a townwide approach to Empire Zones but even sometimes a regional approach. Hence Tonawanda contributed Empie Zone credits to Amherst to help make GEICO a reality, along with the thousands of jobs it has created and continues to create. Meanwhile, we're still waiting for the idiotic solar panel plant to create even one job; well, not counting all the legal positions created defending against the various corruption charges. But after all, that project is only on its 4th owner without making a product. We should be more patient.