Town debate over Twilight and a new slogan ends with vote to adopt 'when you're here, then you're home'

Residents used a public forum to argue about which items should go into two upcoming time capsules and to propose a new town slogan; the meeting closed with the facilitator declaring the slogan adopted by voice vote.

The time-capsule discussion grew contentious when Marcia Langman (speaker 9) of the Society for Family Stability Foundation objected to the novel Twilight, saying the book contains "pagan creatures and strong sexual overtones," that "girls [are] quivering" and that the government has "no business promoting it." A representative of the National Civil Liberties Association (speaker 10) countered that the same book contains "overt Christian themes" and likewise said it should not be associated with a government project, a contrast the facilitator noted as ironic.

Moderator and council facilitator (speaker 3) proposed two capsules — one to encapsulate the town moment and another for items of personal significance — after multiple attendees suggested personal favorites such as music memoirs and other items.

Later in the meeting participants proposed slogans for Newtown. Speaker 19 presented a slogan intended for widespread use, rendered in the forum as "when you're here, then you're home" (the facilitator and others pointed out an initial misspelling and suggested corrections). The facilitator called a vote and said, "All those in favor, approved." The forum record shows a voice vote called at that time; no formal roll-call tally, mover or seconder was recorded in the public forum transcript.

The discussion mixed personal complaints, humor and pointed arguments about civic representation; the time-capsule debate and slogan selection were concluded in the same public meeting.