The Massachusetts House of Representatives has decided to start calling the state government's chief executive "Their Excellency, the Governor" in order to be gender-non-specific at all times.
Better to be plural and always wrong then go masculine and possibly be wrong on occasion.
Members of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen concerned about gender-neutrality are thinking about changing the name of the board.
A board of "selectmen" has been the chief executive entity in most towns in New England since the 1630s when English Puritans first settled here. It refers to voters in a town selecting certain people – men in the early days – to lead the town.
