I tried to watch the meeting but it wasn't being televised and there was nothing to indicate the meeting would be telecast later.  I will call and see if WCTV will be playing it.  Geeze, the bos gets caught plotting against town employees and we no longer can see the bos meeting love from our the comfprt of our homes.  The tv is the only way some of us who have young children can keep informed.

The headline should have read, "We've been drinking the Bindas kool-aid for so long we muffed the Maple Springs Road agenda up in the shadow of a town audit"

The craziest thing is that the trucks are still running every day. They can't stop them because they have business operating at the end of the road. All that work for nothing....and an illegal speed limit that leaves it open for people to speed down a road near families and children. Does any of this make sense?

Back to the reason for the "tension." It has long been known that the meeting "packets" are ready for the selectmen the Friday before the Tues. meeting so the bos can all be prepared by having read their packets in advance. Some of the selectmen open their packets at the beginning of the meeting--Bruce and John C for sure--this from eyewitness testimony. That is why you see them reading stuff on the fly and speaking without careful thought.

And Bruce accuses Brenda who is known to pick up her packet early and actually read some of it ahead of time of not being prepared?--priceless.

The meeting was posted as a workshop--the agenda is on the town site--and those don't typically get recorded. The infamous road was on the agenda as road policies or something like that. I believe the meetings are still open to the public even if they aren't televised.

ALERT: I have a feeling this bos is going to do away with citizen's participation. They didn't always do this, and they have the right to get rid of it. We shouldn't consider it a right, although I do believe citizen's have a right to speak to the bos with their concerns and not be insulted in return. Having it on public tv keeps them somewhat in control. I have seen other emails from the grand poobah of the bos and he actually called the emailer names. Talk about no class.

Last edited by Molly (2009-07-16 07:40:52)

Molly wrote:

ALERT: I have a feeling this bos is going to do away with citizen's participation. They didn't always do this, and they have the right to get rid of it. We shouldn't consider it a right, although I do believe citizen's have a right to speak to the bos with their concerns and not be insulted in return. Having it on public tv keeps them somewhat in control. I have seen other emails from the grand poobah of the bos and he actually called the emailer names. Talk about no class.

I am pretty sure he called me names! I think Citizen's participation has been instrumental in spreading the Selectmen's agenda, but when it is used to voice concerns ABOUT the Selectmen and ITA, they want to ban it. Do they think can stop the citizens from voicing concerns?

I think it's time Sauvageau returns to private life and allows this town to heal.

Who would know better than bobo which side of the bed Sweet Brucie was on?