Some thoughts on a reply to one of my blog entries:
I generally let the any replies on here go, as I let people post comments, but sometimes I find things interesting and decide to comment on the comments, clear as mud, right.
Onward and upward, where we going, to the moon? What part of Templeton is the "selectmen's house?" I always thought the selectmen were elected to watch out for the entire town rather than just some departments. Since the light & water department of Templeton deals with all of the people of Templeton, just check who your light bill comes from. Who has to sign the warrant to pay all the town's bills? Who hires and oversees the people who are suppose to take care of town employees taxes, health insurance, retirement? The selectmen and who do the L&W commissioners turn to when they need to borrow money?, the selectmen, so in my opinion, the Templeton light & water department is in the selectmen's house.
Some selectmen should remember how they came to be elected, a special election and how one selectmen made a speech about democracy and representation. It is on video by the way. Democracy and the democratic process is suppose to be about the free and unfettered sharing of information, not just the part you want to share to favor your opinion. Might be time for people to take back their town meeting and that will take some work.
As for working together, how come when the Advisory Committee asks the selectmen for information, it is not readily forthcoming? Talk all you want about working together, but where were the selectmen at pre-town meeting? Where is the budget to actual for the school project? Where are the contracts involving the town and the school district? Two legal separate entities by the way.
"We don't have free cash to certify and our board has made the promise it will never be use for operating expenses."
posted by Jeff Bennett