Items of interest;

It was a wonderful sight today as i looked out the window to see a Town loader going down the road plowing. Only thing was it was one of Templeton's old loaders, the ones that we were told were worn out and needed to be replaced. Seems like another con job just like the excavator.

A new contract being discussed at Town hall involving union 39 which covers the highway department  makes one wonder what goodies will be involved in this one. More new boots, coats, shirts, etc. You know, because we work for the town and we are entitled. Just like office help emailing about what is the plan, it is snowing out and we should have the day off with pay because it is snowing out, in New England in the winter time. Think about that when you are going into work on a day with the snow flying and the wind blowing or as you write out your tax bill. The job of government is to provide service (s) and how do you provide service if you close up when it snows a bit. How about Christmas on a Friday and you get Monday off with pay?

At the last selectmen meeting, the Town Administrator passed out some information concerning some kind of financial award. It sounded like it was for an entity having a good plan in place as well as good financial practices in place. How about if we just get one audit completed. It was stated that with this award you may be able to attract quality people for certain positions. Here I thought we have all been told that we now have a quality financial team in place.

I was curious about the senior legal assistant position in the selectmen's office, recently mentioned in an article in the Gardner news, as I do not remember Templeton having a legal department nor Kate Meyers ever having the title of senior legal assistant.

Jeff Bennett