Before anyone goes off the deep end about a news school, perhaps we should look at current finances and whether the town can really afford it before the Town goes in the hole for more. This is about the fiscal 2017 budget and what was put before town meeting, you know, the here and now. So far, there is not even a report from the Town Treasurer nor the Town Accountant in the annual Town report. Both are required by law! People voted at Town meeting to no addendum, so where is the new report? The town accountant stated she can't do a report for 2015 until all the audits are done. To that, I say bull#$$#@, there was work done in both the accountant and treasurer office, I mean I hope there was, being paid over 50 thousand dollars. People were paid, debts paid, town money invested, interest was paid or collected, bills were paid, money was borrowed, etc, etc. Work was done and it is a requirement of law that the work has to be recorded, so why do the selectmen not get to this now? Get the basics set first, before you go into debt for 24 million or whatever the final number will be. There has already been money spent on short term borrowing in 2017 and now the selectmen talk of using money from OPEB to cover overspending in the first month of the fiscal year. This is in the here and now. Remember the OPEB, it is required by law and it cannot be touched for other purposes. Perhaps that was just another lie from this board of selectmen. Perhaps in the world of politics, it is not a lie, but bad information or it was the best we can do with the information we had. Perhaps it is a few people in key positions who really do not know their jobs? Speaking from experience, that does not work out well and if you wait too long, hoping they will catch on, that does not work out well either. Before we get really deep into a 47 million dollar project, lets get basic things straight first. I believe that only makes sense. Time to show people what they really can do at town meeting, if they wish to!



posted by Jeff Bennett