My opinion on the subject of Templeton selectmen and town accountant: they are all law breakers for failing to keep records according to state law. So why should they be trusted with Town finances? Then look at prospective town administrators, none with experience on the job, just more on the job training and more bad news for Templeton. Another item in the newspaper with bad information from john columbus; a private road does not have to be accepted before the town can spend any money on them to bring them up to acceptable standards. There are laws on the books that allow this. Of course, selectmen have to follow the laws in order for any of this to work.

The selectmen and Templeton town accountant, in my opinion,  are right up there with the secretary of the commonwealth, bill galvin, all law breakers for failing to follow the law. Selectmen should stop coming up with new policy until they follow existing ones, like state law.

Also, the selectmen seem more interested in firing one town employee so they can say they are solving a problem rather than admitting they made several, such as giving out too many raises over the pas few years when they should have been holding everything even. When a few employees get what looks like 16 and 15 % pay increases, that just goes above any business sense at all. When selectmen decide to not have a fire chief just so they can balance the cost of town health insurance cost, they are not solving anything, they are just making that item look good for now. Eventually that thing will show its head again because this board of selectmen seem to like to let employees run the show rather than management. Again, john columbus lies and the rest of the selectmen go right along with him. The town does not have to accept the private roads before the town may spend public money on them. They just have to look at MGL chapter 40, section 6N. I will continue to do research and provide this information to the residents of laurel view road. All of the selectmen lied in the past when they stated it is a matter of law that the NRHS building and grounds director had to be on the school building committee, that was/is another lie and they are all guilty. All of the selectmen lied at the annual town meeting when they told all that their spending plan was correct, balanced and proper. Seems like what this board of selectmen does best is lie, I think it is time for some different selectmen, who will at least tell the truth. That is my opinion. 

See, if these selectmen did not vote to spend all the chapter 90 money on an un-needed excavator, perhaps there would be some funds to repair laurel view road. 

posted by Jeff Bennett