A Lisbon Concerned Citizen Blasts The Town Council

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
Following are e-mails between Mr. Mike Bowie and me.

Dale Crafts called me, I did not expect calls or responses. I was/am just venting my feelings and concerns. If Mr. Bowie thinks The Lisbon Reporter is just a bunch of nonsense, he must be skipping over the great stuff, like the Dancing Policeman, The Letter from God, The Rainbow Bridge.

Did Mr. Bowie cry when he watched the video, How Could You? Did he even bother to watch it? I still have tears in my eyes, I have lost "special friends" and remember them fondly.

Everything on The Lisbon Reporter is checked and double checked for facts before printed.
Dot Fitzgerald

-----Original Message-----
From: villre1@myfairpoint.net
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:25 PM
To: caseygirl@myfairpoint.net; dalecrafts@aol.com; fernsbodyshop@myfairpoint.net; gmason1959@yahoo.com; normawells@hotmail.com; jrhenry861@aol.com; flagman189@aol.com
Subject: Notices

Regarding notices not e-mailed to all Town Council members: Evidently it is 'business as usual" at Lisbon Town Office. What part of no transparency in government do you not understand? How would any of you Council members like it if you were left out of information that should be available to all? THIS IS NOT RIGHT! THERE NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT, NOT JUST ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL, BUT ESPECIALLY ON THE TOWN LEVEL! There should be no favoritism in government, notices sent out to just a favored few. Perhaps it is time for the Ethics Committee to step up, ask questions and get answers. What council members are willing to, dare to, step up and do the right thing, to get the Ethics Committee involved? What is going on in our town is NOT RIGHT. This problem needs to be addressed at the next Town Council meeting. Just who is running our Town Office? I'm willing to bet it's not Mr. Eldridge.

Dorothy B. Fitzgerald
A Very Concerned Citizen


-----Original Message-----
From: "Michael Bowie"
To: villre1@myfairpoint.net; dalecrafts@aol.com; fernsbodyshop@myfairpoint.net; gmason1959@yahoo.com; normawells@hotmail.com; jrhenry861@aol.com; flagman189@aol.com
Cc: "'Steve Eldridge'"
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:51 PM
Subject: RE: Notices

Dot,

I am sorry you are misinformed. I DO checked my town email every day and I have never received any emails from you.

You may use either address. I believe the problem is related to a training issue with certain councilors as I have never had a problem getting my email.

I wish the Lisbon Reporter would post accurate information.

Regards,

Michael Bowie


----- Original Message -----
From: villre1@myfairpoint.net
To: "Michael Bowie"
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Notices

Mr. Mike Bowie;
This is the first ever e-mail I have sent to you. In my e-mail to all Councilors, I am referring to e-mails sent by Town Manager or his staff. Evidently your e-mail posted in the Lisbon Reporter is correct as you received it on my first try. Evidently some e-mails go to only preferred councilors, not to all. Such as the message from the Water Department that was not forwarded to all Councilors. Mike Cote was reprimanded by Eldridge for the remarks he made during the Audience participartation at the June 2, 2009 Town Council meeting, yet at a February meeting, you and Eldridge allowed Police Chief Brooks an hour-long unfounded tirade against a Council member. All the while Mr. Cote was speaking, Mr. Eldridge had his head and eyes downcast, would not look at him, and you looked daggers at him. Why? It would appear that you and Eldridge would like him to be gone from town office, the same as Jerry Samson. It will all come out in the open some day. Unfairness in Town Office and with Council members is not right, and should not be tolerated. But it will be "business as usual" as long as you and Eldridge are in charge.

As to The Lisbon Reporter, there is so much good that is printed: i.e. a complete list of all businesses in town, pay of town employees when town office did not print it in the 2008 Town Report. I could go on and on, but why bother when some, like you and Eldridge see only what you want to see. Many in town do have their eyes and ears open, to all, the good and the bad. Evidently e-mails to Ms. Wells are not being forwarded. The one I sent to her was not received, and I sent it twice. That's fine. I'm sure she will know about it. She is on your "good guy" list. She agrees with you and Eldridge on just about everything. I'm sorry if I sound bitter, but I do not like what is going on at Town Office; employees spying on each other, morale at an all time-low, and not just about pay freeze. All one has to do is walk in and notice while being waited on, or is it just me they are afraid to talk to, have been told not to talk to?

Dot Fitzgerald


----- Original Message -----
From: villre1@myfairpoint.net
To: dalecrafts@aol.com; gmason1959@yahoo.com; jrhenry8612@yahoo.com; "Roger Cote"; normawells@hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:53 AM
Subject: Fw: Notices

Mike Bowie's response to my e-mail to all councilors, and my response back.
Thought you all should have a copy as Mr. Bowie has forwarded them to Eldridge. I want everything out in the open, available to all Councilors.

Dot Fitzgerald