Lisbon Taxpayers, What The 'Hell' Are We Paying For?

WHAT ARE WE REALLY PAYING FOR?????

The residents of Huston Park have complained to the Police Department about overweight vehicles in the park and individuals (including Councilor Pomelow and her husband) ignoring the STOP Sign on Wing Street. Also, residents on Winter Street  have complained to the Police Department of vehicles exceeding the speed limit. These situations put all the people at risk in these areas and what is the Lisbon Police Department doing to eliminate these situations and to protect the citizens; absolutely nothing.

The residents report a pattern of these violations to the Lisbon Police Department and still nothing is being done. The taxpayers pay a great deal of tax dollars to employ this police force and what is their return on investment, nothing. The residents of Lisbon need to know the police department is concerned about their safety. One resident even recommended “Rubber Speed Bumps” during months without snow and the Town Engineer and Town Manager felt there was no need. Apparently, management is not concerned about safety until someone is injured and killed.

Why are we paying so much for a police force that does not care about the citizens of Lisbon’s safety? Chief Brooks provides statistics about the ever increasing number of service calls and the need to provide more tax dollars to remedy the situation. Well, the numbers of service calls are probably on the same situation. This would explain the high numbers of service calls. If ten residents called and complained about the same situation it would reflect ten service calls when in all actuality this is only one service call which was never acted upon by the police department. This is how the police department pads their numbers. Or how many wrong numbers are counted to inflate his number of calls to service?

This used to be a great community to raise children in and now we have to be more protective because the police department picks and chooses whom they will protect and serve. This town is currently being operated and managed on favoritism. The law is not enforced equally for all citizens of Lisbon which is a shame because the majority of this community has exceptional people and good neighbors.

Maybe a better solution for the town of Lisbon is to come under the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s department. The sheriff’s department is not operated on favoritism and everyone will get a fair shake. I am total convinced it would be cheaper for the taxpayers.

Larry Fillmore

Concerned Citizens