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WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!
It is simply amazing that the Sun Journal reporter, Paula
Gibbs, only reports on a few items discussed during the Town Council meeting
last Tuesday. The items that dealt with
the Sewer Department and the fine Department of Environment Protection levied
on the town of Lisbon.
Editor's note: Click the following link to read her reporting.
Apparently, this was all Mrs. Gibbs was interested in
because there was a lot more that took place during the meeting. Mrs. Goddard addressed the location of the
new water tower and where it would best serve the community. She also asked about the possibility of
using a “land trust” for protection of the water tower. This
is growing into a controversial item.
I asked about why the council approved $100,000 tax dollars
over budgeted in the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) account. I wondered if there was some more account
over budgeted. I also asked why it is
every time someone brings up an issue that either embarrasses the town, or the
council does not have an answer for there is technical difficulty with the
video equipment so the people never hear about it. These
are also items of interest to the community but were never reported by Mrs.
Gibbs.
The town was asked about selling the AccuVote Machines &
Black Boxes. Also included was the first
reading of the Shoreland Zoning Map & Ordinance Amendment (1st
Reading). Mrs. Gibbs apparently did not
feel the people of Lisbon needed any of this information.
Mrs. Gibbs left
the meeting at this point.
During the Town Manager’s report, Mr. Eldridge mentioned the following:
June 27, 2013 Planning Board
meeting will discuss the Water Tower.
July 1, 2013 Utilities Committee
will be meeting to discuss the possible consolidation of water and sewer.
July 2, 2013
There will be a Public Hearing on the Shoreland Zoning Map & Ordinance Amendment.
July 11, 2013 A
workshop with both the Council and the Planning Board that is open to the
public.
One would think
that these meetings and workshops would be of importance to the community and
as a local newspaper would be considered as Public Announcements to keep the
people informed. It would appear
that Mrs. Gibbs and the Sun Journal do not consider these meetings as essential
information for the community and that is why the Sun Journal does not print
them. Mrs. Gibbs only attends half of the
meetings for whatever reason.
Also Councilor Gina Mason briefed the council and public on
the Moxie Day festival. This is also a
big event for the community and Mrs. Gibbs did not report any of the
information.
What good does it do to report only part of the meeting and
none of the public service announcements?
Larry Fillmore
3 comments:
Mr. Fillmore,
I did follow your link to the article and found that it completely and succinctly covered the topic in the headline. It had all the facts I would expect in an article about the DEP fine and the sewer dept. Had the article been titled “Lisbon Council Meeting Covers Several topics” then maybe you would have a point.
The truth is that real news sites find information that the majority of people want to hear about. A site such as this one however continues to throw so much extreme and unbelievable chaff in the way that any news or opinion of true value gets lost on 95% of folks. I do come here from time to time to gawk at the absurdity but as a rule, all the conspiracy garbage kills any likelihood that I will believe that anything written locally is not simply made up. Just my opinion.
Larry,
While you and I do not see eye to eye on some issues, I do agree that the departure of the Sun Journal reporter half way through the meeting was a disservice to their subscribers in Lisbon. And while I agree with your Anonymous poster that the frequent declarations of cover-ups and conspiracies detract from the value of this blog as a source of information, posting as Anonymous also detracts from their opinion ... Which is of course my opinion. If your convictions are strong enough to comment, I encourage any reader to take responsibility and credit for their posts ... please note I am not singling out the post specifically, but any one who wishes to use this venue to post information or opinions.
Gregg
Not sure what to reply as so I'm hitting annonymous cause the others' don't seem to apply to me.
Anyway, I was just wondering if there is any news regarding what is going on at the old Worumbo Mill...new windows, work on the outside but no sign. My email is gdemers@excite.com.
Thanks for any info you will share.
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