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Monday, August 12, 2013

More On Worumbo Mill Pending Issues

             ADDITIONAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT!!!!

First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who has commented to the articles on the blogs Lisbonmaine.Net and The Lisbon Reporter.  All your comments are important to us and the residents of Lisbon.  Readership has increased to over 8,000 hits on some days and less on others, so apparently there are many of you who are dedicated readers.

Both blog sites were created to bring the truth to the people.  Since the beginning, we have exposed numerous abnormalities in our town council form of government.  The latest being the two contracts approved by the council, which clearly deviated from Town’s Purchasing Policy.   The most disturbing part of the process is that no one has to explain to the people why they deviated from process in writing.  The council had better hope a forensic audit is never performed on these contracts.

Now, I want to talk about the response from Councilor Garrison to me about a conflict of interest by Chairman Fern LaRochelle.  Councilor Garrison does not see how Chairman LaRochelle owning the property across from the mill constitutes a conflict of interest.  The only person to receive any direct benefit to the improvements to the Worumbo Mill will be Chairman LaRochelle.  Chairman LaRochelle’s property will increase in value.  This is a direct benefit.  Also, Chairman LaRochelle is the only individual who does not have to pay interest and penalty on back taxes owed to the town.  Chairman LaRochelle paid the actual back taxes but not the interest and penalty. 

Now, let’s talk about the Worumbo Mill project.  But first let’s talk about the Knight-Celetex project that is going on now and for the past two years.  I would like the town to wait and complete this project before we move on with any additional funds.  Also has everyone forgotten, the town will be facing an additional Revenue-Sharing loss of over $380,000 dollars next year?  This will be coupled with the additional increases to the Police and Communications Center.  All of these additional items will certainly raise our taxes for another year.  Three years of tax increases in a row!

The purchasing of the mill, by floating a bond for a million dollars, will add to our increase in taxes for the next 10 or 15 years to come.  Look around town at all the businesses that are closed, the empty houses and most of all the houses on the market.  The mill is the least of our problems.   Until the council can control the spending and stop raising our taxes; it should not consider any additional projects.  The town council’s first priority should be getting the town spending under control without raising taxes on the people.  People are leaving town because they cannot afford to live here and the council wants to levy more taxes on the people.

Lately there has been some discussion about the editor of the Lisbon Reporter being run out of town.  This just goes to show the ignorance of these people.  The editor to the Lisbon Reporter does not live in Lisbon but he cares enough about this community to devote all his time into bringing the truth to Lisbon residents.  It takes a lot of time and devotion to maintain a blog site.  The editor doesn’t do this for himself; he does it for you citizens.  I want to thank our editor for devoting his time and effort to helping us improve and sometimes exposing the corruption in Lisbon.

One comment suggested that I would not be happy with any changes in Lisbon.  That simply is not true because I would stand up and cheer if Stephen Eldridge and David Brooks moved on to bigger and better things.  I personally believe they have caused enough damage to our community.

Larry Fillmore

5 comments:

Gregg said...

Larry,

So you are saying you have no editing responsibilities with this blog ... interesting but I will take you at your word as you have never given me reason not to. For the record I find comments similar to the one you mention about running the editor out of town on a rail to be juvenile and uncalled for. While everyone in this country is allowed to have an opinion, resorting to name calling and mud slinging detracts from the value of any opinion or view the individual may have.

That being said, please feel free to re-read my comments, I never said I did not see the possibility of a conflict of interest, I simply stated I disagreed with your assumption that there is a conflict of interest. The ultimate decision on the Mill project rests with the voters of Lisbon and as such, Mr Larochelle will have the same single vote as any other resident.

New concerned citizen said...

Garrison what do you think we are Idiots. Of course Larochele has a big conflict, you all probably have gotten together and decided what you want to push on the residents. You are setting to be just as bad as the rest of the bought of Councilors.

Larry Fillmore said...

Gregg - I believe you are splitting hairs on the conflict of interest. I totally agree with you with everything including your last statement. Mr. LaRochelle will have the same single vote as any other resident but he should not be driving the bus on this issue. Also, the purpose of a fact sheet is to provide the people will ALL of their options and present all the facts for EACH option in order for the people to made an intelligent decision. The fact that the town believes the renovation of the building is not a viable option should not be up to the council. ALL options with ALL the facts should be provided to the people and the people make the final decision. By limiting and leading the people to what the council wants is not only morally wrong but only corrupts the process.

Anonymous said...

I find it hilarious that all the comments on this post have been removed.. You and your ilk are jokes.

Anonymous said...

"The only person to receive any direct benefit to the improvements to the Worumbo Mill will be Chairman LaRochelle." Are you that dumb? <<--rhetorical The whole town benefits from taking that building.