Anyone That Votes To Purchase the Worumbo Mill Project As Presented Needs To Schedule A Check Up From The Neck Up!

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?????

Tuesday night at the Lisbon Community School at 7:00 PM will be a “Public Hearing” on the Worumbo Mill project to float a bond for a million dollars to purchase and demolition the mill.  There is no guaranteed return on investment for this project, only speculation. 

The town council and town manager have mismanaged our Undesignated Fund for several years and when that was gone they started raising our taxes to make up for their excessive spending.  This is a fact and everyone should recognize this because they are trying to get more money to waste.  This is easy to prove just look at the fact sheet the town published.  It totaled $945,000 and they are asking for one million.  So what is going to happen with the $55,000 unaccounted for in the fact sheet?  Where is that $55,000 going; to the Communication Center?

The people realized what was happening to their tax dollars and on November 8, 2011 voted to change the current process and change the Town Charter to allow the people to vote on the Municipal Budget.  Since this date, every town council we have had has done everything in their power to ignore the vote of the people.  Councilor Bickford, who was pushing for this to happen, has turned his back on the people.  Councilor Bickford no longer is pushing for this to happen.  These councilors totally ignore the voters’ wishes.  If the voters were giving the right to vote on the Municipal Budget since 2011, the town would certainly be in a better position financially than it is today.

Now these councilors pass and present, are trying to spend more of our tax dollars without receiving any guaranteed return for investment.  It appears they are either trying to live up to a commitment or trying to bury this community.  This Worumbo Mill project is a bad investment of taxpayer money at this time and should NEVER be put on the ballot.

There are more important issues to be placed on the November ballot.  The number one priority is to get the school off probation.  From what we were told at the joint workshop, the first thing is for the construction of a new gym at a cost of roughly $6.2 million dollars.  However, even though this has a high price tag; it also has a guaranteed return on investment.  By getting off probation, more families will move to this community increasing the school revenue and increasing our tax base.  This is but one project to move our community forward.

Even to consider the Worumbo Mill be placed on the ballot reflects the direction our councilors are moving this community.

  Anyone in favor of such a move needs to have a CHECKUP FROM THE NECK UP.

Larry Fillmore