BATTLE OF THE BUDGET

EXCUSE ME MR... HILL, BUT IT WAS NOT MR... GREEN AND THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT THAT "SADDLED" US WITH THE 6 OR 7 MILLION DOLLAR GYM AND TRACK BOND ! ! ! ! !

 

PERHAPS YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.  

 

AS I RECALL, MR.. GREEN AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE  SAW A NEED, DID THEIR RESEARCH, GOT PLANS, FACTS AND FIGURES TOGETHER AND PUT ALL BEFORE THE VOTERS AS TO WHETHER THEY WANTED A TRACK AND A NEW GYM. THE BONDS FOR THE TRACK AND THE GYM WENT TO THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF LISBON! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 

 

IT WAS THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF LISBON THAT APPROVED THE MONIES FOR A TRACK AND A NEW GYMNASIUM. NOT MR. GREEN AND/OR THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

 

COULD IT BE THAT THE COST OF LEGAL FEES IN THE BATTLE OF THE BUDGET AND NUMEROUS SCHOOL BUDGET REFERENDUMS THAT HAVE DRAINED THE TOWN'S UNDESIGNATED FUNDS BALANCE???? 

 

THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HAD SEVERAL WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALL WELL ATTENDED, CONCERNING THE TRACK AND THE GYM.

 

PLANS AND COSTS WERE PRESENTED, WELL BEFORE THE PROJECTS FOR BOTH WENT TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL.

 

BOTH THE TRACK AND THE GYM ARE A WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND TO THE TOWN OF LISBON. BOTH WILL BE BRINGING IN REVENUE, NOT LIKE THE RIVER TRAIL THAT DOES NOT BRING IN ANY REVENUE AND IS BECOMING MORE

COSTLY TO TAXPAYERS EACH YEAR. 

 

DOT FITZGEALD

A CONCERNED CITIZEN