The Lisbon Reporter

WELCOME TO THE LISBON REPORTER. In an effort to keep our community informed of what is going on at local and Federal levels of government, we decided to create this on-line newspaper. It is our hope that this on-line newspaper will help you stay informed so that you can get involved and take action for the benefit of our ENTIRE community. Thank you for visiting and please check back frequently for information about what is happening in LISBON/LISBON FALLS, MAINE USA

Monday, May 9, 2016

DO THE PEOPLE OF LISBON/DURHAM DESERVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EMERGENCY SERVICES??????????

This is the real questions behind whether or not to close the Lisbon Communication Center and move dispatching to the Androscoggin County Dispatch. It all boils down to how quickly First Responders are dispatched to the scene of an emergency. This is because, in an emergency, time is the most critical factor. It is just common sense the quicker First Responders are on the scene; the better the chances are for survival.

Currently, under agreement with the town First Responders are dispatched by the Lisbon Communication Center ONLY after being notified by the County. When the County cannot reach the Lisbon Communication Center on 3353-2500, and this has happened numerous times, there is a delay dispatching First Responders. This system puts citizens at risk for their lives. This year the Lisbon Communication Center will cost the taxpayers $363,102.00.

Modern technology has advanced in Maine and all over the country. The Androscoggin County Dispatch has the capabilities to dispatch our First Responders upon receipt of a 911 call. This system eliminates the need to contact the Lisbon Communication Center and eliminates any time delay dispatching our First Responder. This increases the chances of survival.

The previous Town Council figured moving to the Androscoggin County Dispatch would save the taxpayers approximately $190,000.00. The Town Manager and Chief Brooks were working with Sheriff Samson at one point to move dispatching to the County. However, last October/November Chief Brooks sabotaged the project with a dog and pony show changing the minds of the Town Council.

Why the Town Council would change their minds on saving tax dollars and speeding up dispatching our First Responder; I will never know. As far as I am concern, the decision was NOT in the best interest of the community. Chairman Bickford wants to delay moving forward on this project so the people of Lisbon can decide what they want by voting in November on this. Below are the two options:

1. Option 1. Keep the Lisbon Communication Center and continue to pay $363,102.00. This system will continue to have to wait until the County notifies them before they can dispatch our First Responders.

2. Option 2. Move to the Androscoggin County Dispatch and save approximately $190,000.00 tax dollars (not my figures but the Town Council). This systems dispatch our First Responders upon receipt of the 911 call directly.

So now, which option provides the community with the best solution for emergency services? Contact your Councilor and tell them which you prefer so that the town does not have to wait any longer in moving the community forward.

Larry Fillmore

ROUTE 9 SURVEY

GOPDD: After Watching This Video, NOBODY Should Vote For Hillary Clinton!

May 9, 2016 by Clyde

Despite Hillary Clinton’s claims that she backs many different types of people, her track record proves otherwise.
This viral video has over 4 million views. It pulls together clip after clip of the Democratic presidential candidate speaking out directly against the same people she wants to vote for her.
This is a list of people who should not vote for Hillary Clinton and the video to prove why they shouldn’t:

GOPDD: SARAH PALIN Announces She Will Work to Defeat Paul Ryan in Primary (VIDEO)

May 9, 2016 by Clyde

By Jim Hoft
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced on Sunday she will work to defeat Paul Ryan in his Republican primary.
This came after Ryan would not endorse the Republican nominee Donald Trump for president.
On Thursday Republican Speaker Paul Ryan told Jake Tapper on CNN he was “not ready” to endorse Donald Trump yet.

GOPDD: EX Lover Calls Bill Clinton A Serial Rapist While Praising Trump For Exposing THIS About Hillary’s ‘Crooked Past’

May 9, 2016 by Dylan

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is putting Hillary Clinton on notice: You’re next. And a new release from WND Books may play a critical part in his forthcoming attacks on the past of the woman he calls “Crooked Hillary.”
Having vanquished his GOP rivals, Trump is taking aim at the Democratic front-runner and the target-rich Clinton record. Trump told the Washington Post he would target Clinton’s past, because “her past is really the thing, rather than what she plans to do in the future.”
Trump characterized Clinton’s record as having “a lot of problems.”

TOWNHALL: White House on Rhodes Fallout: We Never Lied About The Iran Deal

Katie Pavlich

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Posted: May 09, 2016 3:30 PM

In case you missed it last week, White House National Security advisor Ben Rhodes admitted the Obama administration took advantage of an ignorant, inexperienced media in order to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the American people during a profile piece interview in the New York Times. The piece is titled, "The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru."

CHANGE TO VOTING PLACE

Attention Lisbon Voters:

The Lisbon Town Council consolidated Lisbon’s two polling places, at the Superintendent’s Central Office gym and the MTM Center gym, to ONE polling place now located at the Lisbon High School Gymnasium at 2 Sugg Drive in Lisbon Falls

Friday, May 6, 2016

FREEDOM FORCE: Have You Seen Hillary’s Six Step Plan to Disarm the American People?

Josie RuddMay 6, 2016

By: TIM BROWN

Hillary Clinton is not an advocate of the Second Amendment nor the Constitution as she claims. In fact, when it comes to the Second Amendment, there is no way this woman is not going to attack it and the rights it was designed to protect, and now we can easily see her six step plan to disarm the American people. She has even vowed to attack the rights of gun owners on her “very first day” in office, if elected.
Awr Hawkins, writing at Breitbart, lists six of Clinton’s unlawful, tyrannical and even criminal proposals when it comes to infringing upon the rights of the people to keep and bear arms.

WHAT TO EXPECT AS HILLARY IS PRESIDENT!

GOPDD: CAIR Joins With Black Lives Matter And Calls For Islamic Revolution In The USA (Video)

May 6, 2016 by Clyde

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a U.S. based pro-Muslim group that enjoys close ties with President Obama, announced they are joining with #BlackLivesMatter and calling for a revolution in the United States and they plan on using this upcoming election to do so.
“Black Lives Matter… Basically you [Muslims] are the new black people of America, you are being denied rights, you are being denied the American Dream… If we don’t stand, you will see Muslims murdered in the streets. We are the community that staged a revolution around the world.. why can’t we do that in America?”

GOPDD: Does Michelle Obama Only Represent the Black Community? (Video)

May 6, 2016 by Clyde

Alfonzo Rachel, a well known conservative Youtube star shares his thoughts about Michelle Obama and her racial hatred.
Alfonzo is a student of history and understands the struggles African Americans can face; however, is completely offended by Michelle’s constant cry of victimization.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

GOPDD: Trump Has Become More Powerful Than Obama Overnight

May 5, 2016 by Clyde

President Obama has failed and fail miserably to force Mexico to understand that the mass illegal immigration to American soil is unacceptable. Donald Trump’s message has hit home hard not only with the Mexican people, but their Government as well.
The President of Mexico has actually invited Trump to Mexico to “see the border from the other side”. Mexico and their people know they are wrong, they are guilty. They know this. The President of Mexico (whatever his name is) has on camera apologized to The Donald humbly on live TV pleading for mercy.

RECAP TOWN COUNCIL MEETING - MAY 3RD CORRECTION

UNDER OTHER BUSINESS - THE TOWN MANAGER

1. The Town Manager announced that the CDBG application the town filed with the state had been approved and was not entering the second Phase.

THIS SHOULD READ "THE TOWN MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT THE CDBG APPLICATION THE TOWN FILED WITH THE STATE HAD BEEN APPROVED AND IS ENTERING THE SECOND PHASE."

I Apologize for the mistake!

Larry Fillmore

OBAMA'S VIEW ON OUR MILITARY

TOWNHALL: Obama’s Pentagon Sends Shock Letter to Gowdy… Benghazi Families in Disbelief

President Barack Obama’s Pentagon recently sent a letter to the House Select Committee on Benghazi, essentially telling it to slow down its investigation into the deadly 2012 terrorist attack while chastising it for not having all of its requests for information squared away, according to The Washington Examiner.
“The department has spent millions of dollars on Benghazi-specific congressional compliance, including reviews by four other committees, which have diligently reviewed the military’s response in particular,” read the letter from Stephen Hedger, assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs, to South Caroline GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy, head of the Benghazi committee.

GOPDD: Shocking Revelation Proves Hillary Will Be JUST LIKE Obama

May 5, 2016 by Clyde

A new book reveals that back in 2009, during Hillary Clinton’s first visit to Israel as US Secretary of State, she tried unsuccessfully to press then-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni into a unity government so as to avoid a right-wing coalition.
It was a classic case of interfering in an allied nation’s internal affairs to serve the agenda of the Obama Administration and its Muslim allies.
The revelation comes from the book “Alter Egos” by Mark Landler, a New York Times political correspondent.

TOWNHALL: DOJ To North Carolina: Your Bathroom Bill Violates The Civil Rights Act

Matt Vespa

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Posted: May 05, 2016 10:30 AM

Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, and Pearl Jam fired the initial salvos in North Carolina’s transgender bathroom bill drama. Now, the Department of Justice has made a call too—the bill violates the Civil Rights Act (via Associated Press):

TOWNHALL: Army Captain Sues Obama: No Authority to Fight ISIS

Justin Holcomb

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Posted: May 05, 2016 11:00 AM

Capt. Nathan Michael Smith of the U.S. Army sued Barack Obama in district court on Wednesday, on grounds that that he does not have the proper congressional authority to wage war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
This news comes only one day after a Navy SEAL was killed in combat in Iraq, the third since a U.S.-led coalition launched its campaign against the Islamic State in the summer of 2014.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

GOPDD: TRUMP Doubles Down On Banning Muslim Immigrants, Calls For The Prosecution Of Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz The Next Supreme Court Justice

May 4, 2016 by AmyElizabeth

Trump ‘ I Have to do the right thing and that’s the way I have been guided’
It’s time for the GOP to rally around Trump. The voters have spoken. Ted Cruz did the right thing by getting out of the race. Trump is right we need to take control over our borders, bring jobs back to America, abolish the IRS, appeal Obamacare, nominate a Conservative to the Supreme Court, Ban Muslims from entering the US because we are at war with Radical Islam. Unlike, what Hussein Obama said ISIS is not JV. It’s time to call Islam for what it is. Islam is a cult that seeks to conquer, destroy and kill.
Trump added “I don’t care if it hurts me, “I’m doing the right thing when I do this. And Whether it’s a Muslim or whether it’s something else. I mean I have to do the right thing

GOPDD: Hillary Clinton Orders Liberal Media to Get Tough on Trump (VIDEO)

May 4, 2016 by Clyde

Hillary Clinton ordered the liberal media to get tough on Donald Trump today.
The scandal-plagued Democrat wants liberal reporters to get hard on Trump–
Because 64,000 negative ads were just not enough.

FREEDOM FORCE: NY Post: Even Hillary’s pals can’t pretend to believe her lies

No wonder Clinton failed as a diplomat: Even her pals can’t pretend to believe her lies.

May 4, 2016

It is amazing that we are sitting here even discussing the lies or Hillary Rodham Clinton as she is attempting the nomination for the highest office in our land. What is more disparaging is that her supporters do not care. They support her no matter what evidence is brought before them. Why is that exactly? How can someone as corrupt and untrustworthy as Hillary garner the support of millions? Here’s the latest pill her sheeple are having to swallow, and while some don’t believe her, they still rally around in support of her. Shameful…..

GOPDD: Mexico President Fox Apologizes, Invites Trump to Mexico (Video)

May 4, 2016 by Clyde

SANTA MONICA, California — During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Mexican President Vicente Fox apologized Wednesday for the vulgar language he has used regarding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the southern border and invited the likely Republican nominee to Mexico to see the border from the other side.
Earlier this year, Fox said that he would not pay for Trump’s “f*cking wall,” and called Trump ““Ignorant … crazy … egocentric … nasty … [a] false prophet.” Trump then called on Fox to apologize

GOPDD: This Muslim Woman Was Arrested By Police. Now She’s Suing. The Reason Will Outrage You.

May 4, 2016 by Clyde

On Monday, a Muslim woman filed a lawsuit in California claiming that the police had discriminated against her as a Muslim. What could these Islamophobic cops have done to warrant getting sued? They apparently removed her hijab after she was taken into custody. Removing a detained suspect’s hat, scarf, or helmet is routine procedure.
Kirsty Powell, an African-American woman and apparent Muslim convert, filed the suit against the city of Long Beach and its police department for causing “extreme shame, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional distress.”

RECAP TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – MAY 3RD

This is a summary of last night’s Town Council meeting.

Under Good News & Recognition – Miss Natalie Thompson was awarded the 2016 Spirit of America Tribute.

Under Council Orders, Resolutions & Ordinances –

1. Zoning Ordinance – Property Maintenance Sec. 614 & 41 (Second Reading) – The Council approved this ordinance by a vote of 7-0.

2. Town Insurance Bid Award – The Council award the bid to Champoux-Rogers Insurance for $90,036.00 by a vote of 7-0.

3. Tax Acquired Property Sale – The Council sold the property at 10 Gendron Drive for $1,000.00 and wrote off the remaining balance of $4,738.80 by a vote of 7-0.

4. Tax Acquired Property Bid - The Council authorized the Town Manager/Treasurer to advertise 29 Sabattus Creek Drive without a minimum bid by a vote of 7-0.

5. Cell Phone Discussion – The Council had a discussion on whether to pay for employee to use personal phone and get paid by the town or issue town phones. The Council decided they needed more information before reaching a decision.

6. Communication Center Discussion – The Council had a discussion on the Communication Center and Chairman Bickford made a decision to place the question on the November ballot. Chairman Bickford stated he wants it to be a binding vote but the Town Manage stated it could not be.

Under Other Business –

1. The Town Manager announced that the CDBG application the town filed with the state had been approved and was not entering the second Phase.

2. Liza Ward presented the Council with an update on Emergency Management for Androscoggin County.

3. Ed Karass provided a Financial Report to the Council.

Under Executive Session – The Council moved into Executive Session to discuss acquisition of real property.

Larry Fillmore

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

FREEDOM FORCE: DOJ Drops Bombshell against Hillary Clinton’s Email Investigation: “It’s a Law Enforcement Matter”

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Tim Brown — May 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton has laughed off the probe into her illegal email server which has compromised hundreds of classified documents. She has mocked the FBI at every turn and said there would be no way she would be put in handcuffs. To top it off, she's even claimed that the FBI's investigation is nothing more than a "security review." However, the Department of Justice has shot that down and claimed that the investigation into Clinton's crimes are "a law enforcement matter."

GOPDD: Obama Refuses To Call Navy Seal Killed By ISIS In Iraq Combat

May 3, 2016 by Dylan

Townhall Tuesday morning Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a Navy SEAL operating as an advisor to Peshmerga forces was killed on the front lines against ISIS. Carter specifically said the SEAL was killed in combat after he was shot when ISIS soldiers broke through an Iraqi forces checkpoint and made their way to Peshmerga territory just outside of Mosul.

GOPDD: Donald Trump WINS Indiana, Ted Cruz Drops Out (Video)

May 3, 2016 by Clyde

With a Landslide Victory by Trump in Indiana, Cruz drops out.

TO WATCH VIDEO: http://gopthedailydose.com/2016/05/03/donald-trump-wins-indiana-ted-cruz-drops-out-video/

GOPDD: Viral Video: A Convicted Voyeur Picked the Wrong Woman to Harass at Target

May 3, 2016 by Dylan

Fox News Insider A Florida woman turned the tables on a man who had been convicted of preying on women in public places, and the video is going viral.
Candice Spivey said she was approached by a man at a Target store outside Jacksonville while she was looking at swimsuits.
Spivey said she was prepared to record the encounter because the man, who police identified as Jeffrey Polizzi, had walked up to her two years prior in a Publix grocery store, asking inappropriate questions.

TO READ MORE AND WATCH VIDEO: http://gopthedailydose.com/2016/05/03/viral-video-convicted-voyeur-picked-wrong-woman-harass-target/

GOPDD: Islamic Preacher: British Muslims Demand Sharia Law And Separate Caliphate In The UK (Video)

May 3, 2016 by Clyde

The myth of the tiny radical Muslim minority has been debunked time and time again. Now even Muslims are acknowledging the fact that many mainstream strands of Islam are, in fact, incompatible with Western values. A recent poll has confirmed that nearly two-thirds of British Muslims would not report terror tips to the police. A shocking 23% of British Muslims want Sharia law to supersede the judicial process in the UK. These numbers are all the more disturbing given that many of the respondents were born and raised in the democratic West. Many of them are educated. They received medical services courtesy of the NIH, the UK’s universal public health program. These sentiments cross ethnic, social, and economic boundaries. The only thing these Muslims have in common is an unshakeable faith in Islam.

Monday, May 2, 2016

ROUTE 9 SURVEY

The Lisbon Reporter posted a Public Announcement about a survey pertaining to Route 9 located on the town web site, yesterday. After posting this Public Announcement, I decided to take this survey. Half way through the survey, I realized it was nothing more than another example of the “Good Old Boys” network trying to influence the people of Lisbon. I also learned that Richard and Gina Mason are members of this network because it was Rick Mason who spoke at a Council meeting to allow him to sell used cars off his property. Chairman Bickford is pushing the Planning Board to make this happen.

You see Mr. Mason’s property is located on Route 9 in a Rural Open 1 zoning. The selling of used cars is strictly forbidden in this zone. The selling of used cars only clutters the area as evident from a trip down Route 196. Also, there is no significant relief in the tax base so there is no real value in having all these used cars lining the major artilleries of Lisbon.

The survey has several questions that are invalid because they do not list all available options. In fact, they are written as to imply that Route 9 zoning has been changed to commercial. Asking invalid questions, about a change that has not taken place, only provides an invalid response and does not generate a potential thought of any value.

In order to generate a survey/tool to be used as a means to help understand what the people want, you first have to ask the right questions and not predetermined ones. Second, you must list all available options in order to clearly understand the position of the individual filling out the survey. Asking loaded questions; enable you to get your desired results but does not provide a true understand of how the people feel. This is the case with this Route 9 survey. The “Good Old Boys” want to change Route 9 from a Rural Open 1 to commercial zoning. That way, they can line Route 9 with used car lots and repair shops like Route 196.

The people living on Route 9 did not build their dream homes with this thought in mind. Changing Route 9 to commercial will increase the flow of traffic. Look at the increase in the flow of traffic since the state widen and repaired the road. Changing Route 9 to commercial will lower the property value and destroy the agriculture look of this community.

This survey is slanted and meant to influence the Town Council and Planning Board in a negative way. A true survey should be prepared and offered to the community if you want a valid response.

Larry Fillmore