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

Sunday, January 22, 2017

GOPDD: Borders, Laws Come Back To America – Gen Kelly New Secretary Of DHS

Jan 21, 2017 by Rick Wells

General John Kelly has a massive task in front of him now that he has been confirmed as the new Homeland Security Secretary. He’s taking over a department that in some areas has been, to varying degrees, virtually shut down for the last two or three years. That is particularly true in areas dealing with some of the most critical aspects of security, such as border enforcement. In other areas political activism has superseded the rule of law and the laws themselves under his predecessor, Jihadi Jeh Johnson. His task, along with that of Senator Jeff Sessions to rehabilitate the Department of Justice after eight years of politicization, have to be the greatest organizational challenges facing any cabinet members.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

GOPDD: We’ve Got A Real President, Dem Radical Thugs Need A Real Jail

Jan 21, 2017 by Rick Wells

In his inauguration speech President Trump said that “from this day forward a new vision will govern our land,” and that “protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.” Let’s hope that new vision and protection start soon, and that local law enforcement will stop being ordered to stand around as stationary targets of violence and abuse. They need to finally start banging some agitator heads and arresting the George Soros type of anti-Americans on the left that are funding and coordinating the chaos.
The video is from We Are Change but it’s similar to others taken in Washington, DC during the inauguration period and elsewhere as Obama created his race war. It depicts the four necessary components to the leftist disruptive events. There must be agitators, there must be police and property for them to target and there must be media to record it and disseminate their actions to the rest of us. They must also have a cause, generally a fabricated, false one, as a means of “justifying” their misbehavior. If any one of those components is missing, their schemes fall apart.

GOPDD: Jason Chaffetz Posts Hilarious Instagram Caption to Hillary Clinton Photo, ‘The Investigation Continues’

Jan 21, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Congressman Jason Cheffetz had a picture taken of himself shaking the hand of Hillary Clinton at the inauguration yesterday. But it was what he did after publishing the post on Instagram that made liberals go crazy.

“So pleased she is not the President,” Chaffetz wrote on Instagram, where he posted the photo. “I thanked her for her service and wished herTO READ MORE: http://gopthedailydose.com/2017/01/21/jason-chaffetz-posts-hilarious-instagram-caption-hillary-clinton-photo-investigation-continues/ luck. The investigation continues.”

TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP - JANUARY 24TH

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY START TIME

Friday, January 20, 2017

GOPDD: ‘Why Do You Lie, CNN?’ Anti-Trump Nancy Sinatra Slams CNN for Saying She’s Unhappy With Trump Using ‘My Way’

Jan 20, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Nancy Sinatra had some strong words for CNN after the news outlet published an article on its website with the headline “Nancy Sinatra not happy Trump using father’s song at inauguration.”
According to CNN, Nancy Sinatra isn’t happy about a song that’s to be played at the inauguration of Donald Trump:

GOPDD: On His First Day President Trump Immediately Signs Most Important Executive Order Against Obamacare

Jan 20, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

As promised, President Trump got to work on Day 1, spending some time in the Oval Office in between the inaugural parade and a trio of formal balls.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday night “to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition from repeal and replace,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

GOPDD: Jerusalem Mayor Just Gave Obama a Brutal Farewell: He ‘Surrendered’ to Radical Islam

Jan 19, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat leveled a full throttle attack against outgoing US President Barack Obama on Thursday, releasing a video statement accusing Obama of “surrendering to the Iranians and radical Islam,” as well as “abandoning Israel.”
Obama has said, “There’s no magic to the phrase radical Islam”

John Lewis didn’t pay taxes on D.C. townhouse

Posted with permission from WND

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.

Congressmen who live in tax-delinquent townhouses probably shouldn't throw stones.
Less than a week after telling "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd that he didn't see Donald Trump as a "legitimate president," Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, has been outed as a tax scofflaw.
Asked by Todd if he would look for ways to cooperate with Trump, Lewis responded, "It's going to be very difficult. I don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS

TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEEN SPOKEN

GOPDD: Sen. Susan Collins Takes Down Elizabeth Warren in Front of Entire Crowd

Jan 18, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Sen. Susan Collins called out not only Sen. Elizabeth Warren but also all the other Democratic members of the Senate Health & Education Committee for wasting time during Betsy DeVos’ Tuesday confirmation hearing.
From The Daily Caller:
Prior to Collins’ heat check, Warren told Donald Trump’s secretary of education nominee that “swindlers and crooks are out there doing back flips” at the thought of DeVos’ confirmation.

GOPDD: CNN’s Zucker Says Trump Wants to ‘Delegitimize Journalism’, Ignores Study Saying They’re Least Credible

Jan 18, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Jeff Zucker knows times have changed and covering Donald Trump will be unorthodox due to the president-elect’s disdain for the media, but Zucker’s network will be relentless in seeking the truth, the CNN chief said in a recent interview with New York Magazine.
Jeff Zucker defended his network’s decision to report on an unsubstantiated 35-page dossier that claimed the Russian government has comprising information about the president-elect.

GOPDD: [Watch] Louis Farrakhan Donald Trump Must Destroy Obama’s Legacy

Jan 18, 2017 by Dylan

A must watch video. Louis Farrakhan rips Obama and his legacy….

TO WATCH VIDEO: http://gopthedailydose.com/2017/01/18/watch-louis-farrakhan-donald-trump-must-destroy-obamas-legacy/

SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR JANUARY 23RD

Principal Consumer Credit Examiner, David Leach, Featured Guest Speaker February 23 at LA Rotary

Lewiston - On Thursday, February 23, at the Ramada Inn, Lewiston, David Leach, will be the featured guest speaker of the LA Rotary from noon to 1 p.m. Leach has 29+ years in Maine State Government (Bank & Non-Bank credit regulation) – Maine Department of Professional & Financial Regulation – the last 16 with the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection . Leach spent 15 years as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maine at Augusta (Banking, Investments, Marketing & Personal Finance). He is the author or co-author of 15 State of Maine consume protection publications He holds a B.A & MPA, from University of Maine (Orono). He is a native of Central Maine (Hallowell & Farmingdale). Currently Leach is the Principal Consumer Credit Examiner with Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection in Augusta. No reservation is required to attend. Lunch is available for $10 in the Fusion Restaurant at the Ramada. FMI on future Rotary speakers, contact President-Elect and Program Chair, Monica Millhime, 753.9040 or email monica.millhime@maine.gov.

GOPDD: Al Sharpton Gets DESTROYED While Getting EXPOSED As Money Grubbing Racist Pimp By Black Activists On LIVE VIDEO

Jan 18, 2017 by Dylan

“You Don’t Belong Around Here!” And with those 5-words uttered by Duane (aka Shorty) Davis, the confrontation was set.
Davis was referring to the Rev. Al (shady) Sharpton who was scheduled to make an appearance and preach within the local church in Davis’s Baltimore neighborhood.
Davis’s brief video clip captures Sharpton and his entourage arriving in a black SUV, and greeted by Davis along with other skeptical community activists questioning why Sharpton was there in the neighborhood.

Black Author: John Lewis Hasn’t Done Jack Sh*t Since Selma, “His Position In Congress Is Illegitimate”

Jan 18, 2017 by Dylan

Red Flag News Conservative African-American author Crystal Wright responded to Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.) calling Donald Trump an “illegitimate” president, saying Monday that the Democratic lawmaker has not done anything since he marched on Selma, Alabama in 1965 for civil rights.
Wright appeared on Fox Business with Stuart Varney to discusses Lewis’ recent comments about Trump. Lewis has planned to boycott Trump’s inauguration and even called his presidency “illegitimate,” citing the Russian cyber campaign to influence the 2016 election.

TO READ MORE AND WATCH VIDEO: http://gopthedailydose.com/2017/01/18/black-author-john-lewis-hasnt-done-jack-sht-since-selma-position-congress-illegitimate/

RECAP TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – JANUARY 17TH

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

Under Council Orders, Resolutions and Ordinances –

1. Tax Acquired Redemption – The Council approved this redemption for three properties by a vote of 7-0.

2. Drug Forfeiture Disbursements – The Council approved the forfeiture money from the state in the amount of $6,986.25 by a vote of 7-0. This brings the forfeiture fund balance to $27,945.00.

3. Authorization to submit Maine Municipal Bond Bank Application – The Council approved the town to submit an application in the amount of $1.5 million to the Maine Municipal Bond Bank by a vote of 7-0. This bond is for paving.

4. Authorization to Solicit Bids for Road Work – The Council approved this by a vote of 7-0 in order to start the process to pave three streets. These streets are Bowdoinham Road, Gould Road and Summer Street.

5. Memorandums of Understanding with Town of Winslow – The Council approved by a vote of 7-0 to have the town enter into the agreement with Winslow for reimbursement for training of a Police Officer.

6. Salary Survey – The Chairman spoke on this issue but there was no vote by the Council.

Under Other Business – Several Councilors briefed the rest of the Council on meetings that they attend and the subject of each. Also, the Council received a briefing from the Audit Team on the statues for the ongoing audit. It is in “DRAFT” at this time so there were no handouts for the audience so we were unable to follow along. Supposedly, when this goes final the Public will be provided copies of this audit.

Under Appointments – Mr. William Kukl was approved by the Council by a vote of 7-0 and appointed to the Recreation Committee.

Larry Fillmore

GOPDD: Fourteen People Busted For $16 Million WELFARE Fraud: Are They Used To Support Terrorists?

Jan 17, 2017 by William Smith

Over a dozen retail store operators in and around Baltimore have been busted in a huge welfare and wire fraud scheme – over $16 million dollars scraped out of the welfare state’s taxpayer’s pockets. It was an elaborate “food stamp trafficking” operation and probably involved a lot of white, Christian, white collar, conservative, fat cats..
Or not.. Because while the mainstream media will not tell you WHO is involved, here’s just a few – actually most – of their identities. But I ask you –

Lewiston Rotary to Welcome Erin Reed 02.02.17

Lewiston – Erin Reed will be the featured guest speaker of the Lewiston Auburn Rotary Club at the Ramada Inn, Lewiston on Thursday, February 2 from noon to 1 p.m.. Reed is the Executive Director of the Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston. The Jubilee Center is located in the heart of downtown Lewiston and provides food and hope to Lewiston-Auburn residents struggling to make ends meet. The Center is open six days a week and operates five programs: the Meals Program serves 80-100 hot lunches each day; the Food Pantry distributes groceries to 300 families each week; the Day Shelter provides warmth and rest to the homeless; the Resource Center offers a free weekly medical clinic, access to the Center’s phone, fax, and internet, a mailing address for the homeless, donated clothing, household goods, and toiletries, and opportunities for partner agencies to meet with clients or do community workshops; and the Refugee Integration Program helps families from more than a dozen countries access employment, housing, and education. More than 1,000 people are served each week. These comprehensive services not only feed people when they are hungry but help them to address the reasons why they are hungry and become healthier, more stable, and more self-sufficient. In 2016 the Center celebrated its 25th anniversary. FMI on other Rotary programs and events contact President-Elect and Program Chair, Monica Millhime, 753.9040 or email monica.millhime@maine.gov

Bates Business Manager, Edouard Plourde, to Address LA Rotary February 16

Lewiston – Edouard Plourde will be the featured guest speaker of the Lewiston Auburn Rotary Club at the Ramada Inn, Lewiston on Thursday, February 16 from noon to 1 p.m. Plourde, a life-long resident of Lewiston, has been actively involved in his community since earning his Economics degree from Providence College. Ed has served three terms on the city council and was elected council president. He has served on numerous governmental and not-for-profit boards, and more recently, as past treasurer for the Androscoggin Land Trust. His current role is as chair of the Auburn-Lewiston Airport. Plourde is a long-term employee of Bates College having started there as a computer operator/programmer when the finance department had the sole business computer. Now business manager for dining, events, and conferences, he will describe the scope of food services at Bates. Plourde holds a CDL driver’s license, a private pilot license, and is a Lieutenant Commander for the Kennebec River chapter of US Power Squadrons. FMI on other Rotary programs and events contact President-Elect and Program Chair, Monica Millhime, 753.9040 or email monica.millhime@maine.gov.

Principal Consumer Credit Examiner, David Leach, Featured Guest Speaker February 23 at LA Rotary

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

GOPDD: Here’s How Much Money Obama Administration Transferred to UN During Last Days Before Inauguration

Jan 17, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

The State Department announced Tuesday it would transfer $500 million to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (GCF), likely irking Republican lawmakers while keeping what commitments it can to the international community before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Friday.
Obama pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in 2014, but has only sent $1 billion to the program. The administration sent its first $500 million payment to the GCF in March.

GOPDD: Sheriff Clarke Crushes CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill for ‘Mediocre Negroes’ Jab, Then Gives Him a Glimpse of His ‘Irrelevant’ Future

Jan 17, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill and outspoken Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke flung racial slurs at each other on Twitter Tuesday.
Clarke got the feud rolling by linking to a story on Hill’s comments that pro-Donald Trump blacks were “mediocre Negroes” paraded around by the Trump transition. Clarke– a Trump supporter– responded by calling Hill a “jigaboo,” an archaic term for a black man generally considered offensive.

GOPDD: Vladimir Putin: Those Who Stand Behind #FakeNews on Trump – Worse Than Prostitutes

Jan 17, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the people behind the salacious dossier on Donald Trump published by BuzzFeed are “worse than prostitutes,” Bloomberg News, reported Tuesday. Putin dismissed the unverified allegations in the dossier as “fake.”
Trump is “a grown man,” Putin said, “and secondly he’s someone who has been involved with beauty contests for many years and has met the most beautiful women in the world … I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world.”

ANOTHER COLA INCREASE

Lisbon Proposes a COLA almost seven times that of Social Security. Are You Ready for a Tax Hike?

I was surprised to see Lisbon's proposed budget included an across the board 2% COLA (cost of living allowance) for all employees.

For 2017 Retired Social Security Recipients receiving the average benefit of $1,355 will get a measly 0.3% COLA raise, starting in January of 2017. This equates to $5 more in their Social Security checks.

Why is Lisbon giving all employees a COLA percentage rise almost seven times higher than what our seniors will receive in Social Security COLA?

A Lisbon employee making $50,000 a year (many of our employees make more than this)will get $1,000 dollars or 200 times that of the average Social Security recipient.

Giving a 2% cola increase isn't just a 2% raise in employee salaries it is also an increase in all the costs associated with those salaries. (FICA, retirement, unemployment insurance, workers comp. etc)

These COLA payments also compound. If we pay a 2% cola this year, it will be 2% on last years income which includes last years 2% COLA. Ten years of 2% colas isn't a 20% raise it is almost a 22% raise in income.

Is it morally right to demand retirees, that ONLY get a 0.3% COLA, pay for a 2.0% COLA for all Lisbon employees? Remember some of our employees, when including benefits, make a six figure income.

COLA increases were meant for rank and file employees not department heads or salaried individuals.

In conclusion: If we must give a COLA then that raise should be tied to the increase in the cost of living not some arbitrary number. If our seniors get 0.3% COLA raises lets give the same to Lisbon's employees.

Call your Councilors and ask them if this is fair?

Respectfully
Joe Hill

GOPDD: [Watch] Bridgitte Gabriel explains the Hundred Year Plan Muslims Have to Overthrow America

Jan 16, 2017 by William Smith

When people take up for the sufferings of those that have little voice, we applaud at Democratbusters.
And that’s what we have in Brigitte Gabriel, woman born in the Middle East that has first hand experience of the ills of Islam, and also happens to be a Christian.
She talks about how regular Muslims (not just extremists or Islamist jihadis) aim to overthrow every country in the western hemisphere.

A MUST READ AND WATCH VIDEO: http://gopthedailydose.com/2017/01/16/watch-bridgitte-gabriel-explains-hundred-year-plan-muslims-overthrow-america/

GOPDD: BUSTED! Undercover Video Shows Radical Leftists Plotting Potential Acid Attacks at Inauguration

Jan 16, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Project Veritas has released another undercover video bombshell. They are now exposing radical leftist group “D.C. Anti-Fascist Coalition.”
The group was planning a potential terrorist act which included setting off butyric acid stink bombs and fire alarm sprinklers at the Trump inaugural party.

Monday, January 16, 2017

GOPDD: Fake Protests: Far Left Group is Paying Activists to ‘Stop Trump’ with Monthly Salary

Jan 16, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

This is the left’s strategy. Get the unemployed people (whom Obama ensured didn’t have jobs) out and on the streets making money by rioting and causing havoc. Notice how ever left wing protest, their people are getting paid to do it… AKA these people could careless about the cause and more about the paycheck.
A far left group Demand Protest is paying $2,500 a month for “activists” to stop Trump.

GOPDD: Bolshevik Bernie Has It Backwards – Claims Protecting Us From “Racism” Of Trump

Jan 16, 2017 by Rick Wells

Racist smear artist and creepy clown posing as a New Jersey Senator, Corey Booker, joined with his fellow career racist and smearing propagandist, Rep John Lewis (D-GA), in calling Donald Trump illegitimate. He referenced Mr. Trump’s effort to have action taken against the current occupier of the White House, whose supposed birth certificate is a proven fake and who has had every other record sealed or refuses, with the cooperation of media like Stephanopoulos, to explain the many inconsistencies. That includes his hidden school records and his use of another person’s social security number and forged draft registration.

TO READ MORE AND WATCH VIDEO: http://gopthedailydose.com/2017/01/16/bolshevik-bernie-has-it-backwards-claims-protecting-us-from-racism-of-trump/