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, April 24, 2017

FREE BEACON: Maxine Waters Slated to Pay Daughter Another $108K From Campaign Funds

Karen Waters already collected nearly $650,000 to run the operation

Rep. Maxine Waters / Getty Images

BY: Joe Schoffstall
April 23, 2017 4:58 am
Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) is slated to pay her daughter another $108,000 for running a lucrative campaign operation that pulls in hundreds of thousands of dollars each election cycle, FEC filings show.
Karen Waters, the daughter of Rep. Waters, collected nearly $650,000 to date for running the operation for her mother's campaign.
Karen is in charge of a "slate mailer" operation for Citizens for Waters, Rep. Waters' federal campaign committee. Slate mailers, or endorsement mailers, involve a candidate or political group paying for the endorsement of another politician.

GOPDD: Woman BUSTED For Stealing $262,691 In Food Stamps From Several States Using Insidious Scheme

Apr 24, 2017 by William Smith

US Hearld. When we read about someone committing welfare fraud it’s usually someone attempting to squeeze out some extra cash from the system, perhaps adding a few more kids to their claim, and most likely within the state they reside in, rarely do we read about someone as ambitious as welfare cheat Keashia Latriese Davis, defrauding the welfare system within 3-states.
Davis was able to defraud the food stamp system by simply stealing the identities of individuals who were eligible for the program by logging on the Zillow real estate website and then rerouting those benefits meant for those individuals, by postal service straight to her mailbox in Little Rock, Arkansas.TO READ MORE: https://gopthedailydose.com/2017/04/24/woman-busted-stealing-262691-food-stamps-several-states-using-insidious-scheme/

GOPDD: Nancy Pelosi Tries to Embarrass President Trump, Immediately Regrets it

Apr 23, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

On Sunday, Nancy Pelosi appeared on “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd to discuss her opinion of the border wall.
In the clip, Todd first asks if there is any situation she would support funding for the wall if it means avoiding a government shutdown.
TO READ MORE AND WATCH VIDEO: https://gopthedailydose.com/2017/04/23/nancy-pelosi-tries-embarrass-president-trump-immediately-regrets/

GOPDD: Chelsea Clinton Runs Her Big Mouth at Trump – Gets Shut Down Immediately

Apr 23, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

What is behind all this worship and holding forth the legend of Chelsea Clinton? What kind of Clinton-Worship is involved in all this fawning over her very move and utterance? Here is what the alt-left liberal elites would consider a heretical review of Chelsea. The humor here is real and like all good humor is based on truth, no matter how painful. read and laugh.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

FREE BEACON: FBI Investigating Radical Terrorists in All 50 States as Threats Hit Peak

Terrorists inside America plotting attacks 'each and every single day'

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly / Getty Images

BY: Adam Kredo
April 18, 2017 12:08 pm
Federal authorities have open investigations into radical Islamic terrorists in all 50 states, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which is warning that the threat of terrorism in the United States has reached an all time high with radicalized individuals in the country plotting to strike "each and every single day."
The FBI has "open terrorist investigations in all 50 states," according to DHS Secretary John Kelly, who disclosed on Tuesday that there have been at least 37 "ISIS-linked plots to attack our country" since 2013, a number that shows no signs of diminishing.

GOPDD: Amb Bolton – N Korea, China And Iran Are Threats Demanding Serious, Focused Attention

Apr 23, 2017 by Rick Wells

Paul Gigot asks former Ambassador to the UN John Bolton if he agrees that there is what appears to be an effort on the part of the Trump administration to focus on the foreign bad actors who have demonstrated a desire to acquire or a willingness to use weapons of mass destruction. He identified Syria, North Korea and Iran as examples.
Bolton replied, “I think that’s accurate and I think that reflects where the President himself is deeply concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and is, as you mentioned in the case of the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons, to actually use military force in response. So I think if you put it all together it’s a very anti-proliferation administration.”

GOPDD: New Book Says Hillary Staffers Launched “Russia Hack” Story Hours After She Lost

Apr 22, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

After Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid in 2008, the former Secretary of State created “loyalty scores” according to the new book “Shattered.” Clinton had staffers rate every Democratic member of Congress on a scale of one to seven, with one being the most loyal. Her Husband, former president Bill Clinton, would then campaign against the disloyal “sevens” in primary elections and succeeded in getting some removed.

Saturday, April 22, 2017

GOPDD: DOJ Final Notice To 8 Sanctuary Cities, 1 County – Miss This Deadline, Lose The Bucks

Apr 22, 2017 by Rick Wells

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has officially put nine sanctuary cities on notice that some of the federal grants they currently are receiving will soon be revoked if they fail to prove they are in compliance with what they seem to think is the “antiquated” concept of obeying US immigration laws.
On Friday the Department of Justice sent letters to eight cities and one county warning them to discontinue their current practice of limiting communications with the Department of Homeland Security in the areas of “information regarding the immigration or citizenship status” of prisoners.

GOPDD: Sessions Won’t Back Down To Dems Again – No Doubt Hawaii Judge Abused His Power

Apr 22, 2017 by Rick Wells

The fake news sharks at CNN are all worked up into a frenzy over an innocent and justified remark Attorney General Sessions made about the “so-called” judge sitting in Hawaii and dictating to the rest of us that we won’t be protected under the Constitution by our President. Sessions is too much of a gentleman or politically savvy to point out that Hawaii has yet to be saddled with its first Syrian or any other variety of refugee, an inequity that should be immediately put to rest in grand fashion.

EAGLE RISING: Kim Jong Un Parties in Paradise While His People Starve

Written by Keely Sharp

Kim Jong Un is a crapy excuse for a leader, and an even crappier excuse for a human being. Aerial shots of his party island, aka “North Korea’s Ibiza”, have been captured.
The resort is full of luxury villas, with a private palace, on the east coast of the country.
However, while the crazy fat boy parties and brags about nukes over a luxurious lobster dinner, North Koreans are starving. Kim enjoys fine wines, liquor, and French cheeses while his people are literally begging for relief.

Friday, April 21, 2017

GOPDD: Muslim KFC Worker Goes Crazy When Customer Asks for Bacon – Gets Instant Justice

Apr 21, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Muslim KFC Worker Goes Crazy When Customer Asks for Bacon – Gets Instant Justice
Worker at a Sydney Kentucky Fried Chicken has been suspended for going on a violent, curse-laden tirade after a customer asked for bacon.

GOPDD: Second Muslim Doctor and Wife Arrested in Michigan for Female Genital Mutilation

Apr 21, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

A Michigan doctor and his wife were arrested Friday morning for providing the clinic where Dr. Jumana Nagarwala allegedly performed female genital mutilation surgeries on girls as young as six.
Fakhruddin Attar, 53, and his wife, Farida Attar, 50, of Livonia, were both arrested and have been charged with conspiring to perform female genital mutilations on minor girls out of Dr. Attar’s medical clinic in Livonia.
Authorities say Dr. Attar owned Burhani Medical Clinic in Livonia, which is where a Detroit emergency room doctor who was arrested last week is accused of performing FGM on minor girls. Authorities say Dr. Attar’s wife is employed at Burhani Medical Clinic as an office manager. Authorities believe the husband and wife arranged and assisted in the FGM procedures performed by the Detroit doctor, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala.

GOPDD: Muslim ‘REFUGEE’ Comes Over with 23 Kids & 4 Wives – How Much Welfare He Gets Is Infuriating

Apr 21, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

A SYRIAN migrant has sparked outrage after allegedly using his four wives and 23 children to rake in over $336,000 a year in benefits.
The man named only as Ghazia A fled Syria with his huge family last year and has since settled in Germany.
Ghazia A. (49) was a self-employed cars salesman in Syria, where he provided for himself and his large family.
But in 2015 he traveled to Germany, and that was the end of self- sustaining.

EAGLE RISING: Shrine Destroyed by ISIS Reveals Biblical King’s Palace

Written by Keely Sharp

The Tomb of the Prophet Jonah in Mosul was destroyed by ISIS militants in 2014. Now archaeologists have reportedly found the palace of Assyrian King Sennacherib underneath the rubble.
Layla Salih was the one to find a”marble cuneiform inscription” of the king inside one of the tunnels. They believe the inscription to date back to 672B.C, and believe the palace was part of the city of Ninevah.

DEFINITELY LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACE

GOPDD: Sen Lee Noticed US Funding George Soros’ Radicals In Europe, Curious As To Why

Apr 21, 2017 by Rick Wells

It’s almost as if Senator Mike Lee hit himself in the side of the head after realizing he could have had a V8. Suddenly he’s concerned about American “aid” money going to line the pockets of George Soros and his anti-American causes across the globe. If he’s really worried now, just wait until the UN climate reparations money tap gets turned on, a real possibility now that the neocons have taken root in the White House. That infamous sucking sound will once again return in a deafening manner to the DC swamp, but it won’t be the swamp that’s being drained, just our treasury, the Soros slush fund.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

GOPDD: Air Force Officer Speaks Out for First Time About Downing of Extortion 17 in Afghanistan – Obama Has Hell to Pay

Apr 20, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

A highly decorated retired Air Force officer is breaking her silence about the horrific incident in 2011 that marked the deadliest attack on Navy SEALS in U.S. history.
This was a sad day for America and we all mourned. Turns out it never had to happen.
She claims that Obama’s administration covered up what happened to 38 of our warriors in Afghanistan, when a Chinook helicopter crashed and killed 38 fighters. She says had it not been for Obama changing the rules of engagement of our military to protect Muslim terrorists, that our men would still be alive today.
To give you a full appreciation for the absolute atrocity and borderline treason that went down that fateful day on August 6, 2011 at the hands of Barack Hussein Obama, Retired Air Force Capt. Joni Marquez is telling her story first hand. She and her crew were working the dark morning hours on their AC-130 gunship when they were summoned to conduct a mission she describes “as almost like a 9-1-1 type of a situation.”

https://gopthedailydose.com/2017/04/20/air-force-officer-speaks-first-time-downing-extortion-17-afghanistan-obama-hell-pay/

EAGLE RISING: 12-Year-Old Girl Stops Carjacker and Saves Her Little Sister!

Written by Tim Brown

A twelve-year-old girl is being credited as hero for thinking quickly and foiling a would-be carjacker’s attempt to steal her mother’s van with her and her little sister inside, stopping a potential Amber Alert from occurring.
Maddie Weiler, 12, was going to Busch Gardens in Virginia with her mother, Brandie, and her little sister Mollie, 7, on Saturday.
The family witnessed a two-car collision, according to Q13Fox. So, Mrs. Weiler pulled over and got out of her vehicle to help the victims of the car accident. Her two girls remained in the van.

EAGLE RISING: Kim Jong-un Warns They Will ‘Reduce the U.S. to Ashes’ With ‘Super-Mighty Preemptive Strike’

Written by Philip Hodges

North Korea is vowing to strike the United States and its Asian allies if it finds out we’re going to attack them. They’re warning of a ‘super-mighty preemptive strike.’ And if they go that route, they’re saying it will reduce us to ashes.
“In the case of our super-mighty preemptive strike being launched,” read an article in Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s Worker’s party, “it will completely and immediately wipe out not only U.S. imperialists’ invasion forces in South Korea and its surrounding areas but the U.S. mainland and reduce them to ashes.” From Reuters:

MOVE ON

Town Council Special Meeting and Workshop for April 25, 2017

INCOMPETENCE IN GOVERNMENT – PART 3

This all started when the Town Manager, Diane Barnes’, with the help of Lydia Colston, Finance Director, conned the Town Council into amending the Fund Balance Policy on March 7, 2017. This reduced the requirement to maintain an Unassigned Fund Balance on hand from $2.85 million to $1.74 million. This freed up approximately $1.11 million of our tax dollars.

This left Mrs. Barnes and the Town Council with a problem of what to do with our tax dollars. It did not take them long to decide to spend these dollars on things like replacing two new cruisers; upgrade the unnecessary communication center; purchase a wheeler; a paint spreader; a new trailer and a salt shed just to name a few items. All of these items are going to add to the amount of money it takes to operate this town. You do realize the tax dollars are determined by the amount of money it takes to operate the town. With these additions our taxes will continue to rise to cover these costs. However, the purchase will be made by the Unassigned Fund Balance for this year but on the years out taxpayers will have to cover the maintenance and operating cost with more tax dollars.

Here is a concept that Mrs. Barnes and at least four of the Town Council do not want to hear. Since these funds are our tax dollars, why not use them to reduce the current operating cost of the town and reduce our taxes for a change. Can anyone remember a year when our taxes did not go up? It certainly has been a while. We know that Councilors Ward, Brunelle, Crafts and Albert are not interested in reducing the operating cost of the town because they had a chance to save the taxpayers $200,000.00 this year by closing the communication center and did not. Saving taxpayer money is a concept these individuals cannot handle. This is our tax dollars so why not use it where it will help the taxpayers the most.

Reducing the operating cost would reduce the requirement for more tax dollars. Mrs. Barnes and these members of the Town Council cannot figure out; that you have to reduce spending to reduce the operating cost of the town. Their answer to everything is to spend, spend spend.

YOU JUST CANNOT FIX STUPID!!!!

Larry Fillmore

INCOMPETENCE IN GOVERNMENT – PART 2

For years now, I have been telling the community that E. Ryan Leighton has no credentials but receiving a very large salary. It is amazing that the Town Manager, Mrs. Barnes, has not assisted Mr. Leighton in obtaining the necessary training. Everyone, including the Town Council, has let Mr. Leighton slide on everything.

This goes back to when he was impersonating an Engineer. The state had to step in and tell the town that he was not a qualified Licensed Professional Engineer. Then there was the Environmental Protection Agency fining the town for several problems and one of these was the sewer department did not have Standard Operating Procedures. This is a basic action all professionals know to do when taking over a new job.

If you have ever watched a Town Council meeting, you should have noticed that almost every time Mr. Leighton presents anything there are more items unknown than known. However, the Town Council allows him to slide almost every time. You would think that someone would try and educate Mr. Leighton so it would improve the quality of the process. Look and see how Request for Procurements (RFP) is processed without controversy.

If the town is going to keep employing Mr. Leighton, it is only fair that he receive training. It is Mrs. Barnes’ responsibility to ensure your town employees are qualified to perform their duties. She has been allowing this shoddy work to continue without getting Mr. Leighton assistance.

If you doubt anything I am saying go to the Town Council video for April 11, 2017 and start a 2 hours and 31 minutes and listen to the dialog pertaining to the Salt Shed. Play close attention to how many questions Mr. Leighton cannot answer without the help of the Town Council. He is asking for $250,000.00 based on a guess because Lewiston salt shed cost $200,000.00 several years ago. I am sure that we do not use as much salt as Lewiston; so our requirements would be different. Also, try to find out where Mr. Leighton plans on locating it; the size, or even the size of the current salt shed. There are so many unknowns so how can anyone make a sound decision. The video is 3 hours and 12 minutes and the Council has more unanswered questions then answered.

Shouldn’t we expect a Department Head to know everything about an item when they are presenting them?

Larry Fillmore

INCOMPETENCE IN GOVERNMENT – PART 1

It is amazing that the Town Manager and the Town Council are working extremely hard to increase the operating cost of the town. This is why our taxes continue to go up.

The Town Manager and the four members (Ward, Brunelle, Crafts and Albert) of the Town Council refuse to try and lower the operating cost of the town. These individuals are devising ways to increase spending instead of looking for ways to lower our taxes.

There are so many example of this it is not funny. The first example is the Lisbon Communication Center. These people had a chance to save every year approximately $200,000.00 tax dollars a YEAR and did not. Another example is we have a Department Head who has NO credentials. He also has NO managerial skills or common sense. I am talking about E. Ryan Leighton our Public Works Director and Superintendent of Sewer.

There are so many examples of how very incompetent he truly is but I will so in a three part explanation. The first one is his excessive spending and how the taxpayers are force to pay for his lack training.

Remember when he had to have a 4-ton Asphalt Reclaimer (Hot Box). So the taxpayers purchased the equipment so that the town could improve our roads. How is that worked out for us? Our roads are a total disaster including the access way at the Public Works Garage. I do not remember having these kinds of problems when Button Beale was in charge of Public Works.

Another example is the chipper we purchased. During the last Town Council meeting the Town Council voted to approve a contract for an outside company to come in and do the trimming and chipping. The reason give is the volume was too much for Public Works to do and Public Works did not have the manpower to do it themselves. Why did we purchase it if we did not have the manpower? The same as the “Hot Box” required a Class A license and Public Works does not have enough Class A licensed individuals to operate the Hot Box”.

These are just two pieces of equipment sitting in the Public Works garage area the taxpayers purchased that are not being utilized as needed because Mr. Leighton has no managerial skills.

Also, since the Town Manager, Diane Barnes, arrived she has been covering for him. She encourages him to purchase more equipment and supports him with the Council. Mrs. Barnes has absolutely no desire to make Mr. Leighton get training or stop him from wasting our tax dollars.

Larry Fillmore

School Committee Agenda for April 24, 2017

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

GOPDD: Vote Fraud Proven: Judicial Watch Threatens to Sue 11 States with More Registered Than Eligible Voters

Apr 19, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

American elections are corrupt, by definition. When you have absentee ballots by the dozen delivered to one address, when none of the people listed live, it is corrupt. When you have folks getting a drivers license and automatically registered to vote—even if an illegal alien, it is corrupt. In some California counties in the Central Valley dozens of people over 110 vote on a regular basis—one guy in Los Banos is 167 years old (not a typo). And many do not even CLAIM to be American citizens as they register.

GOPDD: Bill O’Reilly Just Released A Heartbreaking Statement

Apr 19, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

On Wednesday, Bill O’Reilly was fired from Fox News.
O’Reilly hosted one of the most popular shows on the cable channel, however, recently O’Reilly came under attack for “sexual misconduct” allegations.
After reviewing the charges, Fox News opted to fire O’Reilly.
While liberals were cheering of what their fake ranting achieved, millions were heart-broken as they watched their host go from the show they all loved. And now finally, when the whole noise has settled down, O’Reilly has come forward with a heart-wrenching statement that is sure to leave many with tears and hope for a world without fake propaganda that ruins lives.

GOPDD: New North Korean Propaganda Video Shows US City Being Destroyed

Apr 19, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

Amid the growing tensions between North Korea and the U.S., the celebrations marking the 105th birthday of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-sung continue.

New Footage from North Korea shows a musical performance in honor of this occasion, which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other senior level North Korean officials reportedly attended.
In the middle of the stage, a disturbing propaganda video showing American cities being destroyed by an atomic bomb and the U.S. flag going up in flames was played.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

GOPDD: North Korea Defector Comes Forward, Says Commandos Ready To Kidnap Americans…

Apr 18, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

According to a defector, Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator has a diabolical plan in case tensions with the U.S. continue to escalate.
Ung-gil Lee, a former clandestine special operator who escaped the Hermit Kingdom, told the Mail that if the United States attacks North Korea “diplomats, tourists and foreign businessmen” in South Korea will be at risk.
Fox News reported:

GOPDD: Islamic Man Shoots and Kills 3 People in California Terror Attack, It’s Not Over Yet – Look What Else Was Found

Apr 18, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

The “religion of peace” strikes again, this time killing three innocent people, in the name of “Allah.”
A 39-year-old Muslim man went on a shooting spree in Fresno, California, brutally killing 3 people, and shouting “Allahu Akbar” when police tackled and arrested him.
The suspect was identified as Kori Ali Muhammad, who was also wanted for a previous murder case.