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To Call Last Night's Town Council Meeting Anything Else Would Be An Insult To All In Attendance. Lisbon Voters You Need To Wake Up and Smell The Coffee! Out With The Cronyism In 2012. Thank You Larry Fillmore For Keeping Us All Informed. You Are A Gift To The Voters In Lisbon. Be Certain To Watch The Broadcast On Great Falls TV, Unless There Is Some Miraculous Technical Difficulties Like Has Been So Apparent In The Past When Imposter Eldridge Doesn't Want The Truth To Be Known.
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At last nights council meeting, three councilors disgraced themselves and the residents of the Town of Lisbon and all true Mainers. These three are Vice Chair Lori Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle.
A fellow Mainer of the Town of Lisbon asked the councilors to allow him one week in order to get his finances in order to catch up on monies owed to the town in back taxes and sewer charges. These three councilors voted no to the motion before the council. The vote enables the Town of Lisbon to keep his property. I am sure there is an alternative motive to this insanity, like putting in a Cumberland Farms or even Councilor LaRochelle obtaining his third piece of property from the town.
Mr. James Morreale spoke before the council and explained how he had been working closely with the town officials to pay monies owed to the town. He explained how everyone was eager to help a fellow resident in this trying economy up until Mr. Morreale mentioned to Eldridge there was no mortgage on this property.
1.
a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.
2.
Law . a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement: collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce.
A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS
At last nights council meeting, three councilors disgraced themselves and the residents of the Town of Lisbon and all true Mainers. These three are Vice Chair Lori Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle.
A fellow Mainer of the Town of Lisbon asked the councilors to allow him one week in order to get his finances in order to catch up on monies owed to the town in back taxes and sewer charges. These three councilors voted no to the motion before the council. The vote enables the Town of Lisbon to keep his property. I am sure there is an alternative motive to this insanity, like putting in a Cumberland Farms or even Councilor LaRochelle obtaining his third piece of property from the town.
Mr. James Morreale spoke before the council and explained how he had been working closely with the town officials to pay monies owed to the town. He explained how everyone was eager to help a fellow resident in this trying economy up until Mr. Morreale mentioned to Eldridge there was no mortgage on this property.
Once Eldridge heard this, there was no further assistance by any member of the staff of the Town of Lisbon. Eldridge moved quickly to legally obtain the property at 231 Lisbon Street.
Mr. Morreale filed abatement in April of this year on the property at 231 Lisbon Street and 3 Village Street. Both of these properties, he legally owned at the time.
Mr. Morreale filed abatement in April of this year on the property at 231 Lisbon Street and 3 Village Street. Both of these properties, he legally owned at the time.
Two members of the town Tax Assessor’s office came out and went through both of these properties. As a result, the abatement was approved for 3 Village Street and the property value was lowered from $113,000 to $39,900. This is a 64% decrease in property value and considerably lowering his tax bill. The abatement on the 231 Lisbon Street was never settled because the town of Lisbon took the property for back taxes and sewer charges. There is no wonder Mr. Morreale could not pay his taxes with in inflated property value of over 64% put on him by the Town of Lisbon. The Town of Lisbon HELPED to create this situation but would NOT help to correct it. Mr. Morreale, prior to the meeting, went to the town office to pay his back taxes and sewer charges with money in hand and the town of Lisbon refused to accept his money because the town had added additional monies after providing Mr. Morreale with an amount needed. He had the amount stated earlier but when he got to the town office it had changed. Now, Mr. Morreale has requested one week in order to pay, in full, all the monies owed in back taxes and sewer charges and Vice Chair Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle refused to render a fellow citizen an opportunity to keep his property. Mr. Morreale did not ask the council to reduce monies owed the town instead he asked for 7 days to make arrangements to pay ALL the monies owed in back taxes and sewer charges.
What possibly could the town of Lisbon lose by granting this request?
The town gets ALL monies owed to them and Mr. Morreale gets to retain his property. This would be a win win situation for everyone involved.
After the abatement was approved on 3 Village Street, the Town of Lisbon condemned the property and took it, but sent Mr. Morreale a 2012 tax bill for the property the town had taken. Eldridge and the town staff once again demonstrated their incompetency.
These three councilors represent the people of the town of Lisbon and as far as I am concerned were totally wrong in their decision NOT to allow Mr. Morreale one week to make everything right. These three individuals are not true Mainers and should never again be considered neighbors because human beings do not treat their neighbors this way. True Mainers help their neighbors out in their hour of need. A prime example of this is what Chairman Lunt revealed last night. A tree fell across his driveway as a result of the storm, Irene. He called Councilor Cote, his neighbor, and Mr. Cote went out and removed the tree from Mr. Lunt’s driveway before he cleaned up his own yard. This is what neighbors, true Mainers and human beings do. They render assistance to fellow human beings who are in need of help. This is NOT what Vice Chair Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle did last night; instead they turned their backs on a neighbor in need.
Since, there is absolutely no way to recall any councilors at the present time; the Town of Lisbon will have to live with these three councilors for at least another year but put this incident in the back of your minds and come 2012 Councilors Pomelow and Bowie have to go.
These three councilors do not represent me on anything because I am a true Mainer and a human being and I do not turn my back on a neighbor in need. This action by Vice Chair Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle is nothing more than disgraceful.
Larry A. Fillmore
Concerned Citizen
After the abatement was approved on 3 Village Street, the Town of Lisbon condemned the property and took it, but sent Mr. Morreale a 2012 tax bill for the property the town had taken. Eldridge and the town staff once again demonstrated their incompetency.
These three councilors represent the people of the town of Lisbon and as far as I am concerned were totally wrong in their decision NOT to allow Mr. Morreale one week to make everything right. These three individuals are not true Mainers and should never again be considered neighbors because human beings do not treat their neighbors this way. True Mainers help their neighbors out in their hour of need. A prime example of this is what Chairman Lunt revealed last night. A tree fell across his driveway as a result of the storm, Irene. He called Councilor Cote, his neighbor, and Mr. Cote went out and removed the tree from Mr. Lunt’s driveway before he cleaned up his own yard. This is what neighbors, true Mainers and human beings do. They render assistance to fellow human beings who are in need of help. This is NOT what Vice Chair Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle did last night; instead they turned their backs on a neighbor in need.
Since, there is absolutely no way to recall any councilors at the present time; the Town of Lisbon will have to live with these three councilors for at least another year but put this incident in the back of your minds and come 2012 Councilors Pomelow and Bowie have to go.
These three councilors do not represent me on anything because I am a true Mainer and a human being and I do not turn my back on a neighbor in need. This action by Vice Chair Pomelow, Councilors Bowie and LaRochelle is nothing more than disgraceful.
Larry A. Fillmore
Concerned Citizen
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