The Lisbon Reporter

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

I.T. is missing in Lisbon

By: Peter Reuter, Special to The Lisbon Reporter

Integrity and Transparency are not present in Lisbon.

At last Tuesday's Town Council meeting, Councilors proved beyond a reasonable doubt, that they wanted and now have absolute power to control ALL financial matters. A panel of seven, without input from a Town Ordinance mandate of a Finance Committee, will now control the flow of monies. Councilors may make changes to the Town Ordinances without consent of the residents.

They openly admitted to illegal discussions in Executive Session. The Town Councilors approve of a high salary for an unqualified Town Engineer and they are not looking out for the best interest of the citizens of Lisbon.

But for a few of us that have been actively monitoring their actions and attending Town Council meetings this comes as no surprise. The Lisbon Reporter has posted numerous articles pertaining to this aspect since day one of its inception. Many of the Concerned Citizens have been trying to get the word out.

Now as to the legality of what the Town Council just did, that remains to be seen. So what if it was illegal. Who polices the Town Council, Brooks? No it is more like he is directing them. Once again this year he will get his $2 Million Dollar Police Budget approved. The Council will hold true to their demand order for the School Department to cut $600 Thousand Dollars from their budget.

Here is the kicker. The voters have the right to vote on the School Budget but not the Municipal Budget. With that, voters should reject every proposed and approved for voter consent School Budget put forth by this council.

It costs over $3 Thousand Dollars per voting session per the Town Clerk. The voters should send the budget back to the Town Council until they wake up and do what is right. The Expense for each voting process will rest solely in the laps of Seven Councilors. If it takes 2, 3, 4, or more times so be it. This is the only say that, "we the people" have left. Use this power wisely.

Remember in November citizens, your only chance of getting some resemblance of control back, is to put forth some great candidates to uproot the evil empire that currently exists. Tyranny reigns supreme in Lisbon currently.

Shame on this Town Council.